Barbecue
The Best Barbecue in Kilgore, Texas
Five verified Kilgore barbecue pits ranked, from a 1939 roadhouse famous for its pork ribs to a four-day-a-week brisket counter just north of downtown.
5 picks
Food & Drink
The Best Barbecue in Texas
Brisket, ribs, and sausage, ranked by the places actually worth the drive and the wait.
16 guides across Texas
Barbecue
The Best Barbecue in Marshall, Texas
Five verified Marshall barbecue pits ranked, led by an 83-year-old Highway 154 smokehouse whose brisket and rib pit only fires on Friday and Saturday.
5 picks
Barbecue
The Best Barbecue in Denison, Texas
A researched, ranked guide to barbecue in Denison and north Grayson County, from a 1975 hickory pit downtown to the only joint in the county open at 8 a.m.
6 picks
Barbecue
The Best Barbecue in Nacogdoches, Texas
Six Nacogdoches barbecue joints ranked and verified, led by a Texas Monthly Top 50 pit on East Main whose brisket rub is half coffee grounds.
6 picks
Barbecue
The Best Barbecue Near Austin Without the Two-Hour Line
Seven Central Texas pits within an hour of Austin where the counter model means you order in minutes, with hours and addresses checked against each one.
7 picks
Barbecue
The Best Barbecue Towns in Texas
Nine Texas towns ranked for barbecue, from Lockhart with five joints and a legislative title to Lexington, where the best pits in the state fire once a week.
9 picks
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The Best Barbecue in Waco, Texas
Eight verified Waco barbecue joints, ranked, from the Texas Monthly top ten pit out on Highway 6 to the 1919 East Waco counter that has never once moved.
8 picks
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The Best Barbecue in Arlington, Texas
Eight verified Arlington barbecue joints, from the Michelin recommended Tex-Ethiopian smokehouse on South Cooper to the Kreuz Market sausage at Texas Live.
8 picks
Barbecue
The Best Barbecue in Lufkin, Texas
Seven verified Lufkin barbecue joints ranked, from the post oak trailer Texas Monthly profiled to the hickory brick pits fired downtown since 1950.
7 picks
Barbecue
The Best Barbecue in Longview, Texas
Seven Longview barbecue joints ranked and verified, from the Texas Monthly Top 50 pit north of downtown to the original 1968 Bodacious on Mobberly Avenue.
7 picks
Barbecue
The Best Barbecue in Tyler, Texas
A researched, ranked guide to barbecue in Tyler, Texas, from a Texas Monthly Top 50 pit on South Beckham to a cash-only offset smoker out on Highway 31 East.
8 picks
Barbecue
The Best Barbecue in Sherman, Texas
A researched, ranked guide to barbecue in Sherman, Texas and up the road in Denison, from a competition pit on Texoma Parkway to a hickory pit open since 1975.
8 picks
Barbecue
The Best Barbecue in Texarkana
A researched, ranked guide to the best barbecue on the Texas side of Texarkana, from a yellow trailer at the Leary exit to the pit that started here in 1998.
7 picks
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The Best Barbecue in Greenville, Texas
A researched, ranked guide to the best barbecue in Greenville and Hunt County, from a chamber-member pit on Highway 34 to a Lone Oak destination smokehouse.
6 picks
Barbecue
The Best Barbecue in Paris, Texas
Six barbecue operations worth your time in and around Paris, Texas, from the Lamar Avenue pit Texas Monthly called a contender to an Airstream on FM 195.
6 picks
Barbecue
The Best Barbecue in Dallas
Five Dallas barbecue joints worth planning a day around, from a limited-hours pit in a Farmers Branch office park to the beef ribs that made Deep Ellum famous.
5 picks
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