Terry Black’s BBQ – Lockhart, Texas
My Kim won’t be jealous that I was in the company of two winsome women during my inaugural visit to Terry Black’s BBQ. She might, however, be unhappy if I were to come home perfumed by post oak, a sure sign I had been enjoying Texas barbecue without her. Post oak is the wood many of the Lone Star State’s best barbecue restaurants smoke to give their meats inimitable flavors and aromas. Okay, she might also be jealous that I polished off a monsterous beef rib, the type of which tipped over Fred Flintstone’s granite automobile. It would have been more than enough for her and The Dude to share with me, but hey, how often do you get to visit Lockhart, Texas, the legislature decreed “Capital of Texas Barbecue.” My trip to the San Antonio area was meant to be a solitary adventure, an opportunity for me to visit some of my old haunts. I would have been perfectly happy to spend time alone. Then Melinda Martinez came into my life. We met while standing in a long queue in front of Burnt Bean, a 2024 finalist for the James Beard Foundation’s “Best Chef – Texas” honor. We shared…
