🌲 Tyler · Lufkin · the Piney Woods
East Texas
Sweet, smoky, church-plate generous. Chopped beef & pork ribs, hickory, sauce sweet, tomato-based — on the meat, not the side.
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69 joints
Joints in this tradition
- Listed · TylerBar BQ Hernandez
- Listed · MarshallBarbeque Express
- Listed · LufkinBig Boy's BBQ Trailer Rental
- Listed · TexarkanaBig Jake's BBQ
- Listed · TexarkanaBig Jake's BBQ
- Listed · ChandlerBig Rips Delicious BBQ
- Listed · TylerBlessed Hands BBQ
- Listed · TexarkanaBlue Ember Smokehouse
- Heritage · TylerBodacious Bar-B-QEast Texas hickory done right. Multiple Tyler locations; the Loop spot is the original.
- Listed · HallsvilleBodacious Bar-B-Q
- Listed · KilgoreBodacious Bar-B-Q
- Listed · LongviewBodacious Bar-B-Q
- Listed · LufkinBodacious BAR-B-Q
- Listed · LongviewBodacious Bar-B-Q
- Listed · MarshallBodacious Bar-B-Q
- Listed · LufkinBodacious Barbeque
- Listed · LufkinBoxcar BBQ
- Listed · LindaleBrisket Love Barbecue & Icehouse
- Listed · LongviewCarter's Bar-B-Que
- Listed · WhitehouseCooksy's BBQ
- Listed · Mt VernonCotton Belt BBQ
- Listed · KilgoreCountry Tavern
- Listed · CrockettDoc's BBQ
- Listed · GilmerEast TX Rust BBQ
- Listed · PalestineElena's Barbecue Grill
- New Classic · BryanFargo's Pit BBQCollege Station / Bryan corridor. Worth the drive from Houston.
- Listed · TexarkanaForand Family Barbecue
- Listed · PalestineHappy Trails BBQ
- New School · WacoHelberg BarbecueThe Waco upstart. Burnt-end mac & cheese; blends Texas + KC styles.
- Listed · TylerHickory Hill Barbecue
- Listed · LufkinHolmes Smokehouse
- Listed · LufkinIN N Out Daiquiri
- Listed · TylerIron + Ember BBQ
- Listed · CushingJackson Road House
- Listed · JacksonvilleJW's Barbecue
- Listed · KilgoreKilgore Smokehouse
- Listed · NacogdochesMike's Barbeque House
- New Classic · BeltonMiller's SmokehouseBelton family operation a few miles off I-35. Brisket, jalapeño-cheese sausage, and chocolate-cobbler banana pud.
- Listed · CrockettMimsy's Craft Barbecue & Steakhouse
- Listed · LongviewMo'phat Smoke Shack
- Listed · TexarkanaNaaman's HotSpot
- Listed · LarueNew York, Texas BBQ Catering Services
- Listed · HallsvilleOl Smoky Kountry BBQ and More
- Listed · TylerOne9 Dealer--Texas Best Smokehouse Travel Center
- Listed · DaingerfieldOutlaw's Bar-B-Que
- Listed · HuntingtonPapa's Pit & More
- Listed · TylerPat Gee's Barbeque
- Listed · Mt EnterprisePitMaster East Texas Hickory Smoked BBQ
- Listed · JeffersonRed Dirt BBQ
- Listed · EdomRedland Ballfield BBQ
- Listed · WhitehouseRibmasters - Whitehouse
- Listed · JeffersonRiverport Barbecue
- Listed · KilgoreRolling Smokes BBQ
- Heritage · BeltonSchoepf's Old Time Pit Bar-B-QueBelton classic on the I-35 corridor. Cafeteria-style, big plates, a stop on every Killeen-to-Austin drive.
- Listed · TexarkanaSilver Star Smokehouse
- Listed · CrockettSmitty's Bar-B-Q
- Heritage · LexingtonSnow's BBQOpen one day a week. Tootsie has been at it since the '60s. A pilgrimage.
- New School · LexingtonPecan Orchard BBQLexington's other Saturday-only spot, a 5-mile detour from Snow's. Texas Monthly Top-50-adjacent and worth it.
- Heritage · TylerStanley's Famous Pit BBQFamous "Brother-in-Law" sandwich: chopped beef, hot link, smoked sausage.
- Listed · LufkinStringer's Lufkin Bar B Q
- Listed · LongviewSunbird Barbecue
- Listed · Mt VernonTexas BBQ Corral
- Listed · LongviewTexas Best Smokehouse Longview
- Listed · NashTexas Best Smokehouse Nash
- Listed · GarrisonThe Garrison BBQ Spot
- Heritage · TylerTyson's BBQEast Texas hickory style. Sweet sauce. The way granddaddy made it.
- Listed · CuneyUncle Al's BBQ
- Listed · LongviewWhite's Bar-B-Q Restaurant
- Listed · TylerY'alls Barbecue and Produce (also Hallal Catering)