re: What is THE Best BBQ Joint You Have Ever Been To?

BBQ is so subjective, but mine are

Pecan Lodge- Dallas

Stanley's- Tyler, TX

Salt Lick- original and only the original. People who say it sucks because they've been to the chain ones are missing out.


Speaking of Dallas, if anyone is in the area, I work by a place that's only been open a year called Ten50 BBQ in Richardson off 75

It's the central Texas model of walking by the pit and just putting stuff on wax paper. They have improved every time I've been and think they have gotten pretty damn good. The owner is the guy who founded chilis. I read an article on him and he said he basically always was fascinated with the original central Texas joints like Snows, coopers, hard 8, Etc. He went and found two pitmasters and paid them while they toured basically every top BBQ joint in Texas and surrounding areas for a year.

He told them to take notes and talk to the legend pitmasters and basically he wanted something similar. Like I said, it took a few months to season the pits and get everything right, but I went the other day and damn, it was good.