Coarse-ground beef and pork sausage, garlic-heavy and black-pepper-blasted, smoked over post oak alongside the brisket and sold by weight by the ring. The Central Texas BBQ joint side dish that travels home.
Lockhart-style smoked sausage traces to the Czech and German immigrant meat markets that anchored Central Texas BBQ from the 1880s onwards. Kreuz Market, Black's and Smitty's (all 50km from Austin in Lockhart) defined the style. Austin's modern BBQ wave, from Franklin to La Barbecue and Micklethwait, all run a defensible ring sausage in the same tradition.
4 editor picks for Lockhart-Style Sausage in Austin, ranked by editorial score. All Austin signature dishes · Lockhart-Style Sausage across every city.
Franklin Barbecue ★ 4.9
900 E 11th St, Austin, TX 78702
Franklin Barbecue in Austin is Aaron Franklin's 2009 East 11th brisket pilgrimage, the James Beard-winning shop that codified central Texas barbecue.
La Barbecue ★ 4.7
2401 E Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX 78702
La Barbecue in Austin is Ali Clem's Cesar Chavez post-oak barbecue, a Michelin-recognised shop with a James Beard-recognised owner, sliced brisket.
InterStellar BBQ ★ 4.7
12233 Ranch Rd 620 N, Ste 105, Austin, TX 78750
InterStellar BBQ in Austin is John Bates and Brandon Martinez's North-side smokehouse on RR 620, a Michelin Star 2024-25 BBQ shop in the former Noble Pig.
Micklethwait Craft Meats ★ 4.6
4602 Tanney St, Austin, TX 78721
Micklethwait Craft Meats in Austin is Tom Micklethwait's BBQ smokehouse on Tanney Street, a Michelin Bib Gourmand kitchen relocated from the 12-year Rosewood.