I had several folks ask about a comparison of the 10 joints we hit in the last week or so. Well they are all great joints. 8 of the 10 are current or former Texas Monthly Top 50. Overall they are very close. If I had to pick my favorite meal of the 10 we had, Zavala's would top the list. My favorite brisket of the 10 was at our first stop at Meat U Anywhere. I like lots of smoke flavor in my brisket and they delivered. My favorite sausage was at Zavala's. The spicy kick in their sausage was just what I like. We had a lot of great ribs, but if I was forced to choose I'd probably say Dayne's. There were another 4 or 5 places that had ribs just as good.
There was one current Top 50 joint that was having an off day, but we've had lots of great meals there so I won't complain too much. We'll be back there again.
20 years ago, we needed to head to central Texas to find great BBQ. No more. There's still lots of great Q down there, but there is now a lot of truly great BBQ up here around DFW, too. It has been interesting to watch the change over the last 20 years. Lots of formerly top places no longer make the list and new ones have come along. The fun is in finding them. I look forward to lots more fun in the future!
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