Born from a barbecue pitmaster and a coffee connoisseur, Pud’s Cup of Mud serves a mix of Texas bites and caffeine treats perfect for a breakfast or lunch pitstop. While the business’ menu and seating area has undergone some changes since its opening in December 2022, the community atmosphere has steadily grown since.

The backstory

Owned by Cedar Creek natives Mason Jones and Pud Muniz, the food truck has served Texas barbecue-based entrees, tacos and coffee to community members for the past three years.

Jones said Muniz was looking for a different career after years of working in construction. Muniz approached him with the idea for the food truck and Jones decided to hop on the team as the main brisket cooker.

Jones said he has a combination of barbecue cooking skills from his childhood and making meals for Texas Firewalkers, a nonprofit organization which aids families displaced by residential fires.


“I used to volunteer to do Texas Firewalkers stuff and I learned a lot of cooking from there,” Jones said. “I’ve loved cooking since I was young. My mom taught me a lot of things about cooking.”

More details

The first few months of opening, Jones said the business had its ups and downs with some slow days alongside busy days with too much business for a food truck to keep up with.

He said now being slightly over three years into the business, the eatery has established a solid group of regulars who have made the truck part of their daily routine.


“I could probably name 10 that come back almost every morning,” Jones said. “If not every morning, every other day they get coffee. They’re big coffee regulars and they're all always happy.”

What they offer

The menu features coffee including lattes and espresso, brisket entrees such as nachos, tacos and quesadillas, breakfast tacos and burgers. Jones said the most popular item at the truck is The John Redcorn, a salted caramel coffee served iced or hot.

The business has added several menu items since its opening as well as a drive thru and an outside cover so people can still stop by despite rainy weather.


The future

Jones said the mobility of owning a food truck has allowed for the business to attend events and would make it easier for the eatery to move locations throughout the area if need be in the future.

He said owning a few more trucks is the first goal before the team’s main goal of opening a brick-and-mortar location down the line.