don't wait in line at franklin's. i hear it's good but i've also heard it was mediocre, bbq can be inconsistent. seriously i live for bbq but waiting longer than 30 minutes for it is just wack. they don't even do phone pickup orders? screw em. even gatlins and ray's in houston do phone orders. just drive out to hill country and try some of those joints. one of my favorite is city market in luling (not in hill country but 1-2 hrs from austin)

north of austin there's another place that is exceptional, i completely forget

even bone daddies if you like that hokey twin peaks kinda stuff