Barbecue in Texas

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In just two decades, Texas barbecue has become an international icon of American tradition and craftsmanship.

What used to be an affordable, practical meal for blue-collar families has evolved into a gourmet Michelin star delicacy, drawing in tourists and locals who line up as early as 5 a.m. to dine at the state's most famous spots.

The South boasts the highest concentration of barbecue restaurants in the country.

Barbecue there is not just a meal, but a way of life, and each state has its own style.

Yet it's the purest, no-sauce, brisket-first style of Texas barbecue that has earned national and global recognition.

But when we look past the romanticism and glorification, barbecue in Texas is a grueling business.

Owners work from dusk till dawn, and only a lucky few ever make the spotlight.

It's going to start very promptly at nine o'clock.

It's going to end somewhere around 1530, aka 3.30. And then at seven o'clock, they're going to be dinner at Texas Barbecue.

Sunday, January 17th.

They're going to do set up at 10 o'clock and it's going to wrap up around five, around 3.45. They're going to do rewards after that way people can travel home.

But yeah, I canceled, but I'm going anyway.

Any favorite places there I should be looking for? Well, Texas Barbecue.

If you

have not experienced it yet, I'm going to get a lot of flack from my Austin folks.

North Texas...

North Austin.

But those are your pretty good Texas Barbecue bets.

Steak, obviously, is good.

Who we got?

Made in Texas Barbecue.

All right.

AJ Montiel's Meat Mafia.

There's...

Okay, what's your favorite American sides, whether it's KC Barbecue, Texas Barbecue, Memphis Barbecue, Goza's Barbecue, whatever?

There's cornbread, there's mashed potatoes, there's coleslaw, there's a good mac and cheese, baked beans, that sort of thing.

And so for them, it's the black beans.

Uh, they are not the only one.

Restaurants in France are serving up things like Texas barbecue, New York-style pizza.

There are seafood boils, chicken and waffle places, showing the French there is more than just a provincial life.

People there also are eating earlier and being asked to tip on top of the 15% customary service charge.

I'm so stupid.

I'm so dumb.

But I think people like American food, you know? We got great, we got great stuff here And, uh, you know, you go to, to the mi- the middle part of the country, you go to the barbecue, Kansas City Barbecue, Texas Barbecue.

Oh, man.