#35 Rocklands Barbeque, Washington, D.C.

#34 The Pit, Raleigh, N.C.

#33 Cozy Corner, Memphis, Tenn.

#32 Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint, Nashville

#31 Home Team BBQ, Charleston, S.C.

#30 Bogart’s Smokehouse, St. Louis

#29 Hometown Bar-B-Que, Brooklyn

#28 Everett & Jones, Oakland, Calif.

#27 Blue Smoke, New York City

#26 Bludso’s, Compton, Calif.

#25 Archibald’s, Northport, Ala.

#24 Chaps Charcoal Restaurant, Baltimore

#23 Fette Sau, Brooklyn

#22 Corky’s, Memphis, Tenn.

#21 Smoke, Dallas

#20 17th Street Bar and Grill, Multiple Locations, Ill.

#19 BrisketTown, Brooklyn

#18 Black's Barbecue, Lockhart, Texas

#17 Hill Country, New York City

#16 Central BBQ, Memphis, Tenn.

#15 The Salt Lick, Driftwood, Texas

#14 Pecan Lodge, Dallas

#13 Smitty's Market, Lockhart, Texas

#12 Alamo BBQ, Richmond, Va.

#11 Fiorella’s Jack Stack, Kansas City, Mo.

#10 Cooper's Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que, Llano, Texas

#9 Charles Vergos' Rendezvous, Memphis, Tenn.

#8 Pappy’s Smokehouse, St. Louis

#7 City Market, Luling, Texas

#6 Kreuz Market, Lockhart, Texas

#5 Big Bob Gibson, Decatur, Ala.

#4 Arthur Bryant's, Kansas City, Mo.

#3 Franklin Barbecue, Austin, Texas

#2 Joe's Kansas City Bar-B-Que, Kansas City, Kan.

#1 Louie Mueller Barbecue, Taylor, Texas

Been there several times. Excellent meat and ALL the free beans you can eat. A great place with long lines.

#3 Franklin Barbecue, Austin, Texas

Havent been there yet, freakishly long lines

Been there many times through out the years. Back in the day I use to take deer hind quarters to Archibald to let him do his magic with them. One almost has to be lost to find the place.

#5 Big Bob Gibson, Decatur, Ala.

Eaten there a couple of time and would give it a 👍 .

#9 Charles Vergos' Rendezvous, Memphis, Tenn.

Mrs Burner has eaten the ribs at the Rendezvous and indicated they were outstanding.

Not surprised.

The Salt Lick is fantastic.

wheel,,

My smoker is portable... just saying.

Beef or pork?

Joes and jack stack are though.

But you're not on the list, so who cares.

That's the ticket. Our conclusion exactly. Why spend $45 bucks for a slab of dry and tasteless ribs when you can make them better for less than $10/slab?

oh wait.. that sounded bad.

Good point, he always said his meat is thuper.

At the rate he's losing weight, he doesn't have enough fat content to be really delicious...

Daytime might be best.

I grew up in SoCal and don't remember anything even close to the beef BBQ I've had in Texas or the pork BBQ in Georgia and South Carolina. Always an abundance of anything else you could want to eat, just no BBQ speciality places. We lived in Laguna Niguel a few years before we left California. We got spoiled by the number and variety of restaurants in south Orange county.

Just south of Lockhart is the small town of Luling Texas........If I had a vote in this the City Market there in Luling would be my #1 pick for ribs.Cannot believe they didn't even make the list.As a matter of fact this is the only place I would opt for a brisket portion.......it's that good.

I've read about the Luling City Market and it was on a TV show some time back. I'd love to try their fair.

These votes are subjective and some small places will never be heard about. If you ever get to Matagorda County, try A&A in Bay City. Maybe not the best, but it's the last Texas beef BBQ i've had and it was really good. I used to live in Bay City, we took for granted the BBQ, until we moved to South Carolina and all they have is pork. It's good and all, but it's not like what I had in Texas unless I smoke it myself.