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🍖 Lockhart, Austin
3 restaurants · 2026
🍽️ 3 Restaurants
✨ BBQ, Family, Hill Country
A small town 35 miles south of Austin officially designated the BBQ Capital of Texas by the state legislature.
Known for: Caldwell County Courthouse, BBQ history
Don't miss: Kreuz Market, Black's Barbecue, Smitty's Market
💡 Hit all three classic Lockhart joints in one trip — they're within walking distance of each other.
Top 3 in Lockhart
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Kreuz Market
Texas BBQ · Texas Monthly Top 50 BBQ, since 1900
Lockhart BBQ cathedral since 1900 — no forks, no sauce, no sides (well, some now). Shoulder clod, prime rib, sausage, and pork chops smoked over post oak in massive brick pits. Thi...
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Black's Barbecue
Texas BBQ · Texas Monthly Top 50 BBQ, since 1932
The oldest BBQ joint in Texas continuously owned by the same family — since 1932 in Lockhart, the BBQ Capital of Texas. Sausage rings, brisket, and ribs prepared the old-fashioned ...
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Smitty's Market
Texas BBQ · Texas Monthly Top 50 BBQ
Lockhart BBQ royalty in the original Kreuz Market building — the family split in the 1990s and Smitty's kept the original pits. Walk through the fire pit entrance, order by the pou...
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