Texas Monthly's New Top 50 BBQ Joints

[JRL]

Listed alphabetically by town.

They will announce the top four out of these tomorrow.

Let the debate begin.......

Alamo
The Original Willie's

Amarillo
Tyler's

Austin
Franklin
John Mueller
LA Barbecue
Lamberts
Stiles Switch

Belton
Miller's Smokehouse

Bryan
Fargo's

Cypress
Brooks' Place

Dallas
Lockhart Smokehouse
Pecan Lodge

Eagle Lake
Austin's

Fannin
McMillan's

Fort Worth
Cousin's
Longoria's

Fredericksburg
Cranky Frank's

Galveston
Leon's World's Finest In & Out

Garland
Meshack's

Giddings
City Meat Market

Grapevine
Bartley's

Henderson
Bob's

Houston
Gatlin's
Virgie's

Jasper
Billy's Old Fashion

Jefferson
Joseph's Riverport

Kerrville
Buzzie's

Lexington
Snow's

Livingston
Hitch-N-Post

Llano
Cooper's

Lockhart
Black's
Kreuz Market

Luling
City Market

Marlin
Whup's

McKinney
Hutchins

Mexia
Kirby's

Peadenville
Hashknife on the Chisholm

Pearsall
Cowpoke's

Pecos
Pody's

Rockport
Hatfields

San Antonio
The Granary
Two Bros

San Marcos
Hays Co. Bar-B-Que

Smithville
Zimmerhanzel's

Spicewood
Opie's

Spring
Corkscrew

Sweetwater
Big Boy's

Taylor
Louie Mueller

Tyler
Stanley's

Victoria
Mumphord's Place

[Chef]

I hear that Pecan Lodge in the Farmers Mkt is Mmmmmmmmmmm Good!!! I aint waitin in line to find out!!

[Dale Moser]

Cousin's? Seriously??

[Sparkles]

Hutchins is good stuff glad it made the top 50!!

[mikemorvan]

Good eats are in the taste buds of the ingester. I would have a very time leaving North Main Bar-B-Que in Euless off any "Top Whatever" barbeque joints in Texas. That's my taste buds though. Too each his own. Certainly nothing wrong with this list.

Quick amendment: Substitute Angelo's for Cousin's in Fort Worth. For the atmosphere if nothing else.

[MKH]

For San Antonio, The Granary is excellent, but kinda frou-frou. The Rusty Bucket has the best pork loin, and ribs and their spicy sauce is to die for.

[BrandonA]

Cooper's really? That place is horrible at best

[JRL]

here's a handy map of all of the locations:

https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=202265745713918199847.0004dcc5171808b779a7e&msa=0

[MKH]

How could they leave out Smittys though!

[SMOOTHboar]

Cooper's really? That place is horrible at best

I love Coopers. I will not pass thru llano without stopping there!

[Graysonhogs]

Hutchins is good stuff glad it made the top 50!!

I need to try it, have always heard good things....

[JRL]

Some head scratchers for sure. Leon's in Galveston is pretty average at best. They left a couple great places in Austin off as well in Freedman's Bar and Micklethwait Craft Meats. I'm guessing there is a considerable step down from the Franklin's, La Barbeque and Mueller's of the world to the majority of the others on the list.

[JRL]

How could they leave out Smittys though!

Many seem to think that Smitty's has had some consistency issues of late.

[Fishndude]

I see BOB's house fell from the top 50 after they discover he put salsa on his BBQ.

[Mossback]

I see BOB's house fell from the top 50 after they discover he put salsa on his BBQ.

That's some Yankee stuff right there