The smell hits you first – a heavenly combination of hickory smoke, slow-cooked meat, and decades of barbecue tradition wafting through the air around Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q in Decatur, Alabama.

Walden is an upscale, bustling community located on a peninsula jutting into the middle of Lake Conroe. Houstonians make the trip north to play at the well-regarded golf course or visit the ...