Every four years or so, Daniel Vaughn and his team of barbecue cohorts at Texas Monthly publish the TMBBQ Top 50, a veritable who's who in Texas barbecue. When the latest list was published in 2017, we were happy to report that DFW laid ...

It seems logical to assume that opening a new restaurant would take lots of planning. Perhaps the future owners would scout locations, do some research about the neighborhood and line up finances. Then there's build-out, menu planning, stocking th...

Matt Pittman wasn’t born in Texas, but he barbecues like a native. After his first exposure to true Central Texas barbecue, Pittman’s passion for smoking meats grew quickly, and soon he was a regular on the competition barbecue circuit. In 2014, h...

By and large, the standard fare at most Texas barbecue spots doesn’t stray too far from center. Brisket, sausage and ribs define true north, with beans, coleslaw, and mac and cheese the likely side choices. That said, we love to see shops flex the...

Situated right across the street from Wild Acre Brewing, the new Joe Riscky's Barbecue has Fort Worth barbecue legacy and shockingly inexpensive eats.

Tender Smokehouse was a huge hit when the barbecue joint opened in Celina in 2018. Now, it's taken over the massive Frisco space that formerly belonged to 3 Stacks.