The Great Texas Taste-Off

The Best Barbecue on Earth

In Texas, lists of “Top 10 barbecue restaurants” are a dime a dozen but very few strive for objectivity and none feature side-by-side taste tests.

We wanted to change this by performing a single-blind taste test where 30+ judges got to taste the region’s best briskets, one after another, all on the same plate.

Do Texans have higher standards for BBQ?

Check out the results page and learn once and for all whether or not Texans have better taste in BBQ.

From the popular to the unknown

Our test covers some of the biggest names in Texas BBQ as well as some of the newest. The Texas Taste-Off is a meritocracy and it takes more than a famous name to make it to the top.