BBQ on the Brazos

Finally got here early enough to eat before they run out of food. They've been closing at 3pm because they run out. The brisket and sausage here is really good. I could take a little more heat in the sausage and more smoke taste overall. Like I said, the food is really good so if you're driving through Cresson around lunch time make sure you stop by. Don't bother driving all the way from Dallas though.

Amazing!!! Best BBQ in the area!  

Just a short 20-25 minute drive from Fort Worth.  Fast and friendly service.  Brisket is too die for - great smoke ring, perfect seasoning and one of the few briskets with "good fat". The fat is perfectly rendered, buttery, and melts in your mouth.  The ribs are slightly sweet and tender.  Turkey is smokey , tender, and juicy.  The sides are good - better than your average BBQ place.  The cilantro cole slaw is different and tasty.  The owners and pitmaster work the front counter.  The service is extremely friendly and quick.  

My husband and I have been four or five times now and the quality is always consistent, unlike some other small BBQ places.  We come early enough so that we can get what we like.  We have been out trying local BBQ and Texas Monthly's Top 50 BbQ places.  This should be one of the top 10 if not top 5.  Even better than #2 rated Pecan Lodge plus less of wait!  They run out around 1pm daily and they do a lot of to go business.  So come early!

I've noticed a curious trend lately. And maybe it's actually picked up more momentum or maybe I'm just picking up on it, but everyone's become an expert in barbecue lately- an enthusiastic expert, at that. It may just be due to the Texas Monthly compendium that was released recently, I don't know.

But what's important is that BBQ on the Brazos has been getting a lot of great press as a result and some enthusiastic word-of-mouth recommendations lately, and the fact that they sell out mid-afternoon nearly every single day and are slightly further than a stone's throw from Fort Worth doesn't hurt the mystique either.

I'll say that I'm well aware that I'm the first one to not give this place a five-star rating. I thought it was really good, but I can't say that I saw the Virgin Mary in the grain of my brisket or witnessed any other kind of meaty miracle. It's very solid barbecue, but not quite exceptional if you ask me, and of course all that can vary from sample to sample, visit to visit (reviewer to reviewer...). My brisket had a really great bark but was just a bit too fatty for my liking, and I thought the sausage a little dry.

Look at me, talking like an expert. But you don't have to take my word for it, it's definitely worth the short drive out to Cresson for something different. And if you time it right and make a day out of it, Revolver Brewing is not too far. That wouldn't be a bad day at all.