I recently did an assignment for Men’s Health Magazine that sent me to a few places that I wouldn’t have associated with health – but damn, the food was fantastic. One of those places was Mustang Creek BBQ in Louise, Texas. It’s about a two-hour drive southwest of Houston, and it sits along a quiet stretch of the road. The interesting fact about this part of Highway 59 is that there are 2-3 excellent smokehouses within thirty minutes of Mustang Creek. So as you make your pilgrimage to check out Mustang Creek, you can hit up a few more places as part of your Hwy 59 smoked meat tour, including Vincek’s Smokehouse, Junior’s Smokehouse, and Prasek’s Hillje Smokehouse.
Mustang Creek is pretty unassuming. You might miss the old gas-station-turned-BBQ-joint, but if you hit it at the right time of day, lunchtime, you see all the big Texas trucks parked out front. That’s a good sign – Texans know their BBQ, and if there are tons of trucks, it’s like a mark of approval. I spent the morning with the cooks and pit master at Mustang Creek. I got there as early as I could and hung out with the pit master as he smoked an entire pit full of brisket, sausage and chicken. The main reason I was there was to check out the Bohemian sandwich. It’s massive, loaded with a generous amount of brisket and Prasek’s smoked sausage, topped with a few thick slices of white onion and pickles, and all piled on a standard soft white bread bun. The combination of the smoky brisket and the spicy sausage with a hint of onion makes for a nice bite; the flavors fill your mouth and you just want more. Hungry, yet? The picture I made is a good illustration of how it comes. It’s that big and it does taste as good as it looks. Start your cars, people…this one’s worth the haul.
Seriously fabulous photos, particularly the belt buckle and the smoking smoker. Texas food culture is like no other. Although not typically associated with “health”, no. HAH!
Looks like a damned fine sandwich!
OMG! I’m glad you were writing for a MENS magazine…no offense it doesn’t do anything for me!!
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Really mouthwatering pictures!
This looks so freakin’ good!!! I want it right now. Man I love Texas!!! Everything truly is bigger and better here
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I can’t believe that there’re people that don’t eat meat.
Yum! That looks tasty. Great pictures, and congrats on being freshly pressed!
AMAZING photos. Thanks for sharing.
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well, perhaps it’s because i AM a man, but those pictures made me incredibly hungry. mmm. awesome as usual!
YUMMM!!! That looks GREAT!! “I wish I could download that for lunch-” Where is this place located?
_This was a great post!
Must go to Texas. Eat BBQ. Now!
I LOVE !!!! food awesome pics!!!
The one with the BBQ pit is over the top!!!
What ever you do keep it coming.
I want BBQ now! I’m sorry, I didn’t read, the pictures were good enough! XD
[that said, I am not a man, but I love my food.]
Wow–your photographs are stellar. Not only do they make me want to bite into that delicious food immediately, but they create a story.
This looks so good. Excellent photos!
Nothing like Texas BBQ — I lived there and I should know! As for healthy now this is another matter..
Use to live in Houston, Tx., many yrs. ago. Look forward to going back that way soon, and by the appearance of these delicious looking pictures….if a picture can be delicious looking….these are….I will make sure we stop and visit at Mustang Creek BBS in Louise, Tx. Now that we are retired we spend our summers in the mountains of Blairsville, Ga. and our winters in Pt. St. Lucie, Fl. We love BBQ. I will tell you if you are ever in this area of Blairsville, Ga…..then look up Bubba’s. It’s mighty-good-BBQ. CAN’T WAIT UNTIL WE VISIT MUSTANG CREEK!!! I will be out that way this next year on a book tour, which is in the arrangement dept. at this time. My new book …Beyond Belief…will be on Amazon in Dec. for the young reader and family reading enjoyment. It is the 2nd in my series of six about the …SUMMER ADVENTURES OF MAGGIE SUE AND TERRY D…it’s well worth the read, as it is exciting, loving, humorous, pure, and most memorable! I will bring a copy for the Mustang Creek BBQ when we come that way. It makes me hungry just looking at the delicious pictures!! Keep it up!! Peggy Inez, Author and Storyteller.
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Yum! Awesome pics!!!
Great sandwich, great photos.
Jeeezus. Im in the airport in Philly eating a cheese steak wishin it was one of these !
I almost drowned in my own saliva lookin’ at these pictures. YUM.
Let’s swap links — sound like a plan?
Gary Saunders
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wow, i’m soo hungry now. GREAT food photos. keep it up!
Dude you’re killing me with those pictures. I’ve just started some horrible diet today and after seeing all that juicy meat I’m not sure I’m gonna stck to it!
Great shots by the way
Mat
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Now all you have to do is visit ARTZ rib house in Austin Texas and you will have found the true bounty of barbecue in the great state of Texas.
If they had sandwiches like this in New Jersey where
I am from, you wouldn’t be able to GIVE AWAY
a pastrami on rye w/mustard.
Now thats what I call a real man’s sandwich, It looks really yummy
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i am going to need to eat some of that food. i guess i will have to take a trip to texas.
joe
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You are making really hungry for BBQ. I love it. My wife is Brasilian- You gotta have Brasilian BBQ muito mutio gosto.
From the great photos I can almost smell and taste the food (and in my imagination it is yummo)
Thanks for the great blog and congrats on being Freshly Pressed.
Blessings,
Ava
xox
I love your photos, you capture a sense of place so wonderfully.
Is it healthy? Not really. Does it make your taste buds expire in delight? Oh yes. Yes it does. I love Texas BBQ. You know why it’s so great? Because Texas reveres meat like no other state ever dreamed of. If you get a chance you need to try the Salt Lick in Round Rock. Superb!
Whoa!!! My mouth is watering like krayzee!! I’d throw some of my home-grown pepper sauce on THAT bad boye and swiss cheese. Thanks for the idea; congrats on getting Freshly Pressed, culinary-style.
awwwwwww, delicious~
woww its supper and testy! i need this
when ever i seen it i cant control myself first i ll prepare and eat it…
God Bless Texas!
Penny, you nailed it. I got teary-eyed looking at these photos! Makes me miss everything that is good about Texas. I can remember riding in the back of my daddy’s pickup to the barbecue place and eating this exact combination of flavors-brisket, sausage, pickles, onions, and white bread. Never thought to put it all on one sandwich, but I guess someone did! I miss that smell of a room with wood paneling that has been smoke-infused for years. Thanks for taking me back. If I lean in any closer to the monitor, I’m going to have to go wash my hair to get the smoke smell out:-)
I’ve never seen a more beautiful sandwich!
Nice pictures. I’m going to have lunch early today.
as usual, you ROCK, penny!
joy featured you on Freshly Pressed earlier this week…and I had to follow suit and put that gorgeous sandwich up as the favorite food photo for today on FoodPress 
so happy you’ve got this here blog, it’s just lovely time and again!
How does it stack up in comparison to Smitty’s?
OMG..that looks so delicious
The first picture looks so delicious!
Why is Texas so far away? Here, thousands of miles across the sea in Norway, I have to make do with my own smoking.
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Now THAT’S a barbie!!! OMG I would love that! How lucky were you with that assingment?!?!? Great pics btw….
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Saliva dribbles when watching these pictures. Unfortunately it’s too far from the place where I live (:
That sandwich looks positively sinful…..*drools*
If I ever happen to find my Yankee self (I’m a Buffalonian) in Mustang Creek I will have to hit that place up….yum
The meat on that oven should be amazing. very nice photos BTW.
Pure GENIUS! I never thought of putting both brisket AND sausage on a sandwich together. Brilliant.
Your photos are fantastic as usual. Also, when I met Gary he had one of those Texas flag painted cow skulls.
Wow that’s a lot of meat! Beautiful pictures.
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Hi,
Great blog. Good to have found it.
When I moved away from England I missed sausages mre than I missed my family! I started making them myself here in Greece. before long I was supplying loads of people with them each week.
I wrote a quick and easy guide so people could find out my recipies and how to make sausages for themselves. It is free at http://www.sausages-sausages.com
Barry
Very efficiently written information. It will be valuable to anybody who usess it, including me. Keep doing what you are doing – for sure i will check out more posts.
Thank you for posting about this place. I grew up in El Campo, Texas. It’s about 10 mins North of Louise and have eaten here often. I read a lot about food and Texas BBQ and I hate that this place never is ever talked about. It is amazing, their ribs are amazing and I eat there as often as I can when I visit as well as I enjoy the Mexican food of this part of Texas. So thank you for representing us, it is appreciated!