TMBBQ Fest 2013

What makes good BBQ? Is it the burnt end? Maybe its the sauce or the rubs... or maybe its the company you have when you enjoy the Lonestar state's trademark food. If you are from Texas and enjoy BBQ as much as the rest of us then you may want to save this date: November 3rd. TMBBQ is back for another year! at this event they invite their Top 50 Joints that made the list to the TMBBQ FEST. You can't miss out! 

Daniel Vaughn AKA (The BBQ Snob) - "The Prophets of Smoked Meat"

Daniel Vaughn is known as The BBQ Snob and has traveled all across Texas in search of the best smoked meat in the state. An expert in all things barbecue, Daniel Vaughn published his first book "The Prophets of Smoked Meat," a restaurant guide to the best joints in Texas. Vaughn has also kept a BBQ review blog called Full Custom Gospel BBQ.

Check out Vaughn's top 10 Texas BBQ list here. 

  

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Barbecue Joints:

• AUSTIN’S BBQ AND CATERING
  Pitmaster: Ron Janow

  Rating: 4.25
• BLACK’S BARBECUE
  Pitmaster: Kent Black

  Rating: 4.25
• BUZZIE’S BAR-B-Q
  Pitmaster: Harold "Buzzie" Hughes

  Rating: 4.25
• CITY MEAT MARKET
  Pitmaster: Gerald Birkelbach (since 1982)

  Rating: 4.25
• COUSIN’S BAR-B-Q
  Pitmaster: Cliff Payne

  Rating: 4.25
• FRANKLIN BARBECUE
  Pitmaster: Aaron Franklin

  Rating: 5
• HATFIELD’S BBQ
  Pitmaster: Kenny Hatfield

  Rating: 4
• HAYS CO. BAR-B-QUE AND CATERING
  Pitmaster: Michael Hernandez; Aaron Hernandez (since 2009); and Omar Serna (since 2012)

  Rating: 4
• HUTCHINS BBQ
  Pitmaster: Tim Hutchins (since 1999)

  Rating: 4.25
• LA BARBECUE
  Pitmaster: John Lewis, Francisco Saucedo, and Chris McGhee

  Rating: 4.5
• LAMBERTS DOWNTOWN BARBECUE
  Pitmaster: Zach Davis

  Rating: 4.25
• LOCKHART SMOKEHOUSE
  Pitmaster: Tim McLaughlin and Will Fleischman

  Rating: 4.5
• LOUIE MUELLER BARBECUE
  Pitmaster: Wayne Mueller (since 2008)

  Rating: 4.75
• MILLER’S SMOKEHOUSE
  Pitmaster: Dirk Miller and Robert Reid

  Rating: 4.25
• OPIE’S BARBECUE
  Pitmaster: Marco Oglesby (since 2007)

  Rating: 4.5
• PECAN LODGE
  Pitmaster: Justin Fourton

  Rating: 4.75
• PODY’S BBQ
  Pitmaster: Israel Campos

  Rating: 4
• SNOW’S BBQ
  Pitmaster: Tootsie Tomanetz

  Rating: 4.75