Even The "Chain" BBQ Restaurants In Texas Have Good Barbecue And You Can Find Two Of The Best Almost Everywhere From Houston To Amarillo.

You can find good BBQ in almost every corner of Texas, heck, you can find it in your own neighborhood if you're lucky enough.

In a state that's known for its BBQ, if you're new here, your first Texas BBQ experience may have been at one of the "chain" restaurants as opposed to a smaller local shop.

While most "chain" restaurants come up short and are only good for a quick meal, the ones in Texas don't disappoint according to a new study and proves once again that even in the chain system Texas BBQ RULES.

A website recently ranked the Top 15 BBQ Chains In America That Are Actually Worth Trying.

The website Insider Monkey ranked restaurants using a consensus method, where they considered the top barbecue eateries mentioned on four sources: Food Republic, Whimsy and Spice, The Frugal Expat, and AOL.

Depending on where these chains ranked on each website, they were assigned a score for each listing.

A Few Well Known Texas BBQ Chains Make Up Most Of The List!

A few of the chains with Texas locations that made list include:

• 15. Cooper’s Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que
• 14. Terry Black’s BBQ
• 12. Bill Miller Bar-B-Q
• 10. Soulman’s Bar-B-Que

Dickey's Barbecue Pit Came In At #4.

With 126 locations all across Texas, the restaurant is ranked high thanks according to their rankings for being "popular for its fine meat and the variety of side options on the menu to compliment the barbecue."

Landing At #2 Is Rudy's BBQ

With nearly 40 locations all across Texas including one here in Tyler, Rudy's is ranked very high and "is one of the best barbecue chains in America, and is loved by eaters for its slow smoked meat and scrumptious sides" according to their reasoning.

While its great to see the Texas big boy chains rank so high, don't forget to support your local mom and pop pit masters.