Texas is 773 miles from north to south and 790 miles from east to west but, according to readers of Texas Monthly magazine, the second best best barbecue in this barbecue-crazy state and the best is 18 miles away in Lexington.
Brett’s Backyard Barbecue of Rockdale and Snow’s in Lexington won the “semifinal” match-ups in the magazine’s ongoing quest to have its readers determine the state champion from a field of 30 that included virtually all the “heavy hitters” from past best-of compilations.
They faced each other in the finals and TM readers picked Snow’s by a 55-to-45 percent margin.
Brett’s defeated Austin legend Franklin BBQ in its semifinal match-up while Snow’s won over Kreuz BBQ of Lockhart.
In past years both Franklin’s and Snow’s have been termed best-in-the-state in Texas Monthly articles. In this contest it was the magazine’s readers doing the picking. Snow’s is also the current pick of TM itself.
Brett’s advanced by defeating Micklethwait Quality Meats of Austin, Heim’s of Fort Worth and Valentina’s of Austin.
Such titans of “Texas Que” as Louie Mueller’s of Taylor and Cooper’s of Llano have already been eliminated. Snow’s defeated Louie Mueller’s and Cooper’s fell to Kreuz in the quarterfinals, according to Texas Monthly readers.
In April, Brett’s was named one of the top 25 new barbecue joints in Texas by the magazine.
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