Back in 2017, when Donald Trump was months into his first term at the White House, I made a rather Trumpian boast about Hill ...

It centers on the rift within the famed Black family of Lockhart ... the international crowds in search of Texas’ most celebrated smoked meats. Texas barbecue, as the saying goes, is a big ...

The K. Spoetzl Brewery & Distillery in Shiner – famous for Shiner Bock beer – has recently added a great full-fledged ...

Caldwell was ranked ninth out of the top 10 counties world's largest Buc-ee's ...

T]the once common idea that the best Texas barbecue comes from long-running small-town operations is increasingly obsolete. In 2003, the Texas legislature declared Lockhart, a small town about ...

Hill Country’s dry-rubbed brisket smoked over Post Oak wood from Texas helped put its early-day pitmaster Rob Sonderman on the map. He went on to open barbecue standard-bearers DCity Smokehouse and ...

One suggestion for any Illini fans who might be down here for the weekend: Definitely stop in Lockhart (about 49 minutes from ...

While Texas barbecue is primarily beef-focused ... no-shortcuts barbecue that would hold its own in Austin or Lockhart. For locals who haven’t yet experienced Matt’s, what are you waiting for? This is ...

Also, there is a town 45 minutes away called Lockhart, which is the capital of Texas BBQ and is off the hook. Better than any BBQ in Austin and feels like a trip into another time and era. Use the ...

The pitmaster and co-owner of Agape BBQ in Liberty Hill said he wants his restaurant to be able to compete with the biggest ...