Dining Guide
Zimmerhanzel’s BBQ
Trophies from local Little League teams are usually a sign of quality barbecue, and Zimmerhanzel’s is equipped with both.
City: Smithville
Cuisine: Barbecue
Method: Post oak; indirect-heat pit
Pitmaster: Bert Bunte (since 1984)
Pro-tip: Thursday, Friday, and Saturday they offer pork butt, which is tender and yielding.
Address: 307 Royston, Smithville, TX, 78957
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30-5, Sat 8:30-till meat runs out
Phone: 512-237-4244
Website: zimmerhanzelsbarbeque.com
Year Opened: 1980
Last updated: May 3, 2013
Reviews
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Zimmerhanzel’s BBQ
Only a few folks were eating lunch when we arrived in this small, well-lit room decorated with mounted deer, but since we had seen the massive pits outside and the piles of post oak, we speculated that a good meal …
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Zimmerhanzel’s BBQ
December 23, 2008, to February 5, 2009, were the longest six weeks in the history of Smithville, Texas. This setting for the movie “Hope Floats” was full of folks hankering for Zimmerhanzel’s Bar-B-Que, but their purveyors, Bert and Dee Dee Bunte, …