Kowalski Sausage Companies

Hardwood chips smoke Kowalski's old-world sausage recipes. The company began when Agnes and Zygmund Kowalski added a smokehouse to their Detroit grocery store to make Polish kielbasa and other sausages. As demand grew, they built a factory on Holbrook Avenue in Hamtramck in 1920. Today, the family-managed business prepares 55 varieties of products with the help of more than 100 employees. Kowalski products are distributed through delis, grocery stores, and markets in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana, and the company ships products throughout the United States. Its offerings center on sausage and smoked meats made using family recipes that the company says have remained unchanged for 105 years.