Aaron Franklin ... Joint in Texas award and Bon Appétit's Best Barbecue Joint in America. Six days a week, crowds stand in line for hours for a taste of his mouth-watering brisket.

Allow Texas barbecue icon Aaron Franklin to contribute his idea ... this one-off burger pop-up and his annual appearance ...

and Hanukkah brought brisket to Texas. The rest is (literally) history, and Texas barbecue has since taken on a regional culture all its own. As Aaron Franklin, the James Beard Award-winning owner ...

and called the brisket "earth-shatteringly good." In 2011, Bon Appetit called it the "best barbecue in the country," while Texas Monthly ranked Franklin Barbecue first on its list of "The Top 50 ...