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Austin BBQ

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Central Texas barbecue is a specific thing, and Austin is at the center of it: post oak, salt and pepper, no sauce required, and brisket judged on the bark and the render rather than anything poured over it. The city has both the famous joints people fly in for and a much longer list of neighborhood places that quietly turn out excellent food without the line.

The listings below cover the whole spread — the destination pits, the strip-mall counters, the trailers running overnight cooks, and the suburban spots in Round Rock, Pflugerville, and points south that locals drive to precisely because nobody is waiting outside. Some sell out by early afternoon. Some are weekends only. A few of the best have no dining room at all.

Hours and sell-out times are the two things worth checking before you commit to a drive, and they change more often than anything else in this category. Every listing here carries its current Google rating, review count, and a direct link to the business so you can confirm. Ratings are Google's own, and no placement on this page was paid for.

Terry Black's Barbecue

BBQ

★4.7(25,963 reviews)

1003 Barton Springs Rd, Austin, TX 78704, USA

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Stiles Switch BBQ

Rudy's "Country Store" and Bar-B-Q

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Black's Barbecue Lockhart

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Iron Works Barbecue

County Line

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Old 300 BBQ

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Wildfire

Interstellar BBQ