Pretty much any place in Lockhart, though Smitty's and Black's are the two most famous.
I went out of my way last time to find well-recommended, off-the-beaten-track BBQ in Memphis (we did a road trip from Chicago to Austin this summer), and was disappointed. Slate had the same experience.
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The sad thing about this list is that the best barbeque in the country is just 20 minutes south of Austin, in Lockhart.
Here's a fun article from Calvin Trillin about an upset in the 2008 barbecue rankings that placed the best to the east of Austin:
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/11/24/081124fa_fact_...
How weird that this comment could have been downmodded.
"the best barbeque in the country is just 20 minutes south of Austin"
Which is? If I am ever in Austin, I'd like to look it up.
Pretty much any place in Lockhart, though Smitty's and Black's are the two most famous.
I went out of my way last time to find well-recommended, off-the-beaten-track BBQ in Memphis (we did a road trip from Chicago to Austin this summer), and was disappointed. Slate had the same experience.
I thought Charlie Vergos' Rendezvous was in Memphis :-)
Memphis is a third-tier barbeque city, and Rendezvous is a tourist trap.