Anybody remember those days when flying was the good part of the trip?

Planes used to be a real luxurious experience… especially when it came to the food.

Some of us in the Dead Meat Society can even remember real plates, real forks, and a meal on a domestic flight.

Now all we get is tiny bus seats and a mini-bottle of booze as long as you can tap-to-pay. Oh, and that little sleeve of nine pretzels that you have to ration to make last.

What is a true lover of food to do in the terrible world of modern travel?

(Obviously, hook up a towable camping grill and turn your trip into a road trip, duh.)

But assuming you have to take a flight every now and then, there’s good news for you.

As long as you can guarantee a connection in DFW…

BRISKET ON BOARD

Turns out American Airlines just gave us in the Dead Meat Society the only thing we care about. Meat.

Welcome to the new DFW AA flight centerpiece, Pecan Lodge barbecue in first class.

The Deep Ellum smokehouse (you know, the one with the line out the door daily) is dropping hot BBQ on domestic flights.

  • For lunch: chopped brisket sandwich on a brioche bun. Yes.

  • For dinner: the full platter of brisket and sausage, mac and cheese, slaw, pickles, onions, and signature sauce.

That cheap bag of pretzels can go straight to hell.

UP IN THE AIR

We want to believe, we really, really want to…

But if there’s one thing air travel has done, it’s made skeptics of all of us. We’re all too familiar with how terrible the experience is by now.

Pitmaster Justin Fourton says quality was top of mind at all times, but we can’t help picturing a distraught flight attendant microwaving what was once beautiful brisket into a chewy mess…

There’s only one way we can know for sure.

Group vacation anyone?