{"id":211483,"date":"2026-03-19T14:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T14:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/211483\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T14:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T14:56:09","slug":"this-austin-barbecue-spot-was-named-best-in-texas-again-for-the-fourth-year-in-a-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/211483\/","title":{"rendered":"This Austin barbecue spot was named best in Texas again \u2014 for the fourth year in a row"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Austin staple has been named the\u00a0best barbecue in Texas<\/a>\u00a0by Southern Living magazine\u00a0\u2014 for the fourth straight year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Franklin Barbecue once again topped the magazine\u2019s 2026 list of the best barbecue restaurants<\/a> in every state. The restaurants were selected based on reader votes, which highlight standout dining destinations across the southern U.S.<\/p>\n

The East Austin legend is led by pitmaster Aaron Franklin and is considered the pinnacle of Central Texas barbecue. It opened as a trailer in 2009 and has since expanded into a brick-and-mortar restaurant, located at 900 E 11th St.<\/p>\n

Franklin has said he will not expand the restaurant to have multiple locations, a decision he has made in order to preserve the quality of the meat.<\/p>\n

Acclaimed chef and author Anthony Bourdain stopped by once in an episode of his television show, \u201cNo Reservations.\u201d He queued in the restaurant\u2019s famously long line to get a taste of the brisket, calling it \u201csupernatural.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to brisket, the restaurant also serves a traditional spread of smoked meats, including pork ribs, beef ribs, turkey and sausage, alongside fixin\u2019s like slaw, pinto beans and potato salad. The five house pie flavors also make for a legendary dessert\u00a0\u2014 if you have room.<\/p>\n

Other restaurants that earned a spot on the list include Swadley Bar-B-Q in Oklahoma City and Jack Stack Barbecue in Kansas City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Austin staple has been named the\u00a0best barbecue in Texas\u00a0by Southern Living magazine\u00a0\u2014 for the fourth straight year.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[82833,132,134,133,53021,24191,82832,6409],"class_list":["post-211483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-anthony-bourdain","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-barbecue-restaurants","tag-franklin-barbecue","tag-southern-living-magazine","tag-texas-barbecue"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}