Qualla: Franklin Barbecue https://qualla.com/franklin-barbecue en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:03 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/6/s/franklin-barbecue-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Franklin Barbecue https://qualla.com/franklin-barbecue Franklin Barbecue: Introduction https://qualla.com/franklin-barbecue/ Photo credit Randall Chancellor, CC BY-SA 2.0. The line forms before sunrise. By the time Franklin Barbecue opens at 11 a.m. on East 11th Street in Austin, Texas, hundreds of people are already waiting -- folding chairs deployed, coolers stocked, conversations struck up between strangers who will spend the next several hours becoming friends over the shared conviction that this brisket is worth the wait. Every day since Aaron Franklin started serving smoked meat out of a trailer in 2009, the restaurant has sold out. Every single day.

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/6/s/franklin-barbecue-wp/9v6s-franklin-barbecue-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Franklin Barbecue: From Trailer to Temple https://qualla.com/franklin-barbecue/ Photo credit WhisperToMe, Public domain. Aaron Franklin launched his barbecue operation from a modest trailer in 2009 with little more than a smoker, post oak wood, and an obsessive attention to the way heat moves through beef. By 2011, the lines had grown long enough that he moved into a brick-and-mortar building on Ea...

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/6/s/franklin-barbecue-wp/9v6s-franklin-barbecue-from-trailer-to-temple.mp3 0:06 2 full Franklin Barbecue: The Art of Post Oak and Patience https://qualla.com/franklin-barbecue/ Photo credit Mikerussell, CC BY-SA 4.0. Franklin Barbecue is credited with leading what has been called the new-traditionalist barbecue movement -- a return to the simplest possible methods executed with fanatical precision. The menu is short: pulled pork, pork ribs, sausages, turkey, and the legendary brisket. For his...

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/6/s/franklin-barbecue-wp/9v6s-franklin-barbecue-the-art-of-post-oak-and-patience.mp3 0:06 3 full Franklin Barbecue: Rising from the Ashes https://qualla.com/franklin-barbecue/ Photo credit Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0. In the early hours of August 26, 2017, fire broke out in the smokehouse. Flames tore through the section where Franklin's pits lived, doing significant damage to portions of the outer building. The main dining area suffered only smoke damage, but the heart of the operation was gu...

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/6/s/franklin-barbecue-wp/9v6s-franklin-barbecue-rising-from-the-ashes.mp3 0:06 4 full Franklin Barbecue: A Beard for Barbecue https://qualla.com/franklin-barbecue/ Photo credit Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0. In Bon Appetit's July 2011 issue, editor Andrew Knowlton called Franklin Barbecue 'the best BBQ in the country.' Texas Monthly ranked it first on its 2013 list of the 50 Best BBQ Joints in Texas and featured it again in 2017. But the award that changed the conversation came in Ma...

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