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Micklethwait Craft Meats
Micklethwait Craft Meats, founded by Tom Micklethwait in 2011 as an East Austin trailer, built its reputation around a slightly more experimental approach within Central Texas barbecue tradition, including menu items like barbecue-stuffed baked potatoes and boudin alongside the classic brisket and ribs. Its willingness to incorporate a broader range of specialty and seasonal items beyond the core Central Texas barbecue staples gave it a distinct identity among Austin's barbecue trailers, appealing to diners specifically seeking creative variations on traditional smoked meat rather than a purely classic approach. The trailer's continued operation and consistent local praise, sustained across more than a decade in a barbecue scene as competitive and closely scrutinized as Austin's, reflected genuine technical quality behind its more experimental menu additions. For an Austin BBQ list, Micklethwait is the essential "classic technique, creative menu" entry — an East Austin trailer applying serious Central Texas barbecue fundamentals to a broader, more experimental range of smoked specialty dishes.
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Kerlin BBQ
Kerlin BBQ, opened by Bill and Amy Kerlin in East Austin in 2012, built its reputation around a meticulous, traditional Central Texas approach to brisket, sausage, and ribs, with Bill Kerlin's background staging at some of the region's most respected barbecue joints before opening his own trailer. Its pork ribs and boudin in particular earned consistent praise from local and national food critics, giving Kerlin BBQ a broader reputation beyond brisket alone at a time when brisket quality alone tended to dominate most barbecue rankings and comparisons across Austin's crowded scene. The trailer's continued operation as a genuinely independent, husband-and-wife-run operation, without the larger scale or multiple locations some of Austin's more prominent barbecue names have since grown into, has kept Kerlin BBQ closely associated with a smaller-scale, craft-focused approach to the city's barbecue tradition. For an Austin BBQ list, Kerlin BBQ is the essential "small-scale, technically excellent" entry — a husband-and-wife-run East Austin trailer whose ribs and boudin have earned it a reputation extending well beyond brisket alone.
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