The complexity comes after the first bite, which reveals an amalgam of just three cheeses: sharp cheddar, medium-sharp cheddar, and Monterey Jack. The results are a supremely balanced, approachable blend that makes enough of the salty, nutty impression before Monterey Jack’s more mellow flavor sets in. What stands out to me is the way black pepper brings a gentle kick, balancing out the richness of the cheeses. There’s one easy way to know how good this mac and cheese is: You can’t stop eating it.

Bludso’s is a local institution turning out reliable Texas-style smoked meats in a sports bar-like environment along La Brea and at a spacious restaurant in Santa Monica. Co-founder Kevin Bludso is LA barbecue royalty, so it’s no surprise this place still draws a crowd.

Hailing from Compton, California, author Kevin Bludso quickly became an expert in recipes for Texan favorites, such as rib tips and banana pudding. If you want to master grilled foods with accompanying sides that taste as heavenly as your favorite roadside barbecue stand, Bludso’s BBQ Cookbook is exactly what you need. 

Chef Kevin Bludso shows Guest Host Anthony Anderson and Guillermo how to make pork shoulder and dino ribs, coleslaw, Hennessy on the rocks and he talks about dry vs wet BBQ, his cookbook and building a proper pulled pork sandwich.

Compton native Kevin Bludso, a James Beard award-winning cookbook author and owner of Bludso’s BBQs, will host his first barbecue festival on July 26 and 27. Called Smoking Out The Hub, the festival will be held at Compton Airport with a national lineup of pitmasters, food vendors, and a competition featuring local barbecue contenders.

Kevin Bludso and Noah Galuten won the restaurant and professional category for cookbooks with Bludso’s BBQ Cookbook: A Family Affair in Smoke and Soul

One of LA’s most well-known barbecue operations is set to expand for the first time in years. Bludso’s BBQ, owned and operated by longtime South LA pitmaster Kevin Bludso, is jumping to Santa Monica with a new location not far from the water.

Kevin Bludso sits at the back of his Bludso’s Bar & Cue between the lunch and dinner rushes on a weekday afternoon, talking about the rich history of Los Angeles’ barbecue traditions.

Kevin Bludso is recognized as one of America's leading pitmasters and is considered a veteran of the BBQ world who also appears as a judge on the hit Netflix show "American Barbecue Showdown." This is a man who once was smoking meats for the OGs of hip-hop. A man who has his own line of BBQ sauces and rubs.

Time is the secret ingredient for transcendent barbecue, but as Kevin Bludso shares in “Bludso’s BBQ Cookbook” made a name for himself with a Texas-style barbecue restaurant in Compton, Calif., but his first book celebrates the family-style cooking and the gifted cooks in his family that made him the chef he is today.