Are you taking to the Texas highways this summer?  These are some BBQ joints that you might want to keep in mind on the way to your destination.

We wanted to present to you some of the best Texas BBQ spots around the state.  These rankings come from the Texas Monthly's BBQ Special Edition.  We will also share with you feedback from a Tumbleweed TexStyles' fan, Chase Stewart who took part in the ultimate man's trip across the BBQ belt of Texas this year.  His write up will be posted soon!
Texas Monthly's Top List: Top 50 list comes from Texas Monthly's BBQ Special Edition.

TM's Top 5:
Kreuz Market - Lockhart City Market - Luling Louie Mueller Barbecue - Taylor Smitty’s Market - Lockhart Snow’s BBQ - Lexington TM's Next 45:

Austin’s BBQ and Catering - Eagle Lake Baby J’s Bar-B-Que & Fish - Palestine Baker’s Ribs - Dallas Bertram Bar B Que - Bertram Big Daddy’s Roadhouse BBQ - Lavon Bubba’s Bar-B-Q - Ennis Burns Bar-B-Que Cooking and Catering - Houston Buzzie’s Bar-B-Que - Kerrville Caroline’s Quality and Quantity Bar-B-Que - Kountze Casstevens Cash & Carry - Lillian City Meat Market - Giddings Coleman’s BBQ - Clarksville Cooper’s Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que - Llano Country Tavern - Kilgore Cousin’s Bar-B-Q - Fort Worth Cowpokes Texas Style Bar-B-Que - Pearsall Cripple Creek B-B-Q - Athens Harold’s Pit Bar-B-Q - Abilene Hashknife on the Chisholm - Peadenville Lamberts Downtown Barbecue - Austin Longhorn Cattle Company Barbeque and Steak Restaurant - San Benito Luling Bar-B-Q - Luling Mann’s Smokehouse Bar-B-Que - Austin McMillan’s Bar-B-Q - Fannin New Zion Bar-B-Q - Huntsville OO Smokehouse - Sherman Opie’s BBQ - Spicewood Pappy’s Bar B-Q - Monahans Schoepf’s Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que - Belton Scholl Bros. Bar-B-Que - Paris Stacy’s - Jacksonville Stanley’s Famous Pit Bar-B-Q - Tyler Taylor Café - Taylor TC’s Ponderosa - Dickens The Smokehouse - San Antonio Thompson’s BBQ - Crockett Tom and Bingo’s Hickory Pit Bar-B-Que - Lubbock Van’s Bar-B-Q - Oakville Vincek’s Smokehouse - East Bernard Virgie’s Bar-B-Que - Houston Whup’s Boomerang Bar-B-Que - Marlin Wild Blue BBQ - Los Fresnos Willy Ray’s Bar-B-Q and Grill - Beaumont

[Image] [Image] Hillary, Loyal fan and wife of Co-Owner Brian enjoying Smitty's Market in Lockart