Lake Travis - Westlake Edition | January 2024

Dining

BY KAMERYN GRIESSER

Everything on the menu is cooked fresh each day.

It’s All Good BBQ serves pork ribs ($10/half pound) , brisket ($14/half pound) and sausage ($10/half pound) .

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Award-winning barbecue nds success in Spicewood Every morning at 5 a.m., Frankie Hoch loads ribs, brisket and turkey into his pit and watches the smoke rise with the sun. As the co-owner of It’s All Good BBQ in in barbecue competitions. “We competed in circuits all over Texas, the

Co-owner Frankie Hoch works over 80 hours a week, balancing his love for barbecue with a full-time job as a mechanic at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.

Austin Rodeo, world championships,” Hoch said. “Dale kept asking if we could open a restaurant, and one day, over a couple beers, I nally said yes. Then the next day, he put a bid in for this place.” What’s on the menu Everything on the menu is cooked fresh each day using two indoor pits that can hold up to 800 pounds of meat and occasionally, a 40-foot outdoor pit Hoch built himself. Brisket, pork ribs, pulled pork, sausage, chicken, baby back ribs and turkey are sold in sandwiches, on plates or by the pound. Each plate comes with a choice of two sides.

Spicewood, Hoch works over 80 hours a week, balancing his lifetime love for barbecue with a full-time job as a mechanic at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. “I don’t call myself a ‘pitmaster’ because the pit’s always mastering you. ... But when your meats are coming out right, there’s nothing more rewarding,” Hoch said. The background Hoch and his best friend Dale Wieczyk founded the restaurant in 2012 after a decade of competing

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22112 State Hwy. 71, Spicewood www.itsallgoodbbq.com

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