Smoked Chicken Halves

Southside Market’s all-natural smoked chicken is a great option for those wanting something other than beef or pork that still captures the authenticity of Central Texas BBQ. Southside Smoked Chicken is moist and succulent with a smoky flavor, golden color, and visible grill marks from the pit. Each chicken is halved before going on the pit. Choose between 4 or 8 chicken halves.

Back in 1882, when the first cuts of meat were sold from Southside Market’s founder William Moon’s wagon, his mantra was “Butcher today, deliver tomorrow.” Without refrigeration, the unsold fresh cuts of meat were preserved by smoking and spiced to make sausages. It wasn’t long before these “hot guts” became famous, with people all over coming to Elgin, Texas, to sample their smoked sausages. While Southside Market’s owners have changed in the past 135 years, their dedication to crafting the best sausages in Texas has not, which is why nearly a century and a half since that first cut of meat was sold, Elgin is known as the Sausage Capital of Texas.