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What makes good BBQ? Is it the burnt end? Maybe its the sauce or the rubs... or maybe its the company you have when you enjoy the Lonestar state's trademark food. If you are from Texas and enjoy BBQ as much as the rest of us then you may want to save this date: November 3rd. TMBBQ is back for another year! at this event they invite their Top 50 Joints that made the list to the TMBBQ FEST. You can't miss out! 
Daniel Vaughn AKA (The BBQ Snob) - "The Prophets of Smoked Meat"
Daniel Vaughn is known as The BBQ Snob and has traveled all across Texas in search of the best smoked meat in the state. An expert in all things barbecue, Daniel Vaughn published his first book "The Prophets of Smoked Meat," a restaurant guide to the best joints in Texas. Vaughn has also kept a BBQ review blog called Full Custom Gospel BBQ. Check out Vaughn's top 10 Texas BBQ list here.     [Image][Image] (Click to purchase)
Barbecue Joints: AUSTIN’S BBQ AND CATERING Pitmaster: Ron Janow Rating: 4.25 BLACK’S BARBECUE Pitmaster: Kent Black Rating: 4.25 BUZZIE’S BAR-B-Q Pitmaster: Harold "Buzzie" Hughes Rating: 4.25 CITY MEAT MARKET Pitmaster: Gerald Birkelbach (since 1982) Rating: 4.25 COUSIN’S BAR-B-Q Pitmaster: Cliff Payne Rating: 4.25 FRANKLIN BARBECUE Pitmaster: Aaron Franklin Rating: 5 HATFIELD’S BBQ Pitmaster: Kenny Hatfield Rating: 4 HAYS CO. BAR-B-QUE AND CATERING Pitmaster: Michael Hernandez; Aaron Hernandez (since 2009); and Omar Serna (since 2012) Rating: 4 HUTCHINS BBQ Pitmaster: Tim Hutchins (since 1999) Rating: 4.25 LA BARBECUE Pitmaster: John Lewis, Francisco Saucedo, and Chris McGhee Rating: 4.5 LAMBERTS DOWNTOWN BARBECUE Pitmaster: Zach Davis Rating: 4.25 LOCKHART SMOKEHOUSE Pitmaster: Tim McLaughlin and Will Fleischman Rating: 4.5 LOUIE MUELLER BARBECUE Pitmaster: Wayne Mueller (since 2008) Rating: 4.75 MILLER’S SMOKEHOUSE Pitmaster: Dirk Miller and Robert Reid Rating: 4.25 OPIE’S BARBECUE Pitmaster: Marco Oglesby (since 2007) Rating: 4.5 PECAN LODGE Pitmaster: Justin Fourton Rating: 4.75 PODY’S BBQ Pitmaster: Israel Campos Rating: 4 SNOW’S BBQ Pitmaster: Tootsie Tomanetz Rating: 4.75