Best of 2009: Best Overall

We've finally come to our 11th and final Best of 2009 award. As with all of our awards, the overall award goes to the joint that stood out above the rest of the 50+ joints we hit up in 2009. Only 1 joint from our Best Overall of 2008 (at #1) appears on this year's list (at #2). Just 1 point separates this year's #1 and #2, so it was a close one, folks. Same winners as for Best Atmosphere of 2009 but in reverse order. Without further ado, here are last year's best of the best:


1. Opie's Barbecue (Spicewood): 25 points

2. Louie Mueller Barbecue (Taylor): 24 points

3. The Salt Lick (Driftwood): 17 points

Others receiving votes: Snow's BBQ, Smitty's Market, Mills County BBQ Company, Meyer's Elgin Smokehouse, City Market, Kreuz Market, Cooper's Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que (New Braunfels), Schoepf's Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que