Following are different Houston area BBQ joints that I have visited.
Restaurant | Location | General Comments | Rating |
| Tejas Chocolate & BBQ | Tomball | Absolutely amazing. #6 on 2017 Texas Monthly. | Favorite |
| Gatlin’s BBQ | Houton | Top tier in Houston | Favorite |
| Pinkerton’s Barbecue | Houston | Top tier in Houston | Favorite |
| Killen’s Barbecue | Pearland | Stunningly good | Favorite |
| Roegels Barbecue Co | Houston | Top tier in Houston | Favorite |
| CorkScrew BBQ | Old Town Spring | Top tier in Houston. #7 on 2017 Texas Monthly. | Favorite |
| The Pit Room | Houston | Top tier in Houston | Favorite |
| Reveille Barbecue Co | Magnolia | Fantastic up-and-coming joint | Favorite |
| Blood Bros BBQ | Bellaire | Amazing stuff with an Asian twist | Favorite |
| Truth BBQ | Houston | New location for a 2017 Texas Monthly Top 10 joint | Favorite |
| Feges BBQ | Houston | Amazing food court craft BBQ | Favorite |
| Brett’s BBQ Shop | Katy | Best beef rib in Houston | Favorite |
| Brooks’ Place | Cypress | Really amazing stuff | Favorite |
| SouthernQ BBQ | North Houston | Excellent east Texas ‘cue | Favorite |
| Burns Original BBQ | Houston | Great East Texas BBQ | Favorite |
| Jackson Street BBQ | Downtown Houston | Tremendous downtown BBQ | Favorite |
| 2 Guys 1 Pit BBQ | Spring/Klein/Tomball | Great new BBQ joint | Favorite |
| 3rd Coast BBQ | The Woodlands | Favorite | |
| Pappas Delta Blues Smokehouse | Webster | Elevated barbecue experience | Favorite |
| Bexar Barbecue | Tomball | New and really good! | Favorite |
| Lonestar Sausage & BBQ | North Houston | Great homemade sausages | Favorite |
| MoCo Barbecue | Montgomery Co/The Woodlands | Pop-ups | Favorite |
| The Texas BBQ Lab | Cypress | Pretty good | |
| The Original Rib Tickler | Tomball | Pretty good | |
| Moonlight Bar-B-Q | The Woodlands | Sadly, closed down | Pretty good |
| Paw Paw Chico Barbecue | Spring | Pretty good | |
| The Meating Place | Pinehurst | Pretty good | |
| Luling City Market | Houston | Pretty good | |
| Railroad Crossing | Houston | Permanently closed | Pretty good |
| Goode Co Barbecue | Houston | Pretty good | |
| Hickory Hollow | Houston | Pretty good | |
| The Swinging Door | Richmond | Pretty good | |
| Tin Roof BBQ | Atascocita | Pretty good | |
| Pit Master Bar-B-Que | The Woodlands | Pretty good | |
| Harris County Smokehouse | Tomball | Pretty good | |
| Pappa Charlie’s BBQ | Cypress | Pretty good | |
| D’s Farm Road BBQ | Egypt | Pretty good | |
| Spring Creek Barbecue | Chain – Various locations around Houston | Pretty good | |
| Pizzitola’s Bar B Cue | Houston | Way old-school joint | Pretty good |
| Pappas Bar-B-Q | Houston | One of the best BBQ chains in Houston | Pretty good |
| Corky’s BBQ | Katy | Memphis chain now in the Lone Star State | Pretty good |
| Carl’s BBQ | Cypress | Pretty good | |
| 529 BBQ | Cypress | Good | |
| Ribmasters | Tomball | Good | |
| Old Tomball BBQ | Tomball | Good | |
| It’s Ribs | Houston | Good | |
| Valley Ranch BBQ | Klein | Good | |
| The Brisket House | Spring | Average | |
| Rackshack BBQ & Wings | Houston | Average | |
| Waller County Line BBQ | Waller | Average | |
| County Line BBQ | Houston | Sadly, they closed down a few years ago | N/A |
| William’s Smokehouse | Houston | Sadly, they have been shut down for a number of years | N/A |
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