The Top 11 Barbecue Near Double Bayou Crawfish Farm & Boil House
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- Texas Monthly 2025 · Dishes We Wanted Seconds Of: Churro French Toast Brisket Sandwich · The Best Things in Texas
- Houstonia The Best Barbecue Restaurants in Houston
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Rank 2. Killen's BBQ
Barbecue
The beef rib here is the reason you drive to Pearland, full stop. This is a proper Texas BBQ joint with a Bib Gourmand to its name, the kind where a line forms before the doors open and nobody complains because they know what's coming. The crowd shuffles through fast, loads up on smoky, fatty, glorious meat, and finds a seat. First-timers always underestimate how much they'll eat, and veterans never skip the bread pudding.
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Rank 3. Truth Barbeque
Barbecue
Houston Heights gets a BBQ spot that actually lives up to the hype, and this Michelin Bib Gourmand winner is the proof. It's a proper barbecue shop, clean and busy, full of families and off-duty chefs who know a good thing. The brisket and house-made sausages are the draw, but the sides, especially the tater tot casserole, might genuinely steal the show. Get there early before the sausages sell out, and save room for a slice of cake.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Texas Monthly 2025 · #9 · The 50 Best BBQ Joints in Texas
- Houston Chronicle #10 · Houston’s Top 100 Restaurants
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Rank 4. Pinkerton's Barbecue
Barbecue
Pinkerton's is a proper low-slung BBQ joint on Airline Drive where the deer heads outnumber the napkin dispensers and the line starts forming before most people have finished their coffee. The beef rib is the move, thick and serious enough to make you reconsider your weekend plans, and the brisket is the kind that doesn't need sauce but gets it anyway. Michelin gave it a Bib Gourmand, which means the locals were right all along.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Texas Monthly 2025 · The 50 Best BBQ Joints in Texas
- Houston Chronicle Houston’s Top 100 Restaurants
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Rank 5. J-Bar-M
Barbecue
Big, loud, and unapologetically Texas, this East End barbecue joint runs four custom smokers and a menu wide enough to keep everyone arguing about what to order. You've got classic meat plates and by-the-pound options alongside brisket tacos, quesadillas, and a brisket lasagna that sounds unhinged until you taste it. Groups, families, and meat-devoted regulars pack both the indoor and outdoor space on weekends, all of them wearing the same expression of focused intent.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Houston Chronicle Houston’s Top 100 Restaurants
- Houstonia The Best Barbecue Restaurants in Houston
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Rank 6. The Pit Room
Barbecue
This Montrose smokehouse earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand and somehow still doesn't make you plan your whole week around a reservation. The brisket and beef ribs are the real deal, the sides punch well above their weight, and whoever decided to make tortillas from brisket trimmings deserves a quiet medal. Grab something from the pickle station, find a seat inside or out, and enjoy the rare Houston barbecue experience of not having camped overnight to get here.
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Rank 8. Rays Real Pit BBQ Shack
Barbecue
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Rank 9. Henderson & Kane
Barbecue
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Rank 11. Pizzitola’s Heritage BBQ
Barbecue