The Best Gas Station in the Country Has Brisket, Jerky, Fudge, and So Much More — Travel

The Lone Star State possesses the perfect environment for gas-station innovation. With 675,580 total road miles, it leads the nation in black top (California ranks a distant second with a paltry 394,608), providing a captive audience willing to support exit-ramp excellence.

Its humongous size cultivates a cramped-averse population who possess a skewed sense of proportion (read: we expect a lot of space, and all our beverages arrive super-sized). Finally, our history as ranchers and cowboys means we adore pick-up trucks (about 4.2 million of them by some accounts). As anyone lucky enough to own one of these vehicles knows, that great expanse of cab and flatbed invites a driver to carry lots of stuff, engage with the outdoors, and fill up frequently (both the driver's and the vehicle's tanks).

Those attributes inform and explain the appeal of Buc-ee's, the state's cult gas station known for big bathrooms, rows and rows of pump stations, unending beverage and snacks options, and shelves of goofy T-shirts, outdoor gear, and all things Texana.

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