Tex-Mex barbecue helped redefine Texas barbecue over the past decade, from Valentina's in Austin to Houston's Henderson & Kane.

The BBQ Austin cookoff runs from 11 a.m. to noon both Friday and Saturday at the Travis County Expo Center.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin is known for its smorgasbord of food scenery, but one that tops all is its legendary barbecue joints — and Yelp confirms it. Recently, Yelp rolled out its rankings for the best ...

The aptly named TexasBarbecue.com released its first Top 50 Texas Barbecue Joints list of 2026 on Monday, March 2. The site had previously published a Top 25 barbecue list in 2022, but this was its ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Live music and "weirdness" aren't the only things drawing people to Austin. Crowd-source review website Yelp has listed Austin as the top city for barbecue in the U.S. as part of its ...

The new spots we checked out—and loved.

It’s no secret that Texans take their barbecue seriously. The battle for the king of the smoker is a constant, flavorful brawl, with legendary joints and upstart food trucks vying for the top spot.

Central Texas is home to some of the best barbecue in the state, and nobody knows that better than Texas Monthly. The Austin-based, yet Texas-wide, publication has seen it all, and now one of its most ...

Who's hungry? For Texans, barbecue is a way of life, a celebrated cuisine within the Lone Star State championed by revered pitmasters. Whether you're a born and bred Texan, a transplant or a tourist, ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stopped in Austin to launch a "national BBQ tour" promoting real food and targeting ultra-processed diets.

AUSTIN, Texas — Two East Austin staples have shut down, albeit temporarily, with no clear timeline as to when they may reopen. In a social media post Wednesday, Sam's BBQ and Austin Daiquiri Factory ...