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A Day in the Life of Barbs B Q, One of Texas’ Best BBQ Restaurants

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Monk: Chuck Charnicart is a veteran of current Texas Monthly #1 Goldee’s Barbecue who struck out on her own in 2023 to start Barbs B Q in Lockhart. Within a year, Barbs had been named a James Beard semifinalist for Best New Restaurant, named a best new restaurant by Food & Wine, and named one of Eater’s Best New Restaurants.

In the below video from the Smoke Point video series from Eater, they shadow Chuck as she goes through a typical day opening Barbs. Just another day in the life of one of the best new barbecue restaurants in Texas.

Description: 25-year-old Chuck Charnichart’s restaurant Barbs B Q in Lockhart, Texas, earned a James Beard nomination and Eater Best New Restaurant award within a year of opening in 2023. At the Barbs counter, customers can have their pick of pork ribs, turkey, fajita sausage, pork stew — and even choco pudding for dessert — as well as its famous brisket, coated in Mexican spices and smoked for over 12 hours.

A Tour of the Historic Smitty’s Market in Lockhart

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Monk: Trey’s Chow Down visits Smitty’s Market and gives you a tour of the operation from a first person POV.

Description: Smitty’s Market is still run by the family today and offers authentic Central Texas Style BBQ, sides, and house prepared sausages hot or cold. No matter what kind of meat you love, Smitty’s offers some of the best.

Linkdown 1/31/24 – The James Beard Semifinalist Nominees Edition

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Monk: The Semifinalist Nominations for this year’s edition of the James Beard Awards came out last week, and several barbecue restaurants were nominated in various categories.

Congrats to Robbie Robinson of City Limits Barbeque in West Columbia (aka “West Coalumbia”) for his Best Chef Southeast Nomination. He is the second pitmaster in South Carolina after Rodney Scott to get a semifinalist nomination.

Outside of the southeast, Texas dominated the rest of the semifinalist nominations for barbecue.

In the Outstanding Chef category, David Kirkland and Ernest Servantes of Burnt Bean Co. in Seguin, TX got a nomination. Daniel Vaughn believes this is a first time a pitmaster has been nominated in that category.

Barbs-B-Q in Lockhart got a nomination for Best New Restaurant:

Convenience West in Marfa was nominated for Outstanding Restaurant:

In Best Chef Texas, Geoff Ellis of Mum Foods Smokehouse and Delicatessen in Austin, Andrew Ho, Andrew Samia, and Sean Wen of Curry Boys BBQ in San Antonio, and Arnulfo Sánchez III of Vaqueros Texas Bar-B-Que in Grapevine were all nominated.

In Best Chef Southwest, Tabb Singleton of Phat Tabb’s BBQ in Idabel, OK was also nominated.

Congrats to all of the nominees! Finalist nominees will be announced on Wednesday, April 3, and winners will be announced at the James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards Ceremony on Monday, June 10 at the Lyric Opera of Chicago

Trey’s Chow Down Visits Historic Lockhart Smokehouses

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Monk: In January, Trey’s Chow Down will be visiting Lockhart, Texas with episodes from four historic smokehouses. Here’s a trailer for those upcoming episodes.

Description: Trey’s Chow Down Road Trip’in the USA for Texas BBQ deliciousness.

This month in January stay tuned for all the HISTORIC TEXAS BBQ information and deliciousness from our trip to LOCKHART, TEXAS
👉 Smitty’s Market
👉 Black’s Barbecue
👉 Kreuz Market
👉 Terry Black’s BBQ