Since 1969, Hudson Meat Market has made Austin’s Hill Country flavors in smoked sausages and meat snacks while processing deer and other wild game for local hunters. The downtown Austin plant combines traditional German butchering with USDA-inspected production, serving both retail shoppers and wholesale food-service customers. Chef and owner Thomas Gardner has led the company since 2017.
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Thomas Smoked MeatsFounded by Adam and Linda Thomas in 1999, Thomas Smoked Meats grew from a small smoked-meat shop into a family business known for clean, custom deer and wild-game processing in the Johnstown area. Its expanded operation now includes a country store focused on convenient, less-processed foods and custom butchery supplied through local farm partnerships. The company has processed several thousand deer in recent years and ships specialty game-bird products nationwide.JOHNSTOWN, PA
Croghan Meat Market, IncSince 1888, Croghan Meat Market has made traditional cured and smoked meats in its Croghan, New York, processing plant and retail shop, best known for the Swiss-style ring sausage that became Croghan Bologna. The Campany family has carried the business through four generations, continuing to make its recipes from scratch at the same Main Street location while selling to customers across Northern New York and beyond. Its federally inspected plant combines that long local history with modern food-safety oversight.CROGHAN, NY
Weaver's of WellsvilleSince Jacob Weaver began cutting meat on his Northern York County farm in 1889, Weaver’s of Wellsville has grown into a fifth-generation, family-owned maker of smoked meats and a food distributor. The Wellsville company still smokes its meats over open fires fueled by locally sourced logs, carrying its old-fashioned bologna and other family recipes from a local butcher shop to customers nationwide. With 75 employees today, Weaver’s also offers private-label production and custom deer-meat processing.WELLSVILLE, PA
Hahn’s of WestminsterHahn’s of Westminster is a family-owned Maryland meat processor crafting small-batch artisanal meats with recipes and smoking traditions traced back more than a century. Founded in Westminster in 1918 after the Myers family’s meat business began in 1896, the company still uses real hardwood smoking and time-honored methods for products such as hams and bacon. Today, Ed and Jessica Ladzinski lead the business alongside their daughter Amanda, carrying the family operation into its next generation.WESTMINSTER, MD