Chuck Charnichart
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Charnichart's parents, Bethoven and Francisca Charnichart, emigrated from San Luis Potosí, Mexico, to Brownsville, Texas in 1997.[1] Her father was a restaurant cook on South Padre Island.[1][2] Charnichart was their first child born in the US.[2][3] She has three siblings.[2] The family lived in a trailer park.[2] She worked at a Taco Bell.[2]
Charnichart attended the University of Texas at Austin, where she studied marketing.[4][2] She first tasted Central Texas-style smoked brisket while in Austin.[5][6]
Career
While in college Charnichart worked front of house at Franklin Barbecue.[1] While studying abroad in Norway she worked in an Oslo smokeless barbecue restaurant.[2] When she returned from Norway, she worked at Fort Worth's Goldee's Barbecue, which in 2021 was named the state's best barbecue restaurant by Texas Monthly; owner and pitmaster Jonny White became a mentor.[1][2][5] When White temporarily closed Goldee's while on vacation, he offered her the opportunity to use the space for a concept of her own, and she created a pop-up version of her vision for Barbs B Q.[2]
Charnichart is the pitmaster of Barbs B Q in Lockhart, Texas, which she opened with partners in 2023.[4][1][5]
