They polled colleagues, pitmasters, and die-hard smoked meat fans all over the country and have declared the Best BBQ in Texas is right here in the capitol city, La Barbecue in Austin.
Here is what they had to say about La Barbecue:
The deal: Picking a Texas place is always the most difficult part of this story, as Texas spots alone could probably sweep 40 states if they’d just spread themselves out around the country. With that said (and no disrespect to Franklin, or Kreuz in Lockhart, or Louie Mueller in Taylor (our pick last time), or Pecan Lodge and Lockhart Smokehouse in Dallas, or Snow’s in Lexington, or Cooper’s in Llano, or Meshack’s in Garland, or Leon’s in Galveston, and on and on), our choice for the best in the state is Mueller’s granddaughter’s Austin place, La Barbecue. Last year, I did one of those BBQ pilgrimages into Lockhart, up through Dallas, and around the state, and when I came back around to Austin, the brisket I got from LeAnn Mueller and pitmaster John Lewis (formerly of Franklin) at La Barbecue blew away almost everyone else with such ferocity it was actually staggering. Lewis is a barbecue wizard and Mueller is barbecue royalty. That unbeatable combination is bad news for everyone else.
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