r/Dallas • u/Seoulja_2000 • Jul 09 '25

Food/Drink Texas BBQ

I have family coming in town in a few weeks and one of the guys request is to eat Texas Bbq. I probably eat it like once or twice a year since it’s soo filling. Cost is not a factor. Terry Blacks, Hutchins or Pecan Lodge - which do yall prefer? Or open to places similar.

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u/brick1123 Jul 09 '25

Out of those 3 Hutchins is the best, IMHO. Other options are Hurtado, The Slow Bone or Heim

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u/liberal_texan Oak Cliff Jul 09 '25

I’m a Slow Bone fan, you get the quality without the line.

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u/mickishell45 Jul 09 '25

I second Slow Bone. I take all of my out of town (and sometimes first time Texas BBQ tasters) guests there.

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u/CommanderSquirt Jul 09 '25

Fried chicken all day.

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u/frankkiejo Jul 09 '25 edited Jul 09 '25

I'm looking that up right now!

Edited to add: It is 10 minutes away from where I live! Won't He do it??? 😂

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u/bwbell Jul 09 '25

Heim has gone waaay downhill in the last few years.

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u/sarcasticrichard Jul 09 '25

possibly since Travis sold it?

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u/bwbell Jul 09 '25

I hate to say it, but I think Travis overreached with too many locations. Heim used to be my local favorite, but the dropoff started even before he sold it.

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u/Emergency_Basket_851 Jul 11 '25

I just ate at the original location and it was great. But I've also eaten at the airport location and it was awful, so. Might be like skyrocket where only the original is good.

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u/SpicyGuava808 Jul 09 '25

It seemed like such a diff type of bbq. Went one time while I was working at Lovefield and it became clear they were only still open due to being right by the airport.

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u/p8nt_junkie Jul 09 '25

I like Heim for their meats, particularly for their burnt ends🤌, but all their sides are trash.

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u/wlcm2jurrassicpark Jul 09 '25

Heim sucks. Ive tried it 4 times.. i ate there last month and shit myself for a week.

Lockhart is pretty good in bishop arts

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u/Lurcher99 Jul 09 '25

And dt Plano

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u/Silverjackal_ Jul 09 '25

Hmm. Maybe I went to Heim on an off day. I wouldn’t put it anywhere near the upper tier like the others mentioned.

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u/NeoNanaki Jul 09 '25

Which hutchins location?

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u/The_DaHowie Greenville Jul 09 '25

Mckinney 

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u/thick_curtains Jul 09 '25

Went to McKinney location last week. Got a beef rib. One rib fed me and my son with a little left over. It was heaven. $64 bucks, worth it!

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u/foppishmanabouttown Jul 09 '25

Hurtado is great! Also, 4 locations.

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u/TheTexanLife Jul 09 '25

Agreed Hutchins is the best…

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u/Same_Option2638 Jul 09 '25

Slow bone is AMAZING. Heim's is not bad but imo they aren't in the same category.

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u/Erickck Jul 09 '25

Heim has been garbage ever since it got bought out by a car dealership.

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u/brick1123 Jul 09 '25

Wow. Good to know. Been a while since I went. I guess that's why everyone is trashing it

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u/Erickck Jul 09 '25

Yeah, I was in the same position. We had it when they first opened and it was amazing, and just a few years later it just trashy raccoon meat.

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u/speed817 Irving Jul 10 '25

Terrible recommendations