The Flaming Pit
East 12th's low-key family smokehouse
The Flaming Pit is a barbecue restaurant in Austin, TX. Listed categories include barbecue, restaurant.
The Flaming Pit keeps a low profile on East 12th Street, a family-run smokehouse serving ribs, brisket, and sausage to a neighborhood with a long barbecue memory. It doesn't court the attention that some of its street-mates draw, which suits the regulars who've made it a quiet weekly habit rather than a destination.
The pork ribs are the item to lead with, tender off the pit with a clean bite, and the brisket carries genuine oak smoke beneath a peppery bark. The smoked sausage snaps against its casing, and the chopped beef sandwich is the fast, satisfying counter pick for a lunch on the move. The menu never wanders far from the classics, and it doesn't need to — this is unadorned East Austin barbecue where the smoke, not the signage, is the whole argument.
- Style: Central Texas Style
- Price: $
What to order
- Pork Ribs
- Brisket
- Smoked Sausage
- Chopped Beef Sandwich
Visiting
- Address: 1518 E 12th St, Austin, TX 78702
- Phone: (737) 802-6971
- Website: http://theflamingpit.com
Hours: Thu–Sat 12pm–7pm, Sun 12pm–5pm
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