Who Has the Best Barbecue in Dallas? You Will Know on Thursday

Posted on January 15th, 2010 12:19pm by Nancy Nichols
Filed under BBQ, Contests, Food Fight!, Restaurant News

The February issue of D Magazine is scheduled to hit newsstands on Monday, January 18 Thursday, January 21 (thanks, Tim). The cover story, The Best Barbecue in Dallas, will reveal the top 16 ‘cue joints around town. The top picks were determined by Daniel Vaughn, the self-described “BBQ Snob,” who details his obsession with barbecue on his blog Full Custom Gospel BBQ. The accompanying photographs, shot by our go-to food photographer Kevin Hunter Marple, are gorgeous. I’ll post a link to the story as soon as it’s available online and I look forward to some spirited discussions on barbecue over the next few weeks. I’ve got a gift certificate to The Grape for anyone who can guess Vaughn’s top pick.

UPDATE:  Hint: I should have said in and around Dallas.

60 comments

  1. Are we talking about The Best Barbecue in Dallas or did Daniel Vaughn go outside the Dallas city limits?

    @ 12:47 pm on January 15, 2010

  2. meshacks

    @ 12:54 pm on January 15, 2010

  3. Cannot imagine the fall out if Sonny Bryans isn’t # 1…. the one on Inwood.

    @ 12:55 pm on January 15, 2010

  4. Baby Bak Shak if truly Dallas proper…Meshacks is not in Dallas…no?

    @ 12:55 pm on January 15, 2010

  5. backcountry on greenville, bet that Sonny Bryan’s does not make the list

    @ 1:02 pm on January 15, 2010

  6. Hardeman’s Barbeque

    @ 1:04 pm on January 15, 2010

  7. Back Country

    @ 1:04 pm on January 15, 2010

  8. Baker’s Ribs

    @ 1:05 pm on January 15, 2010

  9. Baker’s Ribs

    @ 1:06 pm on January 15, 2010

  10. Meshack’s Bar-B-Que Shack, his only **** experience from the Dallas-area…now if you mean Dallas-proper, I lose

    @ 1:09 pm on January 15, 2010

  11. @the_sneeb…damn my slow double-checking, good show, you beat me to it

    @ 1:10 pm on January 15, 2010

  12. Rudy’s

    @ 1:16 pm on January 15, 2010

  13. Sweet Georgia Brown

    @ 1:36 pm on January 15, 2010

  14. damn I better get to Meshack’s this weekend before it blows up.

    @ 1:37 pm on January 15, 2010

  15. my butterfinger brisket and variations of ribs is in fact the best bbq in dallas.

    http://elsmokeadorysmokehopper.blogspot.com/

    we have great things to look forward to in 2010. this weekend, pan fried brisket and brisket mcnuggets.

    @ 1:41 pm on January 15, 2010

  16. Another vote for Sonny Bryan’s on Inwood.

    @ 1:41 pm on January 15, 2010

  17. Smokey John’s

    @ 1:53 pm on January 15, 2010

  18. big al’s smokehouse

    @ 1:54 pm on January 15, 2010

  19. What is wrong with you people? It has to be Off the Bone on S. Lamar.

    The ribs will change your life!!!!!

    @ 2:17 pm on January 15, 2010

  20. North Main BBQ in Euless

    @ 2:35 pm on January 15, 2010

  21. Smokey John’s on Mockingbird. They used to be on the corner of Lemmon and Mockingbird but were displaced by Gulf Station. The leanest brisket and best smoke flavor in Dallas. His wife Ruth has great Tamales by the way. I am always surprised when they are left off barbecue lists. Big Als, Dickey’s,Sonny Bryan, Peggy Sue, all do not compare to John’s on Mockingbird Lane. I will say that Smoke on Ft. Worth is pretty good though.

    @ 2:41 pm on January 15, 2010

  22. 2nd vote for North Main

    @ 2:43 pm on January 15, 2010

  23. Off the Bone doesn’t even offer sliced brisket, which disqualifies it from consideration (on any list)

    @ 2:47 pm on January 15, 2010

  24. Randy’s BBQ – Red Oak

    @ 2:48 pm on January 15, 2010

  25. im telling you the butterfinger brisket will change your life.

    @ 3:39 pm on January 15, 2010

  26. that sounds nasty.

    The best bbq “around” Dallas is Lums in Junction, Texas.

    @ 3:46 pm on January 15, 2010

  27. youre nasty.

    @ 3:48 pm on January 15, 2010

  28. The Grape

    @ 3:50 pm on January 15, 2010

  29. The Rib Crib

    @ 3:58 pm on January 15, 2010

  30. El Smokeador, that brisket sounds insane. Vic, you are funny. Good stuff.

    @ 3:59 pm on January 15, 2010

  31. its is very much insane. read the post. about it here:

    http://elsmokeadorysmokehopper.blogspot.com/2009/07/butterfinger-brisket.html

    @ 4:07 pm on January 15, 2010

  32. BBQs Galore

    @ 5:03 pm on January 15, 2010

  33. Omi – Korean BBQ bistro

    @ 5:31 pm on January 15, 2010

  34. Smoke, hands down…..

    @ 5:49 pm on January 15, 2010

  35. “in and around Dallas” – because you can’t bring yourself to use the “M” word?

    @ 6:02 pm on January 15, 2010

  36. angelos

    @ 6:04 pm on January 15, 2010

  37. Smoke. Ha.

    @ 6:37 pm on January 15, 2010

  38. Peggy Sue’s is delish

    @ 9:11 pm on January 15, 2010

  39. I like Baker’s Rib’s (Greenville Avenue location only) and Smoke.
    BUT! I WANT A PIECE OF THAT BUTTERFINGER BRISKET!!!
    El Smokeador, you rock!!!

    @ 11:02 pm on January 15, 2010

  40. So is Meshack’s not the top pick? That would have been my guess…but since no one has said it yes, Randy’s in Red Oak.

    Within Dallas proper, Mac’s on Main St would get my vote.

    @ 9:21 am on January 16, 2010

  41. oops, it appears Rob did say Randy’s

    @ 9:22 am on January 16, 2010

  42. Mom’s BBQ in Fort Worth

    @ 9:30 am on January 16, 2010

  43. Tiilman’s Roadhouse in Ft. Worth! 2 words…post oak!

    @ 12:00 pm on January 16, 2010

  44. Tillman ain’t BBQ chief

    @ 2:51 pm on January 16, 2010

  45. you been to Tillman’s Fort Worth Smoky? Real smoker, all post oak. Spareribs, brisket, house made sausage. Dare i say very reminiscent of Lockhart. Don’t knock it if you haven’t tried it.

    @ 5:01 pm on January 16, 2010

  46. Meshacks, hands down

    @ 11:08 pm on January 16, 2010

  47. Hammond’s.

    @ 10:55 am on January 17, 2010

  48. So not tillmans roadhouse?

    @ 5:46 pm on January 17, 2010

  49. i was wondering if anyone tried out this new restaurant in richardson, i like this place, the pizza is great, its called russo coal fire italian kitchen. i wish they where located downtown dallas

    @ 7:35 pm on January 17, 2010

  50. Off the bone, off forest hill.

    @ 1:44 am on January 18, 2010

  51. I’m still a big fan of Sammy’s. They lost a little bit when they tried to expand to Preston Center expand but I think the original is back to form. But the best Barbeque in general is the kind you find someone making out in their yard in Oak Cliff on any given weekend.

    @ 11:09 am on January 18, 2010

  52. BAKERS

    @ 5:24 pm on January 18, 2010

  53. @jerry russo’s coal fire italian kitchen is not good, imho. Nice way to hack the BBQ thread with a pizza insert!

    Can’t believe no one has guessed it yet. Must be someplace small. Black’s? Smitty’s? Lol..

    @ 11:35 am on January 19, 2010

  54. Babyback Shak…

    @ 11:59 am on January 19, 2010

  55. hands down, BAKER’S RIBS

    @ 2:49 pm on January 19, 2010

  56. Off the Bone BBQ in Forest Hill

    @ 1:54 pm on January 20, 2010

  57. Does Railhead in FW count?

    @ 6:11 pm on January 20, 2010

  58. RUDYS

    @ 7:34 pm on January 20, 2010

  59. SMOKEY’S BBQ FT WORTH

    @ 8:41 am on January 21, 2010

  60. Tillmans Roadhouse Ft. Worth the bar-b-que just gets better and better…try the ribs

    @ 3:16 am on February 16, 2010