The first Meat Church flagship retail store opened on the square in downtown Waxahachie on June 15.The Observer caught up with Pittman at the grand opening to pick his brain on all things barbecue ...

Pittman built a barbecue rub business, Meat Church BBQ, out of a last-place finish on a televised barbecue competition. When the company launched in 2014, he ran it out of his house in Waxahachie.

WAXAHACHIE, Texas — A 12-year-old child was injured in a bull riding event at a Waxahachie church Thursday night, police said. The incident happened shortly before 9 p.m. at the Cowboy Church of ...

Pittman (second from left), owner of Waxahachie barbecue company Meat Church, should have won.(NBC / Todd Owyoung/NBC) When NBC comedian Jimmy Fallon invited Waxahachie man Matt Pittman to compete ...

For people like Matt Pittman, with his BBQ seasoning company Meat Church, next to the old theater, they see the value in the state program. “Anytime people come down to Waxahachie, they relate ...