Ernest Servantes is the co-founder of Burnt Bean Co., Texas’s current No.1-ranked BBQ joint, and a competition barbecue legend who’s well and truly cemented himself as the Pope of Barbecue.
- Co-founder of Burnt Bean Co. in Seguin, Texas, named Texas Monthly’s No.1 Barbecue Restaurant
- Multiple-time Grand Champion, with major wins at the San Antonio Rodeo BBQ Cook-Off, Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo, and American Royal Invitational
- Named 2021 Chef of the Year by CultureMap San Antonio
- Winner of Food Network’s Chopped Grill Masters
- Guest pitmaster at Meatstock, Hot Luck, The Big Grill, and Texas Monthly BBQ Fest