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Hill Country pitmaster Robbie Richter is a master of the competition circuit whose trophy case includes a few grand championships and first place chicken at the 2005 American Royal. Hill Country focuses strictly on Texas barbecue, specifically the Hill Country region that includes legendary joints like Kreuz Market in Lockhart, Southside Market in Elgin and Louie Mueller’s in Taylor. Just like at Kreuz, the meats are wrapped in butcher paper, weighed and sold by the pound. And the holding pits are nearly identical to the ones in Lockhart. Post oak, shipped all the way from central Texas, is used to smoke the meats. Even the peripheral items at Hill Country have a Texan feel: Big Red soda, Blue Bell ice cream, Tecate and Lone Star beer, and an all-Texas wine list.
