Texas Barbecue Is the Best It Has Ever Been. Here's Why.
Lockhart is the Barbecue Capital of Texas. This has been officially true since 1999 — thanks to a proclamation passed by the Texas House of Representatives — and unofficially true for years before that, thanks to how long people have been eating smoked meat in the central Texas town. Three of Lockhart’s most famous barbecue joints have been open for a combined 289 years. The owners of Barbs-B-Q joined this history when they opened on the Lockhart town square in May. At the same time, their femal