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(Seguin) — Kyle Kramm, the City of Seguin’s Main Street and Convention and Visitor’s Bureau director, was arrested Thursday following the execution of a search warrant related to an ongoing investigation into child exploitation.

According to the Guadalupe County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO), investigators with the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force served a warrant at a residence in the 600 block of New Braunfels Street. During the search, authorities discovered digital images and videos depicting child pornography.

Kramm was taken into custody and charged with Possession or Promotion of Child Pornography, a third-degree felony. He was booked into the Guadalupe County Jail. Officials say additional charges may be filed as the investigation continues. The operation was conducted with support from the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas Attorney General’s Office.

The City of Seguin confirmed Kramm’s employment and issued the following statement in response to his arrest:

“The City of Seguin has been made aware of the arrest of one of its employees, Kyle Kramm, in connection with Possession of Child Pornography. We take this matter seriously and are closely monitoring the situation. As this is an ongoing legal matter, we will not be commenting on the details of the investigation. Mr. Kramm has been placed on administrative leave pending further information. The City is committed to upholding the highest standards of integrity and accountability, and we will cooperate fully with the authorities. The safety and well-being of our employees, residents, and community remain our top priority.”

Kramm has worked for the city for several years overseeing such projects as Moonlight and Roses, Trade Days, the Fourth of July Parade and other downtown activities

No further information is being released at this time due to the ongoing nature of the investigation.

(Seguin) — Seguin’s own Burnt Bean Co. has officially been named the best barbecue restaurant in Texas, topping Texas Monthly’s prestigious list of the Top 50 Barbecue Joints for 2025.

Burnt Bean’s Ernest Servantes and David Kirkland were thrilled to hear Tuesday morning’s announcement. Servantes says they are pleased that their hard work continues to pay off.

Burnt Bean Co. has made the city of Seguin a destination for people looking for some of the best barbecue in the state. It regularly has lines formed outside of its doors on South Austin Street.

Servantes says this is something that he has always wanted to accomplish. He says even as a young chef, he recognized that he wanted to be at the top of this industry. It now is a dream come true.

“Imagine you living next to Mount Fuji, and from 2007, you look at this mountain and say ‘one day I’m going to scale it.’ It happened from 2007 to 2025 – it has taken me that long of a journey to scale this mountain. I expected it, and that’s the bottom line. I believed in myself, and I believe with my team that we can put not only us on the map, but it also puts Seguin in a type of fraternity that’s zero to none…can compare to. Seguin is part of the greatest culinary world, and the name Seguin is up there with Vegas, New York and LA. This is my end game…and I am very humbled and proud of myself — as well as Seguin should be (proud) too,” said Servantes.

This isn’t Burn Bean’s first time on Texas Monthly’s prestigious list. However, this is the first time it has come out on top. Servantes says after a fourth place finish the first time, they did everything they could to push themselves up to the top.

“We were shooting for (Number) One after the Number Four (finish). You know, when we got Number Four in the last list — mind you, it was four years ago — we were just hoping to be on the list because we’re so brand new. So, to give fully the blessing, but after that it was like, ‘okay, we’re shooting for (Number) One or nothing. We really wanted to be that big elephant in the room when they talked about Number One,” said Servantes.

Burnt Bean Co. has been racking up the accolades since it first opened in downtown Seguin. It is a James Beard Foundation award winning and Michelin rated restaurant, which means it stacks up against great restaurants around the globe. Servantes says they’ve done it with hard work and a dedication to providing barbecue that’s easily enjoyed by anyone. He says that consistency in flavor and quality has made a real difference and helped them to build a reputation that’s unmatched by many.

Servantes and his team have also done something else. They also created a special space on Sunday mornings, where they offer a brunch that provides an authentic taqueria experience in addition to the great barbecue that they normally serve.

“We were trying to figure out something that we can do that separates us from everybody else and that was our Sunday brunch. That’s what our claim to fame is. Not only do we make amazing barbecue every day, but we have this special one day a week taqueria and Tex-Mex love, and it’s on Sundays. That’s what sets us above everybody else,” said Servantes.

The highly-coveted list was released on Tuesday morning. Here’s the full 2025 Top 10 list released by Texas Monthly:

Two other San Antonio restaurants also ranked in the Top 50.

SEGUIN, Texas — The Texas Monthly on Tuesday published a refreshed ranking of the Top 50 Best BBQ Joints in the state and decided that a fan-favorite in Seguin was worthy of landing in the top five.

In fact, it cooked up the No. 1 spot out of more than 300 barbecue restaurants visited last year.

In its seventh such Top 50 list since 1996, the Austin-based magazine said that as Texas barbecue continues to evolve, awarding the best of the best becomes a very difficult task.

To compile its list, Texas Monthly said 26 taste-testers traveled thousands of miles across the state in late 2024, visiting 319 total BBQ eateries in 14 weeks.

Visits were not announced in advance and judges paid for everything they ate, according to Texas Monthly. The "most promising candidates" were later revisited by judges to determine final placements.

Landing the No. 1 spot is Michelin-approved Burnt Bean Co. The craft BBQ restaurant in Seguin, which gets its name from the English translation for "frijoles quemados," was opened in 2020 by grill masters "Super Dave" Kirkland and the "Pope of BBQ" Ernest Servantes.

The Burnt Bean boasts being home of the "best BBQ in South Central Texas."

Texas Monthly describes Burnt Bean as having efficient service and a menu that requires "planning an all-day Sunday affair," offering breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner and more.

The star of the magazine's second visit for lunch at Burnt Bean Co. was the weekend-only beef-rib dishes featuring a short rib with nearly two pounds of meat and a pile of Korean beef back ribs, according to the judges.

"We're No. 1 in Texas, which we always say is No. 2 in the world," Servantes told KENS 5. "We wanted to show the world that small-town barbecue is just as good as all the other big boys."

Texas Monthly said the BBQ joint feels like a "museum of small-town Texas with barbecue perfection the main exhibit."

Visit Burnt Bean Co. located at 108 S. Austin St. in Seguin.

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Also making the list are two savory Alamo City restaurants: 2M Smokehouse BBQ and Reese Bros Barbecue.

2M Smokehouse was opened by pitmaster and co-owner Esaul Ramos Jr. in 2016, making his dream of barbecuing for a living a reality right here in his hometown of San Antonio. The BBQ joint is located at 2731 South WW White Road on the city's southeast side.

Meanwhile, Reese Bros Barbecue was opened by co-owners and pitmasters Elliott and Nick Reese and Gabe Perez in 2022. The near-east-side restaurant is known for its "experimental" menu items offering Central Texas BBQ with a Mexican influence.

"Couldn't be more excited," said Elliott Reese. "The top 50 list is something that every barbecue restaurant dreams of when opening... to finally see it on that list is hard to even say how much it means to us."

Reese Bros Barbecue is located on 906 Hoefgen Avenue near the Alamodome.