--- title: "Louie Mueller Barbecue" website: "https://www.louiemuellerbarbecue.com/" business_name: "Louie Mueller Barbecue" primary_category: "Restaurant" phone: "(512) 352-6206" city: "Taylor" state: "TX" zip: "76574" ezlocal_profile_id: "093533725" profile_url: "https://ezlocal.com/tx/taylor/restaurant/093533725" --- # Louie Mueller Barbecue ## Snapshot - Primary category: Restaurant - Profile URL: - Website: - Phone: (512) 352-6206 - Email: wayne@texasbbq.com - Today's hours: Today: 11:00 AM to 7:30 PM - Review summary: 4.20/5 from 20 EZlocal reviews - Coordinates: 30.568814, -97.411162 ## Address 206 W 2nd St Taylor, TX 76574 ## About Louie Mueller Barbecue has been described as a "cathedral of smoke" due to producing the finest BBQ in all of Texas since the restaurant opened its doors in 1949. Founder Louie Mueller handed over the reins to his son Bobby in 1974, who ran the smoker for over three decades before his son (third generation owner/pitmaster) Wayne Mueller took control in 2007. It was also around this time that the Central Texas BBQ restaurant was honored by the James Beard Foundation with an American Classics award, an honor given only to our nation's most beloved and best regional restaurants. ## Payments Accepted - Discover - Cash - Mastercard - Visa ## Hours Mon Closed Tue 11:00 AM to 7:30 PM Wed 11:00 AM to 7:30 PM Thu 11:00 AM to 7:30 PM Fri 11:00 AM to 7:30 PM Sat 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM Sun Closed ## Offers and Coupons ### Contact Us Today! Offer URL: ## Reviews ### Review - Author: Friduman - Date: Thursday, June 17, 2021 - Rating: 5/5 ### Review - Author: Ademir - Date: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 - Rating: 5/5 ### Review - Author: Amanda - Date: Friday, October 29, 2021 - Rating: 5/5 ### Review - Author: Shimon - Date: Sunday, May 16, 2021 - Rating: 5/5 ### Review - Author: Petur - Date: Thursday, March 18, 2021 - Rating: 5/5 ### Review - Author: Esen - Date: Monday, November 15, 2021 - Rating: 5/5 ### Review - Author: gomez - Date: Friday, July 30, 2021 - Rating: 5/5 ### Review - Author: Ciriaco - Date: Friday, September 17, 2021 - Rating: 5/5 ### Review - Author: Gabriel - Date: Saturday, December 11, 2021 - Rating: 5/5 ### Review - Author: Samael - Date: Sunday, April 4, 2021 - Rating: 1/5 ### Review - Author: Rosa - Date: Thursday, December 2, 2021 - Rating: 5/5 ### Review - Author: Jomez - Date: Monday, August 16, 2021 - Rating: 5/5 ### Review - Author: Lando - Date: Friday, April 30, 2021 - Rating: 2/5 ### Review - Author: Anna - Date: Friday, June 18, 2021 - Rating: 1/5 ### Review - Author: Brankica - Date: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 - Rating: 5/5 ### Review - Author: Mike - Date: Saturday, October 30, 2021 - Rating: 1/5 ### Review - Author: Ibragim - Date: Thursday, July 15, 2021 - Rating: 4/5 ### Review - Author: James - Date: Thursday, September 2, 2021 - Rating: 5/5 ### Review - Author: Guadalupe - Date: Thursday, November 25, 2021 - Rating: 5/5 ### Review - Author: Brankica - Date: Friday, March 19, 2021 - Rating: 5/5 ### External Editorial Reviews - Push through the ancient screen door into the high-ceilinged, smoke-blackened front room. Discolored green walls, broad wooden floorboards and sturdy, weather-beaten tables and chairs greet barbecue enthusiasts of every stripe, as does the… - Source: ### External Reviews #### This is the best BBQ i have ever - Author: GingerAnn - Date: Saturday, July 14, 2012 - Source: Citysearch - URL: This is the best BBQ i have ever eaten!! This is the place to eat when in Taylor. Everything on the menu is delicious. #### Live it! Wear it! - Author: Heath T - Date: Friday, February 11, 2011 - Source: Insider Pages - URL: The value is awesome because you will smell it for days!! It's well worth it! The food is awesome! Check it out! #### consistently mentioned as a Top 5 BBQ place in Texas - Author: sandydavis - Date: Monday, November 8, 2010 - Source: Citysearch - URL: Darn if I don't believe this is the BEST sliced brisket anywhere! Get it from the fatty end and it will not disappoint. This was only my 1st visit, but I still say I have not had better sliced.\\r \\r The Original sausage, while excellent,… #### Not worth the drive but the ribs were good - Author: shaft28 - Date: Wednesday, February 4, 2009 - Source: Citysearch - URL: We took a day out for a long lunch from work one day so I could experience "real Texas BBQ!" Well I didn't like it so much. The sausage was like eating smoke and some other odd flavor and the sauce on the tables looked (and tasted) like… #### Not worth the hype! - Author: bige1974 - Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - Source: Citysearch - URL: I went to Mueller's after watching Food Networks Diners Drive INS & Dives. To say I was disappointed is an understatement, the drive is long the parking is terrible since my dining companion is in a wheel chair the parking lot is not very… #### best bbq in america. period. - Author: dccabs45 - Date: Friday, June 20, 2008 - Source: Citysearch - URL: The guys writing negative reviews are either one of two things. Either they aren't from Texas and don't know what real bbq is. Or they are competing bbq owners and are jealous of Louie Muellers. This place is the best I've ever had, and… #### WAS EXPECTING SO MUCH MORE - Author: utsacad03 - Date: Saturday, June 23, 2007 - Source: Citysearch - URL: AFTER CHECKING OUT THE REVIEWS (TEXAS MONTHLY, CITY SEARCH, WORD OF MOUTH) I DECIDED TO MAKE THE LONG TRIP OUT TO TAYLOR AND PICK ME UP SOME OF THIS WORLD FAMOUS BARBEQUE. I WAS SO READY TO BITE INTO SOME MOIST BRISKET AND TRY SOME OF… #### Very Average - Author: jeborleans - Date: Friday, June 8, 2007 - Source: Citysearch - URL: On the recommendation of several reviews and the fact that Louie Mueller's is supposed to be one of the top 25 BBQ places in the world, I decided to make the detour off of I-35 and try a little of everything. I was very disappointed.… #### Best BBQ in Texas - Author: stinkyfarm - Date: Friday, June 8, 2007 - Source: Citysearch - URL: My husband and I just moved back home to Texas after his military career. We just couldn't wait to get home so that we could have some Texas BBQ. We tried those new BBQ chain joints in Austin when we first got back and were not impressed… #### Loui8e Mueller Barbecue - Author: texasrick - Date: Monday, August 7, 2006 - Source: Citysearch - URL: I don't know what the first reviewer was thinking when he didn't recommend Louie Mueller Barbeque but hey, this is the BEST BARBEQUE IN TEXAS! I moved to New Orleans in the 90's and on the way back to Austin I make a special trip to Louie… #### Somethings wrong - Author: barbecuecrazy - Date: Sunday, May 21, 2006 - Source: Citysearch - URL: Not sure what's going on. Read so many sterling reviews about the barbecue. Highest rated barbecue from Texas Monthly. Ate there this weekend. People behind the counter could not have been nicer. Sausage link good, nice flavor and… #### Gotta get the sampler piece - Author: taylorducks - Date: Monday, September 15, 2003 - Source: Citysearch - URL: Don't let the smokey ceilings and tar covered windows scared you, Louie Mueller's is probably the best restaurant in Taylor...period. The food is good, but the best part of the experience is the Taylor hosipitality. Every customer gets a… #### the best of all the rest - Author: cddp2002 - Date: Saturday, May 3, 2003 - Source: Citysearch - URL: this is the best place in the state of texas. i go there alot and i can never get enough of this delicious barbeque, the best sausage,potato salad, their beans are the best. just the best of all the rest. period its the best. #### One of Texas' best! - Author: daledoe - Date: Thursday, January 9, 2003 - Source: Citysearch - URL: This is Texas BBQ at it's finest! When you have eaten this meat, you learn what BBQ is really all about! #### Meat lovers Delight - Author: jcan2golf - Date: Thursday, January 9, 2003 - Source: Citysearch - URL: I have tasted B\_BQue at eight of the top 10 places listed on your top 10 and only one other compares to the wonderful tasty B-Bque that can only be found at Louie Mueller's, come and taste for yourself, you'll come back for… #### Worth the Drive - Author: Elaine\_Cain - Date: Thursday, December 5, 2002 - Source: Citysearch - URL: Best ribs around. You are given a little sample of brisket while in line deciding what to order. Served on butcher paper with a great bar-b-que sauce. #### A Texas Tradition. - Author: odisf - Date: Sunday, November 10, 2002 - Source: Citysearch - URL: For the greatest tast In real slow cooked on the range Bar-B-Q, You can\`t beat louie\`s, I teethed on Louie\`s mutton and rib bones, I now live in Yogoslavia, But When I land in Austin I head straight to Taylor and Louie Muellers. #### LONG LIVE LOUIES - Author: rakl - Date: Thursday, September 5, 2002 - Source: Citysearch - URL: This is the best BBQ in the nation as far as I am concerned. How can anyone in their right mind put Louie Muellers behind Pok-e-Joe's and Rudy's (unless they were given free meal coupons or something for the promotion)? Louie's is the… #### Old Time Atmosphere - Author: kwidner - Date: Thursday, August 8, 2002 - Source: Citysearch - URL: On an average day, the brisket at Louie Muellers is tender and juicy. All the fixings are available from the counter. Seat yourself, but you might want to sit by big sliding door in the summer time. They don't have AC and the pits are… #### Real BBQ - Author: amysuehere - Date: Wednesday, August 7, 2002 - Source: Citysearch - URL: Yes, County Line is consistant. Yes, Stubbs has live music and fairly good food. But for the real bbq experience, you cant beat Luie's. First off, it's on the main street of a little town, second the white-washed building, third, THE…