In Austin, barbecue is a religion — and this is the pilgrimage, minus the three-hour lines. This small-group BBQ tour strings together six East Austin stops, including a MICHELIN One Star smokehouse and two Bib Gourmand honorees, with skip-the-line access at every single one and an air-conditioned ride in between.
The lineup reads like a critic’s dream ballot: la Barbecue, holder of a MICHELIN One Star and a line that normally wraps the building; Micklethwait Craft Meats, a Bib Gourmand favorite named among Food Network’s best food trucks; KG BBQ, where James Beard semifinalist Kareem El-Ghayesh smokes lamb with Middle Eastern spice; and Mum Foods with its cult-favorite pastrami, among others. Six tastings in all — so many that most guests surrender before the final plate.
It is a splurge at $175 per person, and for barbecue lovers it is worth every penny: no Texas-heat queueing, no guesswork, just the city’s greatest hits of smoke in one glorious outing. Come hungry — seriously.
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