My son and I eat the hell out of venison dry link. Last year we had an entire buck processed in dry link assuming it would last until the next cycle. We have one link left and at least 4 months until we get another batch.

What is the best store bought dry link you have had? I am in Houston, but would drive a few hours to replenish inventory for a few months…..no c store crap.

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Try Chappell Hill Sausage dry links. They are about an hour from Houston and have a restaurant inside. Might call ahead to make sure they have enough if you want a large or order.

Maybe call B&W meat or Pete's fine meats and see if either have dry sausage

Polish market on Blaylock

Prasek's

Kleins Smokehouse.

Chappel Hill Sausage just over the Brazos river on 290. You can sometimes buy it in HEB in Houston.

Gunny456 said:

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We have New Braunfels Smoke House ship dry sausage to us here in the Ozarks very regularly. We bought from them all the time when living in Texas.
Also Dutchman's.

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Gunny, is that a special order you do? Tried looking up dried sausage on their website, and other than brats and such, the only dried sausage I found was snack sticks. Always considered dried sausage to be in links.

I like some of the meat markets better, but I am pleasantly suprised by the Tillamook zero sugar jalepeno beef sticks I found at Buccees.

Janak's just outside of Hallettsville

Dutchman's in Fbg. Ask for the old fashioned.

My wife orders it from them. I'll find out the particulars and post back for you.

This. Always used them.

Gunny456 said:

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This. Always used them.

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7E does a great job with taxidermy too.....and the people there are always super helpful and friendly.

Well I was all messed up in my info. Asked the wife and she said we order our smoked hams from New Braunfels Smoke House.
However we had been getting our dry sausage from Dutchman's…… but the last few times we got the sausage from them it tasted somewhat rancid. They started shipping them to us wrapped poorly and no longer kept cool. She called them and voiced her concerns. The next batch was even worse. So she quit them and is now ordering from Millers Meats in Llano.

dolch said:

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I like some of the meat markets better, but I am pleasantly suprised by the Tillamook zero sugar jalepeno beef sticks I found at Buccees.

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They sell the shorties at HEB. Good stuff, especially on a road trip.

Gunny456 said:

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ETA: Millers Meats in Llano.

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The best part is when you go into the store, and they have the big rack that is in the process of drying, so you can choose the level of "dryness" you like.

Gunny456 said:

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Well I was all messed up in my info. Asked the wife and she said we order our smoked hams from New Braunfels Smoke House.
However we had been getting our dry sausage from Dutchman's…… but the last few times we got the sausage from them it tasted somewhat rancid. They started shipping them to us wrapped poorly and no longer kept cool. She called them and voiced her concerns. The next batch was even worse. So she quit them and is now ordering from Millers Meats in Llano.

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It was a while back, but I remember Dutchman's getting in trouble for not keeping their wild game processing facilities adequately separated from beef processing. I can't remember the penalty they got, but they lost a lot of customers over it.

I don't know what's happened there…..new owners or what… but man lots of our kinfolks over there have quit going to them as well.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned "make your own" yet.

I'll cast a vote for the Aggie Owned Thorndale Meat Market.