Why this Texas barbecue joint is rewarding customers who bring their guns

There’s a small smokehouse trailer set up in a strip mall lot in suburban Houston, where barbecue’s truly devout congregate for warm brisket, ribs and smoked pork butt.

The meat — cooked low and slow — is the draw, so some of the customers at Brooks’ Place probably haven’t noticed the sign fixed outside — the one welcoming gun owners to bring their weapons, sit down and eat.