Texas BBQ - Part 1 of 2

Are you taking to the Texas highways this summer?  These are some BBQ joints that you might want to keep in mind on the way to your destination.

We wanted to present to you some of the best Texas BBQ spots around the state.  These rankings come from the Texas Monthly's BBQ Special Edition.  We will also share with you feedback from a Tumbleweed TexStyles' fan, Chase Stewart who took part in the ultimate man's trip across the BBQ belt of Texas this year.  His write up will be posted soon!

Texas Monthly's Top List:

Top 50 list comes from Texas Monthly's BBQ Special Edition.

TM's Top 5:

• Kreuz Market - Lockhart
• City Market - Luling
• Louie Mueller Barbecue - Taylor
• Smitty’s Market - Lockhart
• Snow’s BBQ - Lexington

TM's Next 45:

• Austin’s BBQ and Catering - Eagle Lake
• Baby J’s Bar-B-Que & Fish - Palestine
• Baker’s Ribs - Dallas
• Bertram Bar B Que - Bertram
• Big Daddy’s Roadhouse BBQ - Lavon
• Bubba’s Bar-B-Q - Ennis
• Burns Bar-B-Que Cooking and Catering - Houston
• Buzzie’s Bar-B-Que - Kerrville
• Caroline’s Quality and Quantity Bar-B-Que - Kountze
• Casstevens Cash & Carry - Lillian
• City Meat Market - Giddings
• Coleman’s BBQ - Clarksville
• Cooper’s Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que - Llano
• Country Tavern - Kilgore
• Cousin’s Bar-B-Q - Fort Worth
• Cowpokes Texas Style Bar-B-Que - Pearsall
• Cripple Creek B-B-Q - Athens
• Harold’s Pit Bar-B-Q - Abilene
• Hashknife on the Chisholm - Peadenville
• Lamberts Downtown Barbecue - Austin
• Longhorn Cattle Company Barbeque and Steak Restaurant - San Benito
• Luling Bar-B-Q - Luling
• Mann’s Smokehouse Bar-B-Que - Austin
• McMillan’s Bar-B-Q - Fannin
• New Zion Bar-B-Q - Huntsville
• OO Smokehouse - Sherman
• Opie’s BBQ - Spicewood
• Pappy’s Bar B-Q - Monahans
• Schoepf’s Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que - Belton
• Scholl Bros. Bar-B-Que - Paris
• Stacy’s - Jacksonville
• Stanley’s Famous Pit Bar-B-Q - Tyler
• Taylor Café - Taylor
• TC’s Ponderosa - Dickens
• The Smokehouse - San Antonio
• Thompson’s BBQ - Crockett
• Tom and Bingo’s Hickory Pit Bar-B-Que - Lubbock
• Van’s Bar-B-Q - Oakville
• Vincek’s Smokehouse - East Bernard
• Virgie’s Bar-B-Que - Houston
• Whup’s Boomerang Bar-B-Que - Marlin
• Wild Blue BBQ - Los Fresnos
• Willy Ray’s Bar-B-Q and Grill - Beaumont

Hillary, Loyal fan and wife of Co-Owner Brian enjoying Smitty's Market in Lockart