Terry Black's BBQ
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Terry Black's BBQ brings Central Texas pit smoking to Fort Worth, no compromise.
Mike Black and his brother built this barbecue business on the old-school method — wood smoke, time, and the kind of restraint that comes from knowing what you're doing. The brand started in 2014 and has earned its place in Texas Monthly's Top 50. This Fort Worth outpost on West 7th Street carries that same approach: Central Texas barbecue done the way it's meant to be, named after their father and built on the principle that good smoke doesn't need explaining.
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