Terry Black's Barbecue
Restaurant in Texas, US
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Terry Black's Barbecue is a chain of barbecue restaurants founded in Texas in 2014.
| Terry Black's Barbecue | |
|---|---|
| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 2014 |
| Owners | Michael and Mark Black |
| Food type | Central Texas-style barbecue |
| Location | 1003 Barton Springs Road, Austin, Texas, 78704, US |
Other locations | Dallas, Fort Worth, Lockhart, Waco; Nashville, Tennessee |
| Website | terryblacksbbq |
Description
The restaurant is known for serving Central Texas-style barbecue, including Texas smoked brisket, beef ribs, pork ribs, turkey and sausage, including jalapeno cheese sausage.[1] Its meat are seasoned with a dry rub[2] and cooked in a traditional barbecue pit.[3] The meat is smoked for between 12 and 14 hours in a Moberg smoker, with the exception of turkey and sausage which is cooked in a rotisserie.[4]
The restaurant also produces various types of barbecue sauce, including sweet, spicy, chipotle-mustard, ghost pepper, and habanero. It serves various sides including baked beans, coleslaw with purple cabbage, Mexican corn,[5] potato salad,[6] macaroni and cheese, and creamed corn.[4] Its dessert menu includes individual banana pudding and pecan pies.[5]
History
The restaurant was founded by Terry Black in 2014.[6] He is the grandson of Edgar Black Sr., who founded Black's Barbecue in Lockhart, Texas in 1932.[7] He and his brother Kent Black had worked at the original Black's Barbecue until 2013, when Kent fired Terry via fax.[6] A feud between the two brothers occurred in 2013, after Terry prepared to open a new Black's Barbecue restaurant in Austin with his children. Kent sent them a cease and desist letter to prevent them from using the name, and the new restaurant was renamed Terry Black's Barbecue.[7] Since then, there have been multiple legal disputes between the owners of both restaurants.[7]
The restaurant is operated by Terry's sons Mike and Mark.[3] It has opened locations in Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, and Waco, Texas. It later opened a location in Lockhart, within a mile of the original Black's Barbecue restaurant.[8]
In 2025, the chain opened their first location outside of Texas in Nashville, Tennessee.[9]
Reception
In an article written in 2015, Daniel Vaughn of Texas Monthly praised the restaurant, writing that it serves "good barbecue all day long".[1] In 2025, Texas Monthly described it as "the most impressive barbecue chain in Texas".[10] Bud Kennedy of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram wrote that the restaurant was "above-average commercial Texas barbecue, not as good as a small-batch craft place like Goldee's or Dayne's".[5] Kelsey Kennedy in Austin Food Crawls praised its "melt-in-your-mouth brisket, tasty sausage links, and peppery pork ribs."[11]