One of the best new barbecue restaurants in Texas isn’t serving up Texas barbecue.
BBQ Joint Reviews
Come for the meat, but stay for the key lime pie, two-layer chocolate caramel cake, and massive cookies.
You’ll need a nap after the loaded sandwiches, stuffed baked potatoes, and more from this family-owned spot.
Mechanic turned pitmaster Randy Estrada and his wife Tessa created a menu of uniquely flavored meats and sides at the Creedmoor truck.
The Del Valle truck serves a well-executed barbecue menu, and its owners are hoping this is just the start.
The Austin trailer is serving up a small, focused menu after narrowly escaping a pandemic-induced closing in April.
Kevin Mason has gone from selling his house-made links out of a patrol car to running an impressive joint in Houston.
The Fulshear restaurant and meat market has spectacularly juicy smoked turkey, excellent sausage, and a peppery house-made mustard. Just don't go on a Tuesday.
At J Leonardi’s, he smokes meat the way his uncle taught him in the former freedmen’s town of St. John Colony.
Brix Barbecue founder Trevor Sales grew up in the Midwest and fell in love with Texas barbecue after moving here in 2017.
Tracing the history of the East Austin institution, which has survived two fires, a gentrification buyout offer, and Midland.
Don't miss the brisket birria taco at this trailer, which sets up on Saturdays at a brewery in Grapevine.
Although craft smoked meats are wonderful, there's nothing like eating ribs at a traditional Texas barbecue spot. And they are getting harder to find.
The brisket and ribs are excellent as well at Joel and Jesse Garcia’s Weslaco joint.
Lupe and Christine Nevarez’s Port Lavaca joint is a great new option for barbecue in the Coastal Bend.
The popularity of the new Fort Worth joint at Lola’s Trailer Park is outpacing the smoker’s capacity, but you won’t regret standing in line.
Pitmaster-owner Brent Morrow left the oil fields behind for family and oak smoke in Hico.
The family-run food truck is another worthy contender in the crowded Austin market.
Inside Waco’s Union Hall, chef Cade Mercer is bringing Guess Family Barbecue and Asian specialties together.
Brothers Don and Theo Nguyen use their Vietnamese roots to create innovative dishes as well as master the basics at their pop-ups in Houston.
The twice-a-month trailer has brought a whole new class of smoked meats to Cleburne.
Forced to close for five months after the devastating storm, the joint’s owners and pitmaster committed to upping the quality of their food.
Yet with disappointing business at his small-town restaurant, Tom Micklethwait hatches plans for a taco trailer in Austin.
After reluctantly leaving past methods behind, the joint now serves some of the best brisket in Dallas.
Emilio and Christi Soliz closed their beloved San Antonio joint to join forces with B.R. Anderson in Helotes.
Local Yocal is a well-known brand in McKinney. Their meat market, Local Yocal Farm to Market, has been a fixture in the suburb northeast of Dallas since it opened in 2010 selling Wagyu beef. The same beef can now be found on the menu of their…
Derrick and Kesha Walker have brought phenomenal brisket, rip tips, and sweet potato pie to their old neighborhood.
Taking over a legendary Katy pit, Brett Jackson has built a new barbecue destination.
The care that pitmaster Craig Wood takes with this Smith County joint’s high-quality smoked meats and sides makes it a worthy destination.
And see if you can guess the mysterious, meaty ingredient in the joint’s special-recipe potato salad.
Derek and Brittany Crudgington fought hard to get their brick-and-mortar going, and the town is so lucky they did.
The pitmaster behind Pflugerville’s successful Black Iron Barbecue tries a new formula in Round Rock.
Financial planner turned pitmaster Naser Alzer serves halal barbecue as well as quail, lamb, and Cornish hen at his Cedar Park trailer.
The original Noble Sandwich Co. in northwest Austin has been transformed into a great barbecue joint.
Thanks to a recent expansion, the Austin joint now regularly offers a Carolina barbecue pork tradition in the heart of Texas brisket country.
The new joint in New Caney adds to the impressive options in the Houston area.
Reality TV competition winner Junior Urias serves standout smoked pork belly at his joint.
At its in-store True Texas BBQ restaurants, the grocery giant is serving plates that even smoked-meat snobs will appreciate.
The new Ponder food trailer is selling far more brisket chopped than sliced, but that’s just fine by pitmaster Brendan Lamb.
New owners and the longtime pitmaster improve upon tradition at this Greenville joint. Even the Ernie Burger is better.
The barbecue history of Southeast Texas has been entwined with links for as long as it’s had a dining culture. Legendary joints like Patillo’s Bar-B-Q have been making all-beef sausages stuffed in beef casings for over a century, and a dozen or so link shops carry on…
Mark Albright found more than he expected, including love, when he opened his joint at a former tire shop in Beasley.
The Houston joint not only excites diners with its experimentation, but it gets the barbecue basics right too.
Robert Crivellari leads the way at his El Campo joint, with moist and tender brisket and delicious smoked chicken and turkey.
The massive Bartonville barbecue and steak restaurant uses too much seasoning and butter, but the pitmaster knows what he's doing.
After struggling in the big city, Luis Vasquez's truck is now right at home in Buda. Don't miss the monster stuffed potatoes.
The Fort Worth pitmaster wasn’t expecting to leave his dad’s business, but his excellent new joint is already validating his vision.
Joe Zavala's popular side project gets a permanent home in Grand Prairie, but he's serving only on Saturdays.
Hal Guillory serves Southeast Texas specialties at this Beaumont institution.
Opened in September, the Forney joint has already outgrown its trailer and ordered two smokers from the high school welding program.