BBQ Road Trip: Helberg Barbecue Near Waco Pairs Craft Barbecue With a Personal Touch
After spending last year at home, we’re ready to gas up the car and go somewhere. BBQ Road Trip is a series in which we take a day trip to visit barbecue spots outside of Dallas just in time for summer road trip season.
It’s mid-morning on a recent Friday, clouds have quickly filled the sky over Dallas and rain feels imminent. The only break in the clouds appears to the south, which is conveniently the direction we’re headed. Meanwhile, Interstate 35E, the unscrupulous temptress with a penchant for ensnaring travelers in her concrete grasp, is feeling particularly kind this morning, and traffic moved briskly.
Not wishing to tempt fate any longer than necessary, we skipped off I-35 just before Hillsboro then snaked our way through rolling hills and verdant fields just to the south of Lake Whitney into the west side of Waco and the suburb of Woodway.
