TM BBQ Club
May 4, 2021
’Cue Course: Cold-Smoked, Dry-Aged Ribeyes
Trey Felton’s ancestors have been cold smoking meat for hundreds of years, but keeping the tradition alive has made Thorndale Meat Market a unicorn in Texas barbecue.
Thorndale Meat Market
BBQ Joint Reviews
November 16, 2020
Thorndale Meat Market’s Dry-Aged Steak Is an Experiment in Funk
The first bite of one of Trey Felton’s cold-smoked, dry-aged ribeyes made our barbecue editor laugh with joy.
BBQ
February 1, 2019
A Guide to Texas Dried Sausage, the Perfect Portable Snack
Meet the masters behind this meat art form. You'll never overlook those links hanging in your favorite market again.
BBQ
December 14, 2015
Barbecue Poetry
Frank “Trey” Felton is the owner of Thorndale Meat Market, which we reviewed last week on TMBBQ. Felton, a graduate of the Air Force Academy, is a talented pitmaster, but his skills don’t stop at the smoker; writing is another passion. Felton is the author of Jewel of
BBQ Joint Reviews
December 11, 2015
Thorndale Meat Market
Central Texas was once known for its meat market-style barbecue joints, i.e. meat markets that had a barbecue business on the side. Many of those places are gone, or they have converted into barbecue-only businesses. A few holdouts remain, including one shining example: the Thorndale Meat Market. About an hour northeast of Austin, out on