Save room for hand pies filled with wood oven-roasted apples ($8 for two) and coffee and doughnuts, which includes three magically flaky beignets atop a bed of espresso chocolate cream ($10).

The aroma of wood smoke and slowly cooking meat surrounds Pyre BBQ in Old Mandeville. The results fill metal trays, lined with butcher paper, with heaps of brisket, ribs and chicken.