About five years ago my son and I headed to Bastrop, TX for my niece's wedding. We decided to make the drive in two days but pushed to Texas the first day, so we could try Whataburger. All we heard was, "Try Whataburger. It's great." We tried Whataburger in Texarkana, TX and it it was awful. We actually thought our Texas family pranked us into thinking Whataburger was great, when they really knew it was horrible. We were wrong. They insisted Whataburger really was awesome and they weren't pranking us.. Maybe we just ate at a bad Whataburger or our expectations were too high. IDK.
However, the next day, we saw a bunch of cars and people lined up at a little roadside BBQ shack, with a smoker out back, and we gave it a try. It was great! Moral of the story: when in Texas, eat at crowded local roadside BBQ shacks, not fast food burger joints.