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Burning Questions With 2M Smokehouse
Esaul Ramos Jr. got his start as the lead pitmaster at La Barbecue in Austin. In 2015, he moved back to his hometown of San Antonio and opened up 2M Smokehouse, an unassuming spot that impressively...
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Where to Eat Barbecue in Houston
The Houston metro area has more praiseworthy barbecue joints than most entire states. We have our favorites, of course. Texas Monthly recently published a list of the top fifty barbecue joints in Texas...
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The Franklin Barbecue Line Has Returned in All Its Glory
The spirits of the customers queuing outside Franklin Barbecue could not be dampened, not even by the construction crew that started noisily dismantling the street just feet from their eardrums. It was...
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Where to Eat Barbecue in Fort Worth
For years, Texas Monthly published a single guide to cover all the barbecue in the Dallas–Fort Worth area. Then Fort Worth (and the Mid-Cities) went off and became the most exciting place in Texas for...
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My Favorite Barbecue Bites of 2021
I visited a whole lot more barbecue joints this year than last. In case you missed it, we released a new top fifty barbecue list, and the search to narrow down that list was a long and winding one. I...
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Burning Questions With Brick Vault Brewery and Barbecue
Phillip Moellering started out as the manager at Brick Vault, but he’s always been a major key to the joint’s success. Barbecue editor Daniel Vaughn raved about Moellering’s sausage recipe when he...
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Video: How to Taste-test Like Our Barbecue Editor
The 2021 Top 50 list is here, and we know you have some questions. With so much great barbecue in Texas, you might be wondering what separates the good from the InterStellar. BBQ Bites, a new series...
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An Arlington Family Has Created a New Must-Try Cuisine, Tex-Ethiopian Barbecue
Order the Texas sheet cake at Smoke’N Ash BBQ in South Arlington and, as advertised, you’ll get a rectangle of moist chocolate cake with a generous layer of sweet, chocolate icing. But nestled into the...
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John Mueller, Barbecue Legend, Dies at 52
John Mueller, a barbecue phenom who spent his life tending pits, died on Thursday after a long illness. He was 52. Mueller bounced between fame and infamy; mercurial, infuriating, hilarious, and...
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Where to Eat Barbecue in Austin
No Texas city has Austin beat for the sheer volume of worthy barbecue destinations. Sure, the Houston area’s widespread suburbs might be richer in excellent barbecue, and the Fort Worth scene is hot...
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Wood Is Hard to Find, and Pitmasters Are Scrambling
Like many of his fellow Texas pitmasters, Daniel Brown was fed up with the suppliers who were supposed to deliver the wood for his smoker. “Sometimes we’d get wood and sometimes they wouldn’t answer...
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’Cue Course: Fletch and Alfredo Make Sandwiches
Roegels Barbecue Co. is known for great barbecue and legendary daily specials, from chopped beef cheesesteaks to pastrami BLTs. The pitmasters at Roegels like to get creative and put Texas barbecue...
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The Experts’ Guide to Selecting the Best Wood for Your Barbecue
The most basic thing you need to know about choosing the right wood for making barbecue is: don’t use pine (or, really, any other coniferous tree). Hardwoods are what you seek, but which ones? You...
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Where to Eat Barbecue in Dallas
The Metroplex is too big for just one barbecue guide. Fort Worth already got its own, so this one is dedicated to Dallas and its many suburbs, which are packed with smoked-meat stops both old and new....
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Burning Questions With Killen’s Barbecue
Ronnie Killen was born to be a restaurateur, but the passion it takes to make a name in Texas barbecue isn’t something that can be taught in culinary school. Killen is a perfectionist at heart, so it’s...
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Liberty Hill’s Agape BBQ Smokes Meat With Love
Jeremy Archer was ready to leave the barbecue game and go back to his corporate IT job when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020. He had opened Archer BBQ in Cedar Park, which he described as “a...
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Kansas City Needs a BBQ Renaissance
The American barbecue tradition rests on four pillars: Memphis, Kansas City, the Carolinas, and Texas. They’re the widely accepted capitals of the beloved cuisine, and rivalries among them are...
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A Father-Son Duo Keeps the Barbecue Station Relevant
Texas was in the midst of a massive oil bust in the late eighties, and Bobby Peacock was bored out of his mind. “There’s nothing worse in the oil business than when nobody’s doing business,” he said....
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In Beef-Loving Texas, This Okie Pitmaster Dares to Stick to Pork
“Smoky Spicy Pig Parts” is the motto painted on the door of the Crimson Creek Smokehouse food truck. It’s an invitation to come and enjoy a wealth of pork prepared in various ways, including pulled...
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A Revamped Menu and Kitchen Breathe New Life Into This Abilene Joint
Abilene barbecue is going through a transformation. The Shed Market, an honorable mention on our 2021 barbecue list, recently opened a new location on Abilene’s south side, tripling its capacity. Texas...
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