Smoke & Steel "Top 10 New Pits", 2024 · Hill Country Food Prize finalist, 2025
These recipes are our kitchen's reverse-engineering — built from taste tests, published sources, and repeated iteration, never from the restaurant's own book — so the confidence meter tells you how close we honestly think each one gets.
Dinner
1 of 2 decoded
48h Smoked Short Rib
DecodedBeef short rib smoked low over post oak for two days, lacquered with a black-pepper bourbon glaze.
decode confidence81%Decoded — cook it at home.Ember & Oak Smoked Short Rib with Coffee-Bourbon Glaze★★★★★★★★★★11 h 6 min · 1 h 35 min hands-on
Charred Half Chicken
Not decoded yetBrined half bird finished hard over open coals, skin blistered, served with burnt-lemon jus.
The kitchen is working on it.
1 of 2 dishes decoded so far.