If you love the smoky, savory taste of Texas barbecue, the Highland Lakes area of the Hill Country should be on your culinary radar. Try brisket, sausage, pulled pork, smoked chicken, ribs, and more at barbecue joints in Marble Falls, Burnet, Bertram, Llano, Spicewood, and other Highland Lakes towns. Go big and order it by the pound to feed the whole family or bring a batch to your next office party to win over your colleagues.
Here are some of the places to enjoy Texas barbecue in the Highland Lakes:
- Bird's BBQ, 302B N. Water St. (U.S. 281) in Burnet, 512-756-4836, Facebook page
- Cooper’s Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que, 604 W. Young St. in Llano, 325-247-5713, coopersbbq.com
- Cowtown Texas BBQ, 3809 FM 2147 in Cottonwood Shores, 512-755-3863, cowtowntexasbbq.com
- Hill Country Smoke House, 525 Texas 29 East, 512-355-8249, hillcountrysmokehousebbq.com
- Holy Smokes Bar-B-Que, 2704 Commerce St. in Marble Falls, 830-201-4145, noteethrequired.com
- HWY 29 BBQ, 110 Texas 29 in Bertram, 512-277-7020, Facebook page
- Inman’s Kitchen, 809 W. Young St. in Llano, 325-247-5257, inmanskitchen.com
- Inman’s Ranch House Bar-B-Q, 707 Sixth St. in Marble Falls, 830-693-2711, Facebook page
- It’s All Good BBQ, 22112 Texas 71 in Spicewood, 512-264-1744, itsallgoodbbq.com
- Opie’s Barbecue, 9504 Texas 71 East in Spicewood, 830-693-8660, opiesbarbecue.com
- Porky's, 100 CR 128 in Burnet
- Ronnie’s Pit BBQ, 211 U.S. 281 South in Johnson City, 830-868-7553, Facebook page
- Spyke’s Bar B Que, 14601 RR 1431 West in Kingsland, 325-388-6996, spykesbbq.com
- Tony's Hill Country Smoked BBQ, 200 CR 258 in Bertram, 830-613-4292
- Tumlinsons Smoky Top, 1009 Texas 29 East in Llano, 325-423-3924, Facebook page
- Uncle Arnold's BBQ at Wakepoint LBJ, 14757 RR 1431 West in Kingsland, 325-484-4448, wakepointlbj.com/uncle-arnolds-bbq
- Warehouse BBQ and Meetery, 305 N. Water St. (U.S. 281) in Burnet, 512-588-6068, Facebook page
- Wingman Brothers Smokehouse, 2407 U.S. 281 in Marble Falls, 830-693-6531, wingmanbrotherssmokehouse.com