After years of studying the BBQ arts we decided it was time to learn them first hand. Over Labor Day Weekend we assembled the Manic Smoker, bought and seasoned a brisket and stayed up all night smoking it. Here’s how the process went.
Smithville, TX attempts to distinguish itself by being the setting for a Sandra Bullock movie. But if someone from Smithville really wants to brag, they should talk about Zimmerhanzel’s BBQ.
The Texas BBQ landscape changes more often than you might think. Franklin Barbecue, which in 2010 was two trailers and some chairs in a former gas station parking lot, didn’t even exist two years prior.
We first visited Snow’s BBQ in Lexington, Texas in 2008, after Texas Monthly ranked them the #1 barbecue place in Texas. They weren’t wrong. We were wowed, and we’ve been back multiple times since that first visit.
