tell me your favorite place to eat bbq in texas and why.

In the area where I live, I have to pick Rudy's. I have heard Sonny Bryan's in Dallas is pretty tasty. Would like to give them a try.

just opened a Rudy's in frisco, good stuff I tell ya.

Where I live the best place to eat bbq is Rudy's as well and that is pretty dang sad. There is no such thing as good or even decent bbq in deep sotuh Texas. The best bbq I have ever had is Tex's bbq in between Washington and Brenham. Read the Tex's bbq thread.

The best place I have found is at my brothers house where we cook everything from steak, quail, beef, chicken, all kinds of sausages, fajita meat, stuffed jalepenos and buffalo turds, salmon, catfish, pork loin, pork chops, corn on the cob, vegetables, turkey.
Well, you name it we have cooked it on the grill and being in a Czech family there was usually a little beer involved.

Around Ft. Worth, I don't think that you can beat Cousins, although I would like to try Railhead someday.

In FtWorth, I'd say that Thr Railhead is the best I've had, the next would be Riscky's in the stockyards, man their all you can eat beef ribs are great!!!

One vote for Railhead.

This is off the wall but I gotta go with red, Hot and blue. Its a chain but its dang good!

In Fort Worth, Railhead is first closely foll0wed by Robinson's

Mt. Zion in Huntsville was my favorite place of all time. Not even sure it's still open, but it was really good home cookin'.

Kreuz Market in Lockhart is the best hands down
http://www.kreuzmarket.com/index.shtml

I remember when Robinsons was just a walk up shack. Great BBQ! They have a mean rub as well.

Big D's at lake tawakoni is pretty dadgummed good
i have a hard time eating barbecue in public- i am such a messy eater when it comes to good barbecue, especially chicken

Granzine's in New Braunfels. Pickup only. FANTASTIC.

Coopers in LLano.2" pork chops,goat,Ribs & everything else,then sit down on wooden benches with gallon jars of jalapenos and loves of bread.I'm getting hungry thinking about it.

Angelo's in Ft. Worth!

Went there 30 years ago and lots of times since then. Was just there about a month ago. That's what I like about it....it's great brisket every time!

Rudy's off 35 in denton ,... because they make there BBQ so good ,,.. soo good to make you steel your little brothers piggy bank smash it open just to buy some of there brisket !!!! ... BBQ sauce is excellent as well!!!! yummy!!! dont get me started now lol!!!

well Breckenridge Tx. has a new BBQ place called PitStop BBQ. Hands down the best BBQ I have ever had that didn't come from East Texas. BBrown I can't believe you would even mention Angelo's gotta be the worst BBQ in the murderplex.
Johnny

Brothers in Law's on the east side of Houston. Grew up eating there, and it is still my favorite by far.

IM TELLING YOU GUYS RUDY's IS THE NUTSSS

If you ever make it to downtown Houston, you need to look up Thelma's BBQ, the building looks like it should be condemned, the customer service sucks, but the food is out of this world, she has been featured in several magazines for best BBQ in Texas and been in Texas Monthly a couple of times.

It's outstanding food... and very cold beer

Oh, machinist, you just don't know good BBQ when you eat it!

Thanks for the tip on Breckenridge. I knew as soon as I gave up birdhunting (Breckenridge was where we had a lease for 10 years or so) that they would open something besides a fried chicken place.

Saltlick in Driftwood has got to be #1, Mt. Zion in Huntsville(yes it is still open) is #2, Coopers in LLanno is a close 3rd though. And honerable mention for a chain is Rudy's!

Hey, several new BBQ places just opened in my area. Pitmasters, Smokey Joe's, Henry's BBQ, and Big John's BBQ. Got to give all of them a try.

1. Kreuz's Market in Lockhart for sausage and brisket.
1A. City Market in Luling, lots of good choices.
2. Cooper's in Llano for beef.
3. The Church of the Holy Barbecue (Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Huntsville) used to be great for pork ribs.

That was pretty dang close...
I've traveled (and munched) across the state my whole life. Lot's of barbecue, here's my favs...

Any of the Coopers, Llano, Mason, Junction, whatever you pick off the line, you'll thank yourself for stopping there.

Louie Muellers in Taylor, second but not by much..

Kruez in Lockhart, always worth the stop.

City Market in Luling ditto.

Rudy's fills a hole, won't kill you, but not even in the same class.

Salt lick is a nice trip with visitors, but again not the same class.


But this of course is a discussion that can lead to a parking lot scrape in a hurry.

I haven't eaten there in quite awhile but some of the dead level best bbq I can remember, next to mine of course, was to be found at Cottons in Robstown second only to Kreuz or City Market in Luling and Lockhart.

It's been 10 years or so, but Joe Cottons was great back then! Even bring ya a little more meat if you didn't get full! Wax paper, plasticware and tuxedos!

Papas in Dallas on NW Hwy. Sammy Walkers in Forney on Hwy 80. Purple Pig in the Palestine area on 155. Ricks in Garland on Jupiter. Bakers Ribs in Mesquite at Hwy 80 and Galloway.

BBROWN...maybe I had a bad experience but I thought Angelo's was horrible. Robinson's is good...good beans too. Railhead all you can eat beef ribs....they changed us over to pork after our 4th or 5th time of ordering more, there were 8 of us and it looked like a graveyard at our table, but yeah they weren't shabby. There was a little place out by Winters, TX called The Shed....they had some great BBQ don't know if they are still open though. My favorite is still my dad's house.

Sheps in Palestine is pretty good and a couple dollars cheaper per plate than any other Q shack I've been to.

The Shed that was outside of Wingate closed several years ago.They had excellent BBQ & Steaks.The best Sauce I ever had without a doubt.

Triton I'm glad you mentioned that about the sauce...when I was a kid that was my dessert I'd eat the sauce with their white bread man you talk about good stuff. That's a damn shame it closed. Mighty fine eatin.

I've tried to make that sauce and I havn't had any luck yet.I think they got too big.They had opened up places in Sweetwater & Winters besides the place in Wingate.It wasn't long and they were all closed.They should have stayed with the first place.

I was in the Houston Bush Airport last night and eat at PAPPA'S BBQ pulled pork and I tell you it was something. Sure would do it again.

The pit Stop in Lufkin is great....
Stopped in a small town by Bremond...can't rememner the town but will find out...called Boss Hog BBQ...its was the best I have had in years!!!

salt lick in austin

Combine City Market's (in Luling) sausage, pork ribs and sauce, along with Kreuz beef and pork chops and house them in Smitty's building (which used to be the old Kreuz).
That's what heaven must be like.

Coopers in Llano is a must stop everytime we go past there. Ate one time at the Coopers in Junction and it wasnt worth the money. dont know if we just hit at a bad time but we wont ever stop there again.
Another good place is an all you can eat at a little ole Baptist church in Huntsville off of Hwy 75. Maybe someone knows the name but always eat there too when we are in the area.
Muelllers in Taylor was a bit pricey for my budget.

I couldn't agree with you more! Although I think Smitty's sausage is right up there with Luling's. Once in awhile Luling's will be a little too greasy.

You haven't had good BBQ if you think Rudy's is the "best". Rudy's is good but they are in the same league as Colters, Spring Creek, and etc. Those places to BBQ, is like Taco Bell is to Mexican Food.

I think Kreuz in Lockhart is the best in the State and I've been to a bunch of them all over Texas and most of the Southeast for that matter. Sides aren't much to speak of, no sause and you only get a plastic knife, but the BBQ is the best, can't beat the pork ribs anywhere. For those that like Coopers, it's not a favorite of mine, the one in Mason is the best.

The Railhead in Ft. Worth is just simply fantastic (IMHO). The owners are great and give all of us Military folks a 50% discount while on duty.

I've not tried their ribs, but brisket-turkey-sausage-chicken all fantastic. They also have nice draught beer selection, served in old-time frozen scooners.

I'm makin' my own mouth water.

Give 'em a try if you are ever on the west-side of Ft. Worth
Brent

Outstanding!

The best bbq is @ Cooper's in Llano
2nd best is @ my house.

Kevster, do you need a lesson?
Chip

Next time youre at cedar creek you gotta try xtreme bbq in seven points. best ribs i've ever had & by far the best sauce!

Going back 20-30 years or so there was a place on Lombardy in Dallas call Red Bryan's, I still remember the BBQ Beef and Ham there, Coopers (LLano)would be the best now.

Main Street BBQ in Euless. I don't bother with any other place in D/FW.

Goode Company BBQ in Houston. All of the meats are great but the smoked sweet water duck is outstanding!

Xtreme Bar-B-Que located on 334, next to Sonic, in Seven Points is a great Barbque restaurant doing a brisk business since moving from Gun Barrel last month. Ample servings and good prices on ribs, brisket, ham, and pulled pork. All are excellent, give them a try when you are in the Cedar Creek area.

I TOLD YOU!

Well here in Keller if it aint BBQ its Mex, but I'd have to say Cousins or Soda Springs BBQ. If your looking for a good meal with a view then try The Smoke Pit in Ft Worth.

I need to check it out the next time Im home. I swear that place changes names and paint once every 3 months

The best BBQ I'v had was a guy at my church in Tool that made BBQ for fellowship gatherings. Since he developed cancer he no longer has the strength to do it anymore.

Now that Im in Waco, Vitek's is tough to beat. If youre in the area stop by and get you a gut pack.

In San Antonio, it's Barbecue Station. 410 & Harry Wurzbach. The brisket is excellent and the creamed corn is great. the ribs and chicken are also great! We eat there at least once a week.

Not to start a parking lot scrape, but for sausage: SouthSide Market in Elgin has no peer!

Brisket, well there are tons of em all over this GREAT state, and one that ranks close to the top is right here in the BIG D:
The Hickory House on Industrial. Been there since 1945, is a serioius, hard core smokehouse dive, and still has the quintessential Big Hair, Down Home, Only in Texas Carhop, that gives you dazzling personal service, will know your life history by the time you start on the second ice crystals oozing down the side of the bottle long neck, and you will wonder how the hell this absolutely spectacular sliced beef, oozing juice, moist, one of a kind pure smokehouse beef flavor, ever escaped your attention to start with!

Ribs: well, there have been some near nameless places on country roads in the Hill country, some true smokehouse dives pretty much anywhere in Texas, that had some incredible ribs to serve to me over the years, so that one is hard to pin down. One particular serving of my all time favorite bbq subspecies, i got in the little general store/bait shop/saloon/bbq joint in Circleville, Tx, at the foot of the bridge crossing the San Gabriel River. Memorable, and that was 30 some odd years ago! It was THAT DAMN GOOD!

Rudy