I'm not sure if Snow's or Franklin will be bumped from the Top 10 or not, there are just some incredible barbecue joints that hit on all levels.
Not sure if days and hours will be a reason to keep Barbs B Q out of the top 10. Snow's has been there for years with 1-day a week. Cattleack is only open 1 weekend day per month, otherwise just W, TH, F.
Brett's Backyard Barbecue is permanently closed. Back in November, Brett said they got screwed on the lease, tried to do something else, and decided to go back to a real job. While Valentina's is closed, Miguel Vidal is working at OG Familia Tex Mex BBQ in Manchaca. I haven't been there, but I wouldn't be surprised if it makes the list.
Sunbird was on the 2023 Top 25 New list, albeit at a different location. There used to be a metric that a joint had to be open two years, but they don't follow that any longer. There were a few on the 2021 list that had been open less than a year and I want to say there was one less than 6 months.