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This suburban smokehouse is operated by the third generation of rural Central Texas barbecue royalty, the venerable Schmidt family of Lockhart. Chad Franks and Suzy Schmidt Franks uphold the Texas meat market barbecue joint tradition in fine style, developing their own following.
This article appears in February 6 • 2015.
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