The home of the best barbecue in the United States is a debate of biblical proportion, but it is generally accepted that the German-influenced meat markets in and around central Texas are of an exceptional quality and character, whatever denomination you subscribe to.
Many of the top-rated smokehouses in Texas Monthly's quinquennial review of the fifty best barbecue joints in Texas are within an hour's drive of Austin and San Antonio, making it theoretically possible to visit several of them in a single day's tour, as your correspondent did recently while passing through Austin and the Hill Country area:
Many of the top-rated smokehouses in Texas Monthly's quinquennial review of the fifty best barbecue joints in Texas are within an hour's drive of Austin and San Antonio, making it theoretically possible to visit several of them in a single day's tour, as your correspondent did recently while passing through Austin and the Hill Country area:
The last time your correspondent had “real” barbecue was at Charlie Vergos’ Rendezvous in Memphis (see earlier post here). This meal consisted of chopped pork topped with coleslaw, served up on a bun by a waiter in a white apron.
The central Texas barbecue was an experience of a considerably different sort.
