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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Houston Public Media and Houston Food Finder. Updated August 2026.
Truth BBQ · The Heights
Texas Monthly 2025 Top 10. The only Houston-area joint in the state's top 10, widely cited as Houston's brisket benchmark.
Pinkerton's Barbecue · The Heights
Texas Monthly 2025 Top 50. Grant Pinkerton's craft-barbecue vision, brisket-first with made-from-scratch sides.
CorkScrew BBQ · Spring
Texas Monthly 2025 Top 50. The Buchanan family's long-running Old Town Spring joint.
Brisket & Rice · West Houston
Texas Monthly 2025 Top 50. a Viet-Tex fusion pitmaster pairing brisket with jasmine rice and Vietnamese condiments.