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Texas Monthly 2017 Top 50 BBQ Joints

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wadd96
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Actually, that's the beef rib! But also prime!
All the God's, all the Heavens, all the Hells are within you.
Cowboy Curtis
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Are you sure that's mozzarella?!
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Interesting
wadd96
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100% sure. The owner and I are friends.

From his SM Post in Friday... "Fridays are for trash fries. Brisket, bacon, mozzarella, queso, pico and green onions on a bed of fries. Getchasum!"
All the God's, all the Heavens, all the Hells are within you.
Cowboy Curtis
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It was a bad joke. Food pron/cheese...[crickets]...
BSD
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Tickets on sale now...

https://www.texasmonthly.com/event/fireandsmoke/
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BSD said:

Tickets on sale now...

https://www.texasmonthly.com/event/fireandsmoke/


My wife said "no".
BSD
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So did mine. Still going.
Bulldog73
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Great, so you only need to buy one ticket.
Cowboy Curtis
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BSD said:

Tickets on sale now...

https://www.texasmonthly.com/event/fireandsmoke/
annnnnnd they're sold out. If anyone has buyers remorse I'll take two. Thanks!
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Pinkerton's still has the goods at dinner time right?
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The Milkman said:

Pinkerton's still has the goods at dinner time right?
Pinkerton's is opening up a San Antonio location next year:

https://www.mysanantonio.com/food/restaurants/article/Houston-based-Pinkerton-s-Barbecue-eyes-13535171.php
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interesting. Seems ambitious for a one off BBQ place to expand to San Antonio.
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I'm guessing they have an investor that wants to get his money back?
Diggity
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Houston is a big city. I would expand locally before leaving town. BBQ is tough to replicate.
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I agree
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I've been wondering the same thing about Truth, if they can replicate the quality of the Brenham location
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Maybe his right hand man is happy to relocate and that location sounds ideal. Seems like it just hasn't been done with prime BBQ but doesn't mean it can't be done.
Diggity
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Makes sense if that's the case. Didn't see details in the article.
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Cstrickland05 said:

I've been wondering the same thing about Truth, if they can replicate the quality of the Brenham location

I think the Houston joint will, my guess is that is where the main pitmaster will be at. He's a lot like Franklin, super particular about sourcing the meat (44 farms) and controlling the process so I dont think he will have any problems scaling his operation up a bit.

However, I fear the Brenham location will suffer since he wont be there and wont be near as good. Hope I'm proven wrong though.... easily my favorite bbq place in the top 10 when you combine food quality, length of line, and driving distance.
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Agree with everything you said.

Once Houston opens the hype is going to be insane. Food media (non-bbq focused) hasn't been talking a lot about Truth since it's in Brenham, but once it's in a major city like Houston... look out.
schmendeler
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maybe the lines at the original location will be even less inconvenient when everyone stays in Houston to go to that location.
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The lady friend and I have a new year resolution of trying new BBQ every month. This Saturday we will head out from College Station on the hunt for some que...

In y'alls opinion, should we hit up Louie Mueller or Tejas? (we have already decided we are going to one of those two so pls only suggest one of those LOL)
barney94
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Mueller. Do the old school joint first. It's still my favorite.
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979ag said:

The lady friend and I have a new year resolution of trying new BBQ every month. This Saturday we will head out from College Station on the hunt for some que...

In y'alls opinion, should we hit up Louie Mueller or Tejas? (we have already decided we are going to one of those two so pls only suggest one of those LOL)


Of the two, I prefer Tejas over Louie Mueller. That being said, if you're driving down anyway, skip Tejas, drive the extra 15 minutes, and go to Corkscrew instead.
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If you've been on this thread long you know that I think Louis Mueller is incredibly over rated....BUT it has one of the coolest atmospheres of any place I've traveled to in Texas. Lot's of history there. If you're into BBQ, and it sounds like you are, I think you should try it out.
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I agree completely. Never been a big fan of their BBQ, but the atmosphere is top notch.
schmendeler
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Tejas is better. But yeah Louie Mueller has epic atmosphere.
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I don't know if it's because I just love black pepper so much, but I'd prefer Louie Mueller over Tejas. Tejas is incredible too though so you can't go wrong with either. Both are in my personal top 10
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Both are great. What do you want to do the rest of the day? That's how I'd choose.

If you want to walk around and browse cute shops, you can go to Louie Mueller. Or if you want to walk around and browse cute shops, you can go to Tejas.
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If you're willing to going to Tomball just go to corkscrew. It's better than both of them.
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schmendeler said:

If you're willing to going to Tomball just go to corkscrew. It's better than both of them.


Absolutely.
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Truth Houston opens tomorrow!!!

https://instagr.am/p/Bsx0iEfBmn0
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Wonder what the line looks like?
 
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