Snow's BBQ: A Pilgrimage

This past summer, two of my friends and I decided to take our lone Saturday we all had off to drive to Lexington, Texas to sample one of the most renowned BBQ places in Texas, Snow's. The whole place looks like something out of a story book. Snow's is the only place open in Lexington on Saturday mornings, and the 3 hour drive was well worth it.

I learned when I got there that they smoke their brisket all night on Fridays for the 4 hours they are typically open on Saturday. That's right. They are only open on Saturday mornings for about 4 hours.

While waiting in line, they let us eat some of the scraps off the turkey they were carving in front of us. Let me tell you something. If I wasn't a brisket fan first, I would've just eaten that whole turkey by itself because it was so dang good.

I ordered the 3 meat plate with brisket, ribs, and sausage. I started with a bite of the ribs and sausage first. The ribs were pretty moist but not quite fall-off-the-bone quality and had a pretty solid overall flavor. The sausage was a little tough in my opinion with little to no pepper flavor and is probably the weakest part of the meal overall.

Now to the Pièce de Resistánce, the brisket. To this day, no brisket has even gotten close to Snow's quality in my opinion. They gave me a really nice fatty piece, and all of the slices I received were nice and thick. It had a great kick of peppery crust and a thick smoke ring. In fact, the brisket is so moist that I cut it only with the plastic fork they gave me. The sauce was a nice additive to the great brisket, but as is the case with great brisket, you don't really need it.

Overall, Snow's is a great experience. They have a a really nice outside seating area right next to their pit with some great merchandise for sale (of course, I bought a koozie). If I was rating it on just the brisket, it would receive as many stars as I could possibly give out, but unfortunately, in my opinion, their sausage was poor, leaving them with a rating of 4.8/5.