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Build your order, pick a time, and it's bagged on the pickup shelf with your name on it. Pay at the window.

Meats by the Pound

  • Prime Brisket

    Sixteen hours over white oak. Ask for moist (point) or lean (flat) — moist is the right answer.

    16 / half lb
  • Burnt Ends

    Double-smoked brisket points, cubed and kissed back on the pit in molasses glaze until the corners go black and sticky.

    Saturday + Sunday, till gone

    17 / half lb
  • Pulled Pork

    Duroc shoulder pulled coarse, never minced, tossed light in its own drippings.

    11 / half lb
  • Smoked Turkey Breast

    Brined a full day, smoked gentle, sliced thick off the bone.

    12 / half lb
  • Pork Spare Ribs

    St. Louis trim, black-pepper bark, pulled at the bend — not falling off the bone, letting go of it.

    half rack 19

    34 / rack
  • Emberline Hot LinkHOT

    Coarse pork and brisket trim, red pepper and garlic, natural casing with real snap. Made in-house Thursdays.

    8 each

Sandwiches

  • The Emberline

    Chopped burnt ends, sweet-heat glaze, pickled red onion, on Texas toast. The one on the sign.

    16
  • Slow Pull

    Pulled pork, cider-vinegar slaw, dills, seeded roll.

    13
  • The Foreman

    Sliced moist brisket, charred onions, pit mustard, Texas toast.

    17
  • Hot Link GriddleHOT

    Split hot link seared flat, griddled onions, yellow mustard, seeded roll.

    12
  • Smoked Turkey + BaconHOT

    Thick-cut turkey, pit bacon, jalapeño slaw, seeded roll.

    14

Plates

  • One-Meat Plate

    A quarter pound more than it needs to be.

    19
  • Two-Meat Plate

    The reasonable order.

    24
  • The Full Pull

    Three meats. Bring a friend or don't.

    29

Sides

  • Pit Beans

    Slow beans with burnt-end trimmings and molasses.

    4.50
  • Cheesy Corn Bake

    The Kansas City side. White cheddar, roasted poblano.

    4.50
  • Hand-Cut Fries

    Double-fried in beef tallow, pit salt.

    4.50
  • Vinegar Slaw

    Cider bite, celery seed, no mayo in sight.

    4.50
  • Skillet Mac

    Smoked-gouda béchamel, toasted crumbs, cast iron.

    4.50
  • Collard Greens

    Long-simmered in smoked-turkey pot liquor.

    4.50
  • Hush Puppies

    Six to an order, sorghum butter for dragging.

    4.50
  • House Pickles

    Dill spears, brined Mondays, cold and loud.

    4.50

Desserts

  • Pecan Pie

    Dark-syrup custard, toasted Missouri pecans, burnt-honey cream.

    7
  • Banana Pudding

    Vanilla wafers gone soft, served cold from the walk-in.

    6
  • Chocolate Sheet Cake

    Warm fudge icing, flake salt.

    6

Drinks

  • Sweet Tea

    Brewed every morning. Unsweet on request, no judgment.

    3.50
  • Hibiscus Lemonade

    Tart, ruby-red, made for brisket.

    4
  • Cane-Sugar Root Beer

    Bottled draft style, heavy on the sarsaparilla.

    4
  • Drip Coffee

    Dark roast, bottomless with any plate.

    3