Matt Pittman on personal anecdote
From How Matt Pittman Found BBQ with Black's BBQ · · The Original Black's Barbecue
“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.”
On , Matt Pittman, Chief Compliance Officer & Head of ESG at TRINITY INDUSTRIES INC, spoke about personal anecdote during How Matt Pittman Found BBQ with Black's BBQ on The Original Black's Barbecue.
About Matt Pittman
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."