AUSTIN, TEXAS —If you're planning a trip south to see the Oklahoma State Cowboys take on the Texas Longhorns on Saturday, there's one way to guarantee victory: barbecue.
No trip to the Texas Hill Country, or the Holy Lands for Wood-Smoked Brisket, is complete without a visit to at least one of the barbecue cathedrals in and around Austin.
Just a mile and half from Darrell K. Royal Memorial Stadium is world-renowned Franklin Barbecue. Aaron Franklin is a relative newcomer to the Hill Country barbecue landscape, but he is its current king of the pit. He smokes prime-grade briskets 13 hours in hand-built off-set smokers, using only locally sourced post oak.