Texas Monthly BBQ Finder Reviews

Texas Monthly BBQ Finder Reviews

Published by on 2025-06-16

🏷️ About: The Texas Monthly BBQ Finder app is your one-stop-shop for all of the best BBQ joint recommendations in the great state of Texas. You'll find over 100 expert written reviews by BBQ Editor Daniel Vaughn, 'cue news, and the Top 50 BBQ list, which features the best BBQ joints in Texas.


       


Is Texas Monthly BBQ Finder Safe to Use?

We Investigate the app owner's website (Texasmonthly.com), verify their legitimacy, and uncover hidden scams and complaints.


Overall Customer Experience 😎


🤬 Negative experience
66.7%

😎 Positive experience
33.3%

🫥 Neutral
0.0%

~ from Justuseapp.com NLP analysis of 35 combined software reviews.

Is Texas Monthly BBQ Finder Safe?
Texas Monthly BBQ Finder appears generally safe, but use with caution.
33.3/100

  Safety Analysis »»

Is Texas Monthly BBQ Finder Legit?
Texas Monthly BBQ Finder appears legitimate, though exercise caution.
33.3/100



Read 20 Customer Service Reviews 😠💢

3.4 out of 5
Still won’t open

Been
Like this for a year or so?

BBQ App

Pretty useless. No way to tell where places listed are in relation to user.

What happened?!?

Update is horrible. It use to tell you what BBQ was actually near you. Now it just gives you a random list of places that are hours away from where you are. Old version featured reviews from patrons which was nice, it was good to hear what locals liked. New version is kind of useless. Seems like they forgot to finish TexasMonthlyBBQFinder .

Poorly maintained app.

Very poorly maintained app unfortunately. Crashes every time you use the search function. Hasn't had any kind of software update for over a year: September 1, 2015. Very bad. If Texas Monthly has no interest in regular maintenance/ app software updates for the BBQ review app, TM should trash and redesign TexasMonthlyBBQFinder from the ground up, fix the problems with this current app or eliminate it all together.

Smoked App

Doesn’t work. No mapping feature for locations near your current location. The back button doesn’t work. The reviews are outdated. No photos or places for viewers comments. Bring back the old app

Pretty much worthless

The map misses many of the best BBQ joints in my area and, after reading the reviews I think they’re about as pointless as the map. Deleted shortly after installing it.

App won’t load any places, map is blank and won’t search.

Newest version and location on too. Have good LTE signal.

Doesn’t work

Won’t open

Great app concept bad execution

App must have been built by a vegan without an iPhone. Needs a mapping feature, photo posting feature, BBQ tour planner/mapper, and a better user entry tool. It could at least have a popup asking if you're ready to post comments. No edit feature, no update feature. Kill the silly leaderboard.

Good, could be much better

Glad to finally see an update, but boy this needs some simple improvements like location awareness to sort by what is near you.

Great app-needs some improving

TexasMonthlyBBQFinder is wonderful as it allows me to find some goodness for my belly while traveling around texas.....shows me where grub not so good :).

Haven't had any crashes.

Improvements needed:
1). Usually the 1st place on list of bbq places it says is near me actually is 100 or so miles away.
2). I've added a few bbq places as they were not listed over past couple months but none have shown up yet. So something is broken.
3). IOS8.3 seemed to affect the ease of entering buzz or comments. Once typed in enough to fill the comment box, you can't go back and correct or change some text. Had to delete what you had written and retype. May be iOS issue.
4). Would be nice to be able to take pictures of food and upload at least 1 picture showing good, bad and ugly.

PLEASE Add a Map Feature

This is a great app! The location section is helpful but would be greatly improved with a map feature and get a five star rating.

There are so many small towns in Texas most don't show up on the map. Say I'm traveling from Dallas to Austin and want to plan lunch during the drive down. It'd be nice to see pin placements on a map to hit a spot I've never been to.

Great BBQ Finding App

If you love Texas BBQ, you know Texas Monthly is a trusted voice in this ever-evolving, fast-moving food scene. TexasMonthlyBBQFinder is great for finding that smoked meat goodness, Texas style, when you travel. My favorite feature is probably the built-in, region-specific guides with maps that use GPS from your phone to get you close.

I took off 1 star because they want a subscription to submit written reviews. With Yelp and TripAdvisor you only need an account to submit written reviews, so I’m confused as to why TM thinks users should pay for that opportunity.

I love this app and it won’t open.

Please fix it.

Helped me find some great ‘cue!

Just found 2M in San Antonio on the way home from the beach - amazing! Great to see proximity and Top 50 mark in an easy list.

Good but one problem

Good app dedicated to finding places to eat barbecue but one problem is that it always plays a tune when starting killing any audio playing

UPDATE IS AMAZING!!

Wow. I had TexasMonthlyBBQFinder back when it first came out, and all of the missing features have been added. You can save your favorites, map out plans to chow down, and see other users’ ratings. Love it.

Finding the best BBQ when I travel!

I loved being able to locate their best BBQ joints while away from home. On a road trip to Houston recently, used TexasMonthlyBBQFinder to find nearby BBQ with reviews I could trust. Looks fun to check in and give fellow users reviews, too, but haven't done it yet. Perfect app for BBQ enthusiasts who want to try all the great places reviewed by Daniel V and other TM BBQ experts

Great tracker

Nice way to track my visits / read reviews so I know what to order

Excellent reference for locals and visitors

States it’s a reader’s work in progress but seems no way to suggest a local (or not) BBQ favorite by the neighbors

Our faviorate is Chasin Tail in Lake Dallas just off I35E



Is Texas Monthly BBQ Finder Safe? 🙏

Texas Monthly BBQ Finder appears generally safe, but use with caution. JustUseApp Safety Score for Texas Monthly BBQ Finder is 33.3/100.
This assessment is based on our NLP analysis of 35 user reviews. Combined with the app store average rating of 3.4/5.

Safety Analysis

36.4% of users say app is risky 🚨
36.4%

33.3% of users say app is safe 👍
33.3%

30.3% of users have some concerns ⚠️
30.3%


Is Texas Monthly BBQ Finder Legit? 💯

Texas Monthly BBQ Finder appears legitimate, though exercise caution. Our NLP models processed user feedback to estimate legitimacy. JustUseApp Legitimacy Score for Texas Monthly BBQ Finder is 33.3/100 .
This conclusion is based on analysis of 35 user reviews.

🔏 Privacy & Data Safety

Texas Monthly BBQ Finder collected the following data from you:

  • Data Linked to You:
    • Contact Info
  • Data Not Linked to You:
    • Location
    • Identifiers
    • Usage Data
    • Diagnostics



How was your experience with Texas Monthly BBQ Finder? Post a Review




Features

You'll find over 100 expert written reviews by BBQ Editor Daniel Vaughn, 'cue news, and the Top 50 BBQ list, which features the best BBQ joints in Texas.

Mark your favorites or create a custom list with the "saved joints" feature to make the most of your trip.

The Texas Monthly BBQ Finder app is your one-stop-shop for all of the best BBQ joint recommendations in the great state of Texas.

Stamp joints from the Top 50 list to fill up your BBQ passport.

Leave user ratings and – exclusive to TM BBQ Club members – write reviews directly within the app.

  Contact Support
Developer:
Texas Monthly Magazine


Website: