I'll go back and read this whole thing later.
I usually try to plan my one day 14 hour trip to visit my daughter in Baton Rouge to eat at Scholl Bros BBQ in Paris. Nothing in NE Texas made the list last time I looked. It's pretty good, better than Whataburger or some other chain along the side of the road.
I like going to Tulsa and taking the Indian Nations turnpike instead of having to deal with OKC and Dallas, and it's about 70 miles shorter.