Dining Guide
The Cattle Exchange
Much has changed in Texas barbecue in the eleven years since The Cattle Exchange was listed in the Top 50 BBQ joints by Texas Monthly back in 2003. Maybe they’ve slipped since then, or more likely, everyone else got that much better (remember that in 2003 Sonny Bryan’s was still considered great). Their current absence on the list also shows just how big Texas is. It may no longer be one of the fifty best in the state, but it’s the best option for brisket and ribs within a hundred miles.
City: Canadian
Cuisine: Barbecue
Method: mesquite in a gas-fired rotisserie
Pitmaster: Milton Cooke
Price: $$
Address: 2nd & Main St., Canadian, TX, 79014
Hours: M-Sat 11-9
Phone: (806) 323-6755
Website: www.cookya.com
Year Opened: 2001
Last updated: February 24, 2014
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The Cattle Exchange
Canadian, Texas is out there. In the already secluded Texas Panhandle, it stands alone anchoring the northeast corner. Amarillo is over a hundred miles away, and the next town of any consequence is two hundred miles east in Oklahoma City. …