This week, Southern Living magazine released its Top 50 BBQ Joints in the South . The number one spot on the list, which is compiled annually by contributing barbecue editor Robert F. Moss, is in South Carolina, but Texas is well-represented with seventeen barbecue joints from the Lone Star State. It’s flattering, especially since the first list, in 2015, only included seven spots from Texas, but I think the Southern Living barbecue list could use seventeen fewer Texas barbecue joints. Stick with me.

Barbecue in Texas is thriving. The best joints in the state get so much (well-deserved) attention compared to many of the new and storied barbecue houses throughout the rest of the South. And if you’re wondering if Texas should be considered “the South,” the boundaries determined by t

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