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This Joint Once Had the Best Brisket in Waco. Now There’s Something Even Better to Order.
Digital subscribers can listen to this article. Subscribe today for unlimited access to Texas Monthly. Already a subscriber? Log in. A decade ago, I called the brisket at Red Wagon BBQ Waco’s best in a review of the joint. A lot changed in the city’s barbecue scene over the last ten years, including the appearance of a couple Top 50 Joints. Guess Family Barbecue came to town the following year, then closed its storefront in 2025; and Helberg Barbecue opened in 2018 before moving out to Woodway, about six miles southwest, the following year. Four years ago, Michael Cunningham purchased Red Wagon BBQ from founder Joe Slack, and he upgraded it from a food truck near the popular tourist site Homestead Heritage to a permanent location…The post This Joint Once Had the Best Brisket in Waco. Now There’s Something Even Better to Order. appeared first on Texas Monthly.