In May 2017 Texas Monthly published “The List: The Top 50 Barbecue Joints in Texas” rankings. This is just an informal way of tracking how many of those places I’ve visited.

Top 10

Ranking	BBQ Joint	Location	Visited
1	Snow’s BBQ	Lexington
2	Franklin Barbecue	Austin	Y*
3	Cattleack Barbeque	Dallas	Y
4	Bodacious Bar-B- Q	Longview
5	Louie Mueller Barbecue	Taylor	Y
6	Tejas Chocolate Craftory	Tomball	Y
7	CorkScrew BBQ	Spring	Y
8	Micklethwait Craft Meats	Austin	Y
9	Evie Mae’s Pit Barbeque	Wolfforth
10	Truth Barbeque	Brenham	Y

The Rest of the Top 50

BBQ Joint	Location	Visited
Stillwater Barbeque	Abilene	Y+
Tyler’s Barbeque	Amarillo
Freedmen’s (sadly, now closed)	Austin	— closed
La Barbecue	Austin	Y*
Stiles Switch BBQ & Brew	Austin	Y
Terry Black’s Barbecue	Austin	Y
Valentina’s Tex Mex BBQ	Austin	Y
Miller’s Smokehouse	Belton
Vera’s Backyard B-B-Que	Brownsville
Fargo’s Pit BBQ	Bryan	Y
Payne’s Bar-B-Q Shak	Burnet
BBQ on the Brazos	Cresson
Lockhart Smokehouse	Dallas	Y
Pecan Lodge	Dallas	Y
Top 5 BBQ (Sadly closed)	DeSoto	Y
4-T’s Bar-B-Q	Forney
Heim Barbecue	Fort Worth	Y
Baker Boys BBQ	Gonzales
Rio Grande Grill BBQ & Tex Mex	Harlingen
Blue Moon BBQ	Hearne	Y
Heavy’s Bar-B-Que	Hondo
Gatlin’s BBQ	Houston	Y
Pinkerton’s Barbecue	Houston	Y
The Pit Room	Houston	Y
Roegels Barbecue Co.	Houston	Y
Joseph’s Riverport Bar-B-Cue	Jefferson
Cooper’s Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que	Llano	Y+
Kreuz Market	Lockhart	Y+
City Market	Luling	Y
Smolik’s Smokehouse	Mathis
Hutchins BBQ	McKinney	Y
The Smoking Oak	Mercedes
Killen’s Barbecue	Pearland	Y
Pody’s BBQ	Pecos
2M Smokehouse	San Antonio
The Granary ’Cue & Brew	San Antonio
Hays Co. Bar-B-Que	San Marcos
Stanley’s Famous Pit BBQ	Tyler
Harris Bar-B-Que	Waxahachie	Y
Flores Barbecue	Whitney

Y* — I’ve been there and even stood in line. But sadly did not get to order any food.

Y+ — I’ve eaten there, but it was long enough ago that I was not capturing photos or taking notes. I guess I’ll just have to go back and eat more! 🙂