You can always get an idea of the character of a BBQ joint by the sign out front. The more down home the sign, the more amazing your meal will likely be. Here are some signs from our recent North Texas BBQ Tour. Also a couple from posse member Irwin Thompson, shot as he drove though east Texas last week.

Big Ronnie's Texas Pit Bar-B-Que, Whitesboro

The Bone on the Grill, Sherman

OO Smokehouse, Sherman

Clark's Outpost, Tioga

Pitt Stop Bar-B-Que, Lufkin

Lindsey's BBQ, Alto

(Photos by Chris Wilkins, Mike Gibson & Irwin Thompson)