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January 10, 2022
Where to Eat Barbecue in Austin
The Capital City is overflowing with great places to grab some ’cue, from classic trays to more unconventional meats and sides.
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December 17, 2021
John Mueller, Barbecue Legend, Dies at 52
“The dark prince of barbecue,” who always found a new audience to wow with his smoked beef, changed the Texas scene for good.
BBQ Joint Reviews
December 16, 2021
An Arlington Family Has Created a New Must-Try Cuisine, Tex-Ethiopian Barbecue
Smoke’N Ash BBQ pays homage to its dual traditions while wholly, joyfully embracing something new.
TM BBQ Club
December 16, 2021
How to Taste-test Like an Editor: Pro Tips from Daniel Vaughn and Patrica Sharpe
In the new series BBQ Bites, Texas Monthly food experts take us behind the scenes of the Top 50 tasting process.
TM BBQ Club
December 9, 2021
Burning Questions With Brick Vault Brewery and Barbecue
For Phillip Moellering, barbecue means family, hard work, and basic instinct.
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December 6, 2021
My Favorite Barbecue Bites of 2021
Porkstrami, smoked corn dogs, and multiple brisket breakfast biscuits made our barbecue editor's list of superlative dishes this year.
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December 2, 2021
Where to Eat Barbecue in Fort Worth
There's so much great barbecue in the city that Cowtown now stands apart from Dallas.
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November 24, 2021
The Franklin Barbecue Line Has Returned in All Its Glory
After enduring twenty months of takeout-only service, Franklin fanatics were thrilled to spend hours—up to ten of ’em—in line for Texas’s most famous brisket.
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November 23, 2021
Where to Eat Barbecue in Houston
Here are 23 barbecue joints worth visiting in and around America's fourth-largest city.
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November 23, 2021
Burning Questions With 2M Smokehouse
The difference between a good pitmaster and a great one is the burning passion to improve and evolve—and Esaul Ramos Jr. is on fire.
BBQ Joint Reviews
November 22, 2021
Life After Bodacious: Bryan Bingham Starts Fresh With Sunbird Barbecue
Free of the chain's fixed menu, Bingham and his co-owners traffic in excellent experimentation and well-smoked meat with their Longview barbecue trailer.
BBQ Joint Reviews
November 18, 2021
A Small-town Taco Shop Turns Its Focus to Barbecue, With Great Results
With newly perfected sliced brisket, porkstrami, and a chopped brisket and pimento cheese sandwich, East Texas joint Wright On Taco is worthy of the "& BBQ" it just added to its name.
BBQ
November 15, 2021
How Greenberg Smoked Turkey Rebuilt After the Fire That Ruined Thanksgiving
Last November, an explosion at the beloved smoked turkey company destroyed 87,000 turkeys. Just in time for this year’s holiday season, the Greenbergs are back in business.
BBQ Joint Reviews
November 11, 2021
Redwine’s BBQ Eats & Sweets Serves Barbecue Basics With a Side of Family Legacy
Kenneth Redwine is building on his father’s barbecue dreams with his namesake food truck in Farmersville.
TM BBQ Club
November 9, 2021
Burning Questions With Smokey John’s Bar-B-Que and Home Cooking
Family has always been at the center of Smokey John’s, and keeping their father’s memory alive through food and service comes naturally to Juan and Brent Reaves. As with most restaurants, the global pandemic hit the business pretty hard, but the Reaveses found ways to adapt and give back
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November 5, 2021
TM Recommends: A Dallas Festival That Blends Blues and Barbecue
Plus: a podcast series on self-help guru Rachel Hollis and a strange new single from Teezo Touchdown.
BBQ Joint Reviews
November 3, 2021
Bolt Over to Briscuits for a Brisket Biscuit
Bread at most barbecue joints is an afterthought. Slices of cheap white bread are handed out for free and often end up in the trash. So I was struck by a new food truck in Austin where the bread, in this case biscuits, is as much of a star as
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November 1, 2021
A Barbecue Nerd’s Guide to the Most Historic Joints in Texas
Founded as far back as 1886, these barbecue joints laid the foundation for the pitmasters of today—and what they’re serving is as delicious today as it was in centuries past.
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October 29, 2021
Behind the Scenes at Goldee’s, the Number One Barbecue Joint in Texas
The wunderkind twenty-something pitmasters took us on a tour of their award-winning Central Texas–style ’cue spot.
TM BBQ Club
October 26, 2021
Burning Questions With Goldee’s Barbecue
Dylan Taylor, Lane Milne, Jalen Heard, Nupohn Inthanousay, and Jonny White—the five pitmasters behind Goldee’s Barbecue—finally opened up shop in Fort Worth just a few weeks before the statewide shutdown went into effect in March 2020. Despite a less-than-ideal first year in business, these young pitmasters climbed all the
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October 18, 2021
Our 50 BBQ Honorable Mentions
Yes, there are at least 100 very good barbecue joints in Texas.
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October 18, 2021
The Top 50 Texas BBQ Joints: 2021 Edition
There's a new generation of pitmasters in Texas, and many of them aren't satisfied with simply doing things the same old way. (Though fear not, staunch traditionalists: plenty of them are.)
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October 18, 2021
Seven A-maize-ing Side Dishes
Move over, potato salad—there’s a new starch in town.
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October 18, 2021
Tales From the BBQ Trail
A funny thing happened on the way to the barbecue joint . . .
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October 18, 2021
No, Barbecue Sauce Isn’t Evil
In fact, some of the best joints in Texas are working hard to create innovative, and downright delicious, concoctions.
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October 18, 2021
Do You Want Your Brisket in a Bento Box? On a Taco? Or Over Rice?
Across Texas, fusion barbecue is making a move—and vegetarian barbecue isn't far behind.
BBQ Joint Reviews
October 8, 2021
At Hecho En Texas, the Barbecue Customer Is Always Right
The family behind this Cameron food truck has cut prices and slashed menu items to keep prices affordable for the locals, to admirable results.
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October 1, 2021
Has Texas Brisket Peaked?
The state’s favorite smoked meat is so reliably excellent these days that it no longer feels like an achievement.
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September 28, 2021
Burning Questions With Brotherton’s Black Iron Barbecue
John Brotherton wants to "punch you in the mouth with flavor" at his Pflugerville joint.
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September 24, 2021
Ten Places to Eat State Fair Food Without Setting Foot in the State Fair
Whether or not you plan to attend this year’s fair, head to one of these Dallas–Fort Worth restaurants or barbecue joints for over-the-top fried treats.
TM BBQ Club
September 21, 2021
Burning Questions With Hurtado Barbecue
After making a name for himself hosting pop-up events, Brandon Hurtado finally opened his brick-and-mortar in February 2020. Hurtado Barbecue drew two hundred customers on opening day—and then the pandemic set in. Through the shutdown and the beef shortage that followed, Hurtado has remained resilient.
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September 14, 2021
Texas’s Most Famous Barbecue Tacos Just Keep Getting Better
JQ's Tex-Mex Barbecue helped put the smoked brisket birria taco on the map, but it's worth the drive to Houston for any item on the menu.
BBQ Joint Reviews
September 9, 2021
After a Long Hiatus, Smokin’ Z’s BBQ Finds Its Footing
The Bayou Vista food truck is back, with brisket kolaches, pork ribs that fall off the bone, and a local favorite known as the Cheese Champion.
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September 7, 2021
At Eaker Barbecue, Always Add the Kimchi
The Fredericksburg newcomer marries Korean banchan and Texan smoked meats, along with staple sides like a perfectly gooey mac and cheese.
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September 7, 2021
Burning Questions With Moreno Barbecue
Bo Moreno didn't open his own joint until 2019, but he has brisket, fajitas, chicken, tripas, and wild hog in his blood.
BBQ Joint Reviews
September 1, 2021
1701 Barbecue Began as a Mortician’s Side Hustle. It’s Now One of the Most Popular Joints in Town.
The Beaumont restaurant serves Central Texas–style barbecue, including impressive brisket and painstakingly developed sausage.
BBQ Joint Reviews
August 28, 2021
A Second Feges BBQ Location Serves Up Stunning Sides and Meat With, Yes, a Glass of Wine
The exciting Spring Branch menu includes chana masala, fried chicken, spicy Korean braised greens, brisket, and the most thoughtful wine list in Texas barbecue.
Recipes
August 19, 2021
Smoked Cabbage Steaks
Thickly sliced cabbage, coated in olive oil and imbued with oaky smoke, makes for a worthy main course or the best side dish at the table.
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August 17, 2021
Vegetarian Barbecue Isn’t a Threat to Brisket
We’ve come a long way from smoked vegetables seeming strange at a barbecue joint—and that’s a good thing.
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August 17, 2021
Burning Questions With Desert Oak Barbecue
Richard Funk was bitten by the barbecue bug later than some, but that itch isn't going away anytime soon.
BBQ Joint Reviews
August 10, 2021
East and Central Texas Barbecue Meet at the Spectacular Rollin Smoke
The East Austin food truck used to cater to a late-night crowd. Now its massive sandwiches, innovative vegetable dishes, and flavorful tacos draw in diners all day long.
BBQ Joint Reviews
August 4, 2021
Coastal Que BBQ and More Brings Creative, Consistent Barbecue to the Beach
A Matagorda native brings juicy brisket, masterfully crisped chicken, and inventive sides to the coastal region.
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August 3, 2021
’Cue Course: How to Make Smoked Beef Tallow Tortillas at Flores Barbecue
The secret ingredient in Flores Tortillas is all too familiar to Texas pitmasters.
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July 27, 2021
Burning Questions With LaVaca BBQ
Lupe Nevarez made barbecue the family business, but his heir has some big plans herself.
Business
July 22, 2021
How This Sad Barbecue Tray Became a Meme, Then an Artwork, Then a Cash Cow
After years of online mocking by barbecue fans, “Brooklyn BBQ” is now being auctioned as an NFT. The starting bid is about $10,000.
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July 21, 2021
Mac’s Bar-B-Que in Dallas Will Close After 66 Years
The Dallas barbecue institution will serve its last chopped-brisket sandwich sometime next week. Proprietor Billy McDonald couldn’t be happier about it.
BBQ Joint Reviews
July 16, 2021
Jefe’s Tex-Mex BBQ Successfully Combines the Two Most Texan Cuisines
The Fort Worth barbecue truck blends styles with well-smoked brisket tacos, smacking good pork ribs, and more.
BBQ Joint Reviews
July 15, 2021
A Lubbock Barbecue Institution Steps Bravely Into the Bark-on-Brisket Present
Since taking over Tom & Bingo’s Hickory Pit Bar-B-Q in 2017, Ian Timmons has paid homage to the restaurant’s half century of legacy while serving some of the region’s best brisket.
TM BBQ Club
July 13, 2021
Burning Questions With Ray’s BBQ Shack
Ray Busch’s barbecue obsession, coupled with his Houston pride, makes Ray’s BBQ Shack the go-to joint for traditional H-Town barbecue.Tell me about the first person who taught you about barbecue. Mr. River Falls was a Houston legend back in the sixties, seventies, and eighties. He taught me everything I know.
BBQ Joint Reviews
July 7, 2021
Catch This Roving Barbecue Trailer If You Can
1082 BBQ rises like a smoky mirage in three different rural counties north of Abilene.