Following are different Dallas area BBQ joints that I have the opportunity to enjoy.

Restaurant	Location	General Comments	Rating
Cattleack Barbecue	Dallas	#3 on 2017 Texas Monthly	Favorite
Pecan Lodge	Dallas	Located in the Deep Ellum area. Phenomenal stuff.	Favorite
Heim BBQ	Fort Worth	Incredible food, especially the bacon burnt ends	Favorite
Hutchins BBQ	McKinney	Truly delicious	Favorite
The Slow Bone BBQ	Dallas	Top 50 Texas Monthly	Favorite
Lockhart Smokehouse	Dallas		Favorite
Harris Bar-B-Que	Cedar Hill	Was located in Waxahachie – now in Cedar Hill	Favorite
Smokey Joe’s BBQ	South Dallas	Great east Texas BBQ	Favorite
Pappas Delta Blues Smokehouse	Plano	Elevated barbecue experience	Favorite
Ferris Wheelers Backyard & BBQ	Dallas	They have a real ferris wheel out back	Really good
Top 5 BBQ	DeSoto	Sadly closed now	Really good
Hard Eight BBQ	The Colony	There are other locations as well around the area	Really good
Feedstore BBQ	Southlake		Really good
Sonny Bryan’s Smokehouse	Inwood	“The Original” is quite good	Really good
Big Al’s Smokehouse	Inwood	Great stuff	Really good
Ten50 BBQ	Richardson		Really good
407 BBQ	Argyle		Good
Alma Smokehouse	Alma	Only got to try the sausage. Hoping to get to go back soon to try their brisket and ribs.	TBD
Meshack’s Bar-be-que	Garland	Didn’t get there before it closed for the day, but it smelled great. Gotta go back.	TBD