UPDATE: All tickets to the Texas Monthly Barbecue Festival are SOLD OUT.
Tickets for the Texas Monthly Barbecue Festival are available for purchase. VIP tickets have already sold out, but there are General Admission tickets remaining. If you’re unfamiliar with the festival, here are a few key details:
When – Sunday, November 3rd
Where – The Long Center in Austin, Texas
How Much – $135 for VIP tickets (that’s gets you in at noon for an extra hour of eating), $75 for general admission that’s 1-5, and a new $35 walk-up ticket that can only be purchased after 3:00pm. You can get tickets here at 10:00am
Who’s Coming – Well, hopefully you. There’s a great group of barbecue joints too.
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AUSTIN’S BBQ AND CATERINGPitmaster: Ron Janow
Rating: 4.25 -
BLACK’S BARBECUEPitmaster: Kent Black
Rating: 4.25 -
BUZZIE’S BAR-B-QPitmaster: Harold “Buzzie” Hughes
Rating: 4.25 -
CITY MEAT MARKETPitmaster: Gerald Birkelbach (since 1982)
Rating: 4.25 -
COUSIN’S BAR-B-QPitmaster: Cliff Payne
Rating: 4.25 -
FRANKLIN BARBECUEPitmaster: Aaron Franklin
Rating: 5 -
HATFIELD’S BBQPitmaster: Kenny Hatfield
Rating: 4 -
HAYS CO. BAR-B-QUE AND CATERINGPitmaster: Michael Hernandez; Aaron Hernandez (since 2009); and Omar Serna (since 2012)
Rating: 4 -
HUTCHINS BBQPitmaster: Tim Hutchins (since 1999)
Rating: 4.25 -
LA BARBECUEPitmaster: John Lewis, Francisco Saucedo, and Chris McGhee
Rating: 4.5 -
LAMBERTS DOWNTOWN BARBECUEPitmaster: Zach Davis
Rating: 4.25 -
LOCKHART SMOKEHOUSEPitmaster: Tim McLaughlin and Will Fleischman
Rating: 4.5 -
LOUIE MUELLER BARBECUEPitmaster: Wayne Mueller (since 2008)
Rating: 4.75 -
MCMILLAN’S BAR-B-QPitmaster: Louic McMillan
Rating: 4 -
MILLER’S SMOKEHOUSEPitmaster: Dirk Miller and Robert Reid
Rating: 4.25 -
OPIE’S BARBECUEPitmaster: Marco Oglesby (since 2007)
Rating: 4.5 -
PECAN LODGEPitmaster: Justin Fourton
Rating: 4.75 -
PODY’S BBQPitmaster: Israel Campos
Rating: 4 -
SNOW’S BBQPitmaster: Tootsie Tomanetz
Rating: 4.75 -
STANLEY’S FAMOUS PIT BARBECUEPitmaster: Nick Pencis (since 2006) and Jonathan Shaw (since 2009)
Rating: 4.5 -
STILES SWITCH BBQ & BREWPitmaster: Lance Kirkpatrick
Rating: 4 -
TYLER’S BARBEQUEPitmaster: Tyler Frazer
Rating: 4
We hope yo see you there. Get your tickets here.