Chief Compliance Officer & Head of ESG, Thor
Search every verified Matt Pittman interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Matt Pittman, Chief Compliance Officer and Head of ESG at Thor, appeared on the podcast "How Matt Pittman Found BBQ with Black's BBQ" on July 17, 2025. During the episode, Pittman described visiting Lockhart, Texas, which he referred to as the "barbecue capital of the world," and eating at Black's BBQ, a restaurant he said is about 100 years old. He recounted tasting a beef rib seasoned with only salt and pepper and no barbecue sauce, calling the experience a "head-popping moment" that was "so different than anything I'd ever had." Pittman stated that this was the moment he "fell in love with barbecue."
“At some point I went down to Lockhart, Texas which is known as the barbecue capital of the world and my first experience went in Black's which is over, I guess, about 100 years old and I had a bite of a beef rib.”
“These beef ribs are seasoned with just salt and pepper and there's no barbecue sauce.”
“I took a bite and it was like a head-popping moment — I literally can remember it, it was so different than anything I'd ever had. So that is literally the moment I fell in love with barbecue.”
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