Texas Barbecue Joints

[Judy Wilson]

Nathan recently visited a few places in Texas and wrote about them for Bloomberg. He went to Smitty's, Kreuz Market, Black's, and Snow's.

Anybody have any other tips for getting the best barbecue in Texas?

[Anonymous Modernist 1699]

Highly recommend this site. http://fcg-bbq.blogspot.com/

[Anonymous Modernist 5109]

My favorite in Texas is Salt Lick (beef ribs, brisket)in Driftwood, Texas. City Market (all items) in Luling is good, as is Kruez Market (brisket and sausage) in Lockhart (hard to go wrong at any of the Lockhart venues). Ironworks (brisket and sides) in Austin is pretty good. Myer's in Elgin (sausage, brisket, and turket)is good and Southside market is also decent. New Zion bbq (ribs) was okay (Huntsville). Cooper's in Llano was great (pork chops are amazing). Lambert's in Austin is good, but it is a more modern bbq joint. Finally, the brisket at Thompson's in Crockett was amazing (the ribs are supposed to be the best thing on the menu, but he sold out of them before 1pm and we did not try them).

Seth

[Anonymous Modernist 5330]

Seth, good recommendations. I love the brisket at the Salt Lick, but have never been crazy about the sauce. Strange, since it tied with R.O.'s Outpost for "Best Barbecue Sauce" in the 2011 Austin Chronicle Restaurant Poll, so take my opinion for what it's worth.

Been to most of the others you mention and agree they're all good. In fact, it's pretty hard to find a BBQ joint in Texas that isn't pretty good from the get-go.

A relatively recent addition to the Austin scene is Franklin's barbecue on 11th Street. It was voted "Best Brisket in the History of the World" in the 2011 Austin Chronicle Restaurant Poll. That one I'm more likely to agree with, although in my opinion it's about tied with Cooper's, which also has locations in New Braunfels and Fort Worth.

- Robert

[Anonymous Modernist 18470]

I don't know any specific barbecue in Texas but sure that you can get many reasonable barbecue there by searching on the internet or wait for any useful suggestion by other members.

[joiei]

Haven't been to Franklin but i do enjoy Muellers in Taylor, TX.   Smitty's in Lockhart is also a must do.