One of the biggest barbecue festivals in the Lone Star State is back—Texas Monthly BBQ Fest, benefiting Feeding Texas, in Lockhart. This year’s two-day event in the Barbecue Capital of Texas will ...

Beginning Saturday, the 2025 Texas Monthly BBQ Fest returns to Lockhart. Organizers said this year’s event benefits Feeding Texas, which is a network of food banks in Texas.

Within Central Texas resides a creative and barbecue oasis, just shy of 40 miles south of downtown Austin. Home to more than 14,000 people as of the 2020 U.S. Census, the Caldwell County seat of ...

A Texas road guide to the most talked about BBQ joints, highlighting bold flavors, local legends, and must visit stops across the Lone Star State.

No doubt you’ve heard of Lockhart. It’s a small, attractive town out somewhere south of Austin. It has an antiques shop that contains items from a more questionable period in America’s history, a ...

I would describe how each of the town’s three most legendary spots (Smitty’s Market, Kreuz Market and Black’s) all had their own aesthetic charms and would recommend a must-order at each spot (end-cut ...

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A bitter dispute between former Texas barbecue co-owners turned crosstown rivals ended in a whimper earlier in the week. A five-year-long barbecue drama that saw both sides file lawsuits against each ...

The highly anticipated event in Lockhart features the BBQ World's Fair and the Top 50 Picnic, which will have forty restaurants from the magazine's new Top 50 list. The mouthwatering festivities begin ...