North Texas Smoke BBQ

2803 US-287, Decatur
(940) 393-6776

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Clay Jackson

Amazing BBQ and great service! Great flavor and not dry at all, I had ribs and Brisket. If you are in the area or need catering you need to come by or call them up. You will not be disappointed!

Jeff Stoney

I have eaten here several times, and they catered lunch at my office for 15-20 people. The food is absolutely delicious, top notch, I would label these guys as the best BBQ I have ever eaten. Customer service is always friendly and helpful. The location can be a bit tough to find but trust me it is worth the effort. Food style trailer with large pit alongside of it and picnic tables to eat on if needed. I highly recommend this BBQ.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Justin Clark

Visiting Texas for Spring break and decided to give them a try. Very glad we did. Everything was excellent. Brisket was amazing. I think I would have been happy just eating a handful of the Texas twinkies. They were to die for. The staff was super friendly and accommodating to my wife's Gluten allergy as well. Wonderful experience.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Elisa Giordano

Had to try based on the perfect 5 star reviews and it was worth it! We got loaded potato, brisket sandwich, smash burger, Texas Twinkie, banana pudding, and a cookie. The sauce was amazing and different! The pudding was thick and smooth. 100/10 we will be back regularly!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Brisket, Banana Pudding

Carlton Emmons

My wife and I made a day run on the motorcycle on the backroads to North Texas BBQ. 1st time there and got lost! Google maps shows NTBQ to be in a building on the frontage road.
That building is a Fireworks building. Just between the Fireworks building and the Honda place set back of the frontage road is a pull behind trailer with picnic tables. That’s the place!
I ordered my standard fare: Chopped beef sandwich with potato salad and cowboy beans. The brisket was just the right amount of juiciness with a nice flavor. May I suggest getting the pickled purple onions to go on it. It added a nice bit of zing.
The potato salad (loaded baked potato)was a winner. Highly recommended it. The cowboy beans were above average.

I spoke to the owner and he said they are in the process of putting in a brick and mortar building directly behind the trailer.

Bottom line, it’s definitely worth the trip! Oh, get there early if you want ribs! They ran out by noon 😂

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Potato Salad, Brisket

marc monreal

Worth the 50 mile drive!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

B B

Down to earth pittmaster and staff. The brisket gets better every time I come and today was the first time I got the Jalepeno sausage. It's probably the best sausage I've had in a long long time. Most small places that you order lean, they will cut the top off of the moist side and give you bland lean with no bark. Not here. Every time it's cut off the flat with the bark and it's deliciously salty but not overboard, for me anyways. I wish they had more options for sides but understand they are limited in their space. The smoked street corn is a must get. Overall I always have a good experience and leave with a belly full of brisket.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Brisket

Brett Cue

Stopped in by recommendation of my dad on the way back from hunting and sure glad I did. Blew by the first time but just turn in to the Honda dealer and you are set. They were out of Ribs, Jalapeno sausage and turkey at 1pm on a Thursday. I went with sliced brisket, housemade sausage, smoked cream corn and mac n cheese. These folks are doing it right, the brisket was incredible, coarse grind on the sausage was great, unique sauce, never had a creamed corn like it. Get a tallow cookie to take with you.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kris Armstrong

They catered my works Christmas party. Friendly service but that isn't even the best part. The best was the chicken, Moist and very full of flavor best I've had so far. The brisket was sliced thick and very tender.

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kyle Hendrickson

Derek runs a awesome little setup there in decatur! He's got some killer food and you can always tell because there's usually a line when u get there so u better go early. The brisket boudin, chicken links, brisket, street corn , bread pudding. Its all 🔥
His food is very consistent and he's always jammin that tx country in the background! Keep killin it Derek and ill be by when I get back to tx.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Street Corn, Potato Salad, Mac N Cheese, Brisket, Banana Pudding, Cheeseburger, Texas Twinkie

Kalel jordan

North Texas smoke is a great place to visit but you currently need to look for their bbq trailer as I accidentally missed the place driving by. They are working on building a building in the future. They make EVERYTHING from scratch down to the pickled onions and pickles. The quality of the ingredients are outstanding and they have some lesser seen items like their Tallow chocolate chip cookies, or their green pepper smash burgers as well as their multiple sauces you should ask about. The owner even said he had a Carolina sauce if you’re into that variation.
On Fridays and Saturdays, they give you a free beer with your BBQ which is a genius move and it compliments the meal.
I had the Mac n cheese, the cowboy beans, the jalapeño cheddar sausage, and the brisket with a Miller Lite.
Mac n cheese tasted amazing with panko on top.
The cowboy beans were some of the heartiest beans with brisket and what I think was cubes of steak? It was phenomenal.
The jalapeño cheddar sausage was smoked so well you could taste that the cheese was smoked so it was top notch.
Preface: I’m from south Texas so I’m a massive stickler for brisket. Take my “north Texas” rating if you haven’t eaten at 100+ bbq places in south Texas because there’s a significant difference for whatever reason.
I’d still give the brisket a 7.8 south Texas score while I’d give it a 9.0 for north Texas.
Reasons : top tier crusting of the brisket. Heavily smoked, not too much layering of fat in the slices, and decent portion size.
Only thing I have to criticize it for is really is the dryness but it’s a big part of brisket and I easily could have gotten an end of the day cut as they run out daily and I got here at 2.
Overall: it’s a fantastic place to come try out and you could easily do 4 trips at least before trying most items. Now go stop by and show them some love because I definitely want to see them build a permanent restaurant.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Jon Bernal

I've known Derek for quite some time, and every visit never fails to impress me with the food. My go-to is the brisket sandwich with tallow fries—definitely worth the drive, and it’s always a great experience.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Smoked Street Corn, Street Corn, Potato Salad, The Menu, Brisket Plate, Sliced Brisket, Mac N Cheese, Brisket, BBQ Sandwich, Banana Pudding, Chopped Brisket, Grilled Brisket, Cheeseburger, Texas Trinity Plate, Creme Wrapped in Beef, Smoked Chicken Thighs, Pork Ribs, Texas Twinkie, Perfectly Smoked Brisket

Randall Mosley

I'm glad I took a picture before I started eating. Cause I ate everything and licked the bottom. So much flavor. I had brisket turkey and sausage with mac n cheese and potatoe salad. And every bite was full of flavor. Little heat but not to much. Highly recommend. Food truck or not. This is this shiz.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Potato Salad, Brisket

Kevin Hendryx

I live about 90 minutes away so it's hard to catch them open but this time I was in the right place at the right time! Brisket and turkey were some of the best this BBQ snob has had! I gotta get the details on this potato salad, by far my favorite.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Street Corn, Potato Salad, Sliced Brisket, Brisket, Banana Pudding, Pork Ribs

Johnny Sliva

There is a reason it has 5 stars and 73 reviews.

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