{"id":427673,"date":"2026-10-14T15:10:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T15:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/427673\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T15:10:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T15:10:42","slug":"uncle-johns-has-been-the-areas-local-smoked-sausage-star-for-more-than-50-years-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/427673\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncle John’s has been the area’s local smoked sausage star for more than 50 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There\u2019s something about the fall that\u2019s perfect for sausages and smoked meats. Temps start dropping, football returns, Oktoberfest takes over the beer shelves. It\u2019s the trifecta, and every year it points us back to the local star who does it best.<\/p>\n

Uncle John\u2019s Pride has been behind the best premium smoked sausages in Tampa for more than 50 years, a locally-run business that happens to make some of the best sausage anywhere in Florida. Uncle John\u2019s was founded in Tampa and is available in stores throughout the region. If you\u2019ve spent any time shopping for a cookout, you\u2019ve seen that iconic logo peering out of the cooler.<\/p>\n

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While the local employees are what keep Uncle John\u2019s moving, it\u2019s the supreme level of product standards that makes their smoked sausages so popular in the area. All sausage is made in small batches, cooked low and slow with natural hickory smoke. There are no fillers, no MSG, no gluten, and no tricks. Just 100% pork, carved from high quality cuts of meat.<\/p>\n

When you\u2019re getting ready for cookouts, or just when you\u2019re getting groceries for the week, keep an eye out at major retailers (Walmart, Publix, Winn-Dixie) and local grocers alike. The hot smoked sausage is our go-to, if you like a little heat, but you can\u2019t go wrong with any of it. The bun-length mild sausage is perfect for a hot dog upgrade. Find stores near you here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Uncle John\u2019s is a local success story (with a real Uncle John)<\/p>\n

Uncle John\u2019s Pride has been making sausage in Tampa since the mid-1970s. That\u2019s 50 years before the city started showing up on everyone\u2019s must-visit lists, before Water Street existed, and before half of what makes Tampa feel new today was even a thought. There\u2019s something appropriate about realizing that the sausage sitting in your grocery store\u2019s meat case, the one you\u2019ve probably grabbed without a second thought, is actually a Tampa native. It\u2019s been here the whole time. <\/p>\n

To make the story even better: there really was an Uncle John. He was the company\u2019s first smokemaster, and if you\u2019re looking for the first link in this success story, it\u2019s with him. He was the one who took personal pride in getting the craft right, batch after batch. When you see \u201cUncle John\u2019s Pride\u201d on the label, that\u2019s not just branding. It\u2019s the whole reason the name stuck.<\/p>\n

After all the decades, this is still a local brand built by local employees, several of whom have stuck around long enough to know the process inside and out. The 20 longest-tenured employees represent almost 406 combined years of service. It\u2019s the kind of tenure you don\u2019t see much anymore, and it speaks the company and its product alike.<\/p>\n

Uncle John\u2019s Pride\u2019s involvement locally goes well beyond the smokehouse, too. The company has partnered with local organizations such as the Marine Corps Toys for Tots and Faith Tampa Bay and supported causes like the Unity in the Community golf tournament and Brandon ECHO. It\u2019s a reflection of their commitment to being an actual neighbor rather than just a name on a package.<\/p>\n

So when you\u2019re in the grocery stores, keep an eye out for the Uncle John\u2019s Pride logo. It\u2019s a piece of Tampa history in every bite. Find a store near you here<\/a>.\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s something about the fall that\u2019s perfect for sausages and smoked meats. Temps start dropping, football returns, Oktoberfest…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427674,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-427673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}