Lockhart,TX

[Konvicted]

Anyone ever ate at the places in Lockhart? They say its the "BBQ Capitol of Texas". Would like to take a trip down there for some grub.

[CJATE]

I don’t like paying for what I can do at the house. It’s not worth a special trip, but if your in the area, it’s an experience. Like nothing we got in Cen-tex, that’s for sure.

[Konvicted]

I like going places and eating just to get a idea of what other people are doing. Plus it would make for a nice trip for me and the wife.

[3 star redneck]

I Have eaten at Smitty's and Kreutz's several times, the q at both is not very good. The homemade sausage at Smitty's in very good...Dont go to Luling City Cafe cause it sux!!

The best q IMHO is at Blacks or Taylor city cafe...they are both adequate for commercial q

[mgwerks]

City Market just down the road in Luling isn't bad, either.

[Gator]

I think its worth the trip to see some of those joints - I've had great Q at all of them at one time or another and ok Q some of them on occasion. Blacks and Smittys seem to be the most consistent. Its been a while since Ive been to Kreutz's. Thumbs up on the City Market too.

[danger831]

City Market =sausage and unique sauce
Smitty's =ribs and unique atmosphere

[ikiru]

I visited Kreuz once. The BBQ was VERY salty and tough. The only thing good was the sausage. Skip Kreuz if you ask me...

[mgwerks]

Though not in Lockhart, I'd skip Louis Muller's in Taylor. After all the build up about how great it is, wifey and I made the pilgrimage a couple of weeks back and between us ordered a little of just about everything on the menu. Everything, from the 3 kinds of sausage to the brisket to the ribs was a great disappointment, except her beef. Sure, a place can have an off day, but on every item?

The lemonade was tasty, though.

[3 alarm bbq]

I've eaten at all thee places in Lockhart. In my opinion Blacks is the best out of the three. There isn't a huge difference between Smittys and Kreuz.

[venom1978]

I have been to lockhart several times and I say that Smittys is the best all around . Kreuz is good but their brisket is consistently dry. The best brisket I ever had in Lockhart was one time on a sunday at Blacks, it was tender and very flavorful. I think because of the way those places cook their meat you can have great days and some so so days.

[Qshack]

I highly recommend Chisholm Trail BBQ. It's worth the trip from Austin. You can keep Kreutz's. Sheesh!

[egghead]

Only been through there once - stopped at Blacks and we really enjoyed it.











We will stop at one of the others the next time we are in the neighborhood.

I have heard from several folks that the sausage at City Market in Lulling is the best and worth picking up a bunch to go but closed on Sundays.

[BrisketGrease]

I ate at Kreuz's not too long ago and it was terrible. The food was actually ok, although, they were out of brisket and had only 1 side to choose from (german potato salad).

The service was terrible. The staff was about as un-friendly as could be. We drove by Smittys and Blacks and in the end, we wished we would've stopped at one of those. Lesson learned, but I won't be making a special trip to Lockhart just for bbq again.

[Tuck]

I've eaten at all thee places in Lockhart. In my opinion Blacks is the best out of the three. There isn't a huge difference between Smittys and Kreuz.

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Blacks is the best out of the three
[b]What he said !

Later

TUCK[/b]