Salt Lick BBQ, Driftwood TX

Another place where I would go to Texas just to get this food. In this case instead of doughnuts, we have pit BBQ which is so artfully made over one of the only indoor open pits in the country. I know that might seem like something that doesn't make a difference to the lay-person, but for someone who cares a great deal about BBQ like me, it's a BIG deal. All you can basically get are plates with certain BBQ meats (ribs, brisket, sausage, and turkey) and with that you have you're average Texas sides as well as you can order a side of chicken.

Above you'll see me in the picture eating a half pound plate of ribs and brisket with a slathering of house made BBQ sauce that they as well caramelize on while they are in the BBQ process. It was so unbelievably good. Just imagine perfectly tender and flavorful beef brisket and ribs that fall off the bone and melt in your mouth. I was in BBQ heaven and trying have as much as I could before getting completely stuffed. And then came dessert.

For dessert, there were four options to have: you can have pecan pie, peach cobbler, black berry cobbler, or a peach-black berry mix cobbler and you can all have it with ice cream on top of it. After we were finished with the meat portion of our dinner, both me and my parents were pretty full and my father called it for the night. My mother and I however decided to share one of these heaping portioned desserts. We chose the peach cobbler and my goodness it was so perfect beyond belief, I was so upset when we couldn't finish it. My dad of course had to have a taste since we were drooling over it ourselves.

Driftwood was a small, obscure town that was about 45 miles outside of Austin and we had to work very hard to find it. I ended up passing out all of a sudden because of the extensively long day at Clarinet Fest. Most certainly it was worth trekking all the way to find the place, I had some of the best, if not THE best BBQ I've ever had. I just might have to head back to Texas to go on an eating excursion, however, I might end up gaining way too many pounds to take back on the plane.