Thanks for the thread and for this review. I’ve been weighing trying The Pit Room vs. going back to Gatlin’s for the first time in a couple of years. I just don’t do barbecue much anymore.
The new paradigm of Texas barbecue seems to be smoked fat rather than smoked meats. Killen’s uses prime brisket and it was too fatty for me.
Best barbecue I’ve had in the past couple of years was Truth up in Brenham. I went to Ray’s on OST at Calhoun a month or so ago, mainly to try the boudin which is very good. The sliced beef sandwich wasn’t as good as I remembered but that’s a pretty good place. Very reminiscent of the short lived Pierson’s. Worst part about it is the cramped parking and interior so I go mid-afternoon. It’s probably never going to crack the TM Top 50 but anybody would be very glad to have one like it right in their neighborhood.
