A pitmaster holds a just-sliced brisket with a deep smoke ring over butcher paper

Pflugerville, Texas · Since 2019

Wood-fired Texas comfort, made from scratch.

Name: Ember & Rye Kitchen
Address: 1210 Concept Road, Pflugerville, TX, 78660, US
Telephone: +15125550172
Price range: $$

Brisket smoked 14 hours over post oak, sides from farms down the road, and pickup ready in about 20 minutes.

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Open Tue–SunLunch, dinner and weekend brunchAll hours
Pickup ready in about 20 minOrder ahead, skip the line. Pay when you pick up.Start an order
1210 Concept RoadPflugerville, TX 78660 · free lot out backGet directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

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Our favorites

The plates our regulars order again and again. Tap Add and they go straight into your pickup order.

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Post Oak Brisket Plate
Price: $26
Half a pound of prime brisket, smoked 14 hours over post oak. Pickles, onions, a slice of house rye and two sides.
Gluten-free with no bread and GF sides. Our kitchen handles wheat, so cross-contact is possible.
Gluten-free option
Change the sides and bread in your order
Call to order
Pork Spare Ribs
Price: $24
Salt-and-pepper ribs with a cane syrup glaze, pulled from the pit when they bend just right. House rye and two sides.
Gluten-free with no bread and GF sides. Our kitchen handles wheat, so cross-contact is possible.
Gluten-free option
Change the size, sides and bread in your order
Call to order
Pulled Pork Sandwich
Price: $14
Pork shoulder smoked 12 hours, pulled by hand, with apple-cabbage slaw on a brioche bun.
Not on the brunch menu
Call to order
Green Chile Mac & Cheese
Price: $7
Three cheeses and roasted green chile in a cast-iron skillet, with a bacon crumb. Ask for it without bacon to keep it vegetarian.
Spicy
Call to order
Chicken & Waffles
Price: $17
Buttermilk fried chicken on a malted waffle with chile-spiked maple syrup.
Brunch only · Sat & Sun, 10 am – 2 pm
Spicy
Change the heat in your order
Call to order
Texas Pecan Pie
Price: $7
Texas pecans and dark brown sugar in a brown butter crust.
Vegetarian
Call to order

Prices are examples for this concept site.

The menu

Lunch Tuesday to Friday, dinner every night we’re open, and brunch on Saturdays and Sundays.

Lunch: Tue–Fri, 11 am – 3 pm

Post Oak Brisket Plate
Price: $26
Half a pound of prime brisket, smoked 14 hours over post oak. Pickles, onions, a slice of house rye and two sides.
Gluten-free with no bread and GF sides. Our kitchen handles wheat, so cross-contact is possible.
- Gluten-free option
Pork Spare Ribs
Price: $24
Salt-and-pepper ribs with a cane syrup glaze, pulled from the pit when they bend just right. House rye and two sides.
Gluten-free with no bread and GF sides. Our kitchen handles wheat, so cross-contact is possible.
- Gluten-free option
Smoked Half Chicken
Price: $19
Brined overnight, smoked over post oak, then crisped on the fire. House rye and two sides.
Gluten-free with no bread and GF sides. Our kitchen handles wheat, so cross-contact is possible.
- Gluten-free option
Jalapeño Cheddar Sausage
Price: $18
Two links made in-house with Texas beef and pork, snappy and a little hot. Pickles, onions, house rye and two sides.
Gluten-free with no bread and GF sides. Our kitchen handles wheat, so cross-contact is possible.
- Gluten-free option
- Spicy

Prices are examples for this concept site.

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A pitmaster in a navy apron and a black glove holds a smoked pork shoulder with a dark, crusty bark

Hands holding a basket of just-picked tomatoes and green peppers over a wooden table

Our story

Fire, flour and a few good neighbors

Ember is the post oak fire Wade lights before sunrise. Rye is the bread Rosa bakes every morning. Everything else at Ember & Rye comes from people we know by name.

Wade and Rosa Ellison started with one trailer smoker at a Saturday market in 2016. Three years later they opened Ember & Rye in an old feed store in Pflugerville.

The brisket still goes on at 4 am. The greens, peaches and pecans come from farms within an hour of the kitchen.

Wade & Rosa Ellison

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Catering & events

Feed the whole crew

Packages for 10, 25 and 50 people, ready for pickup or delivered and set up, plus a private room for 40.

Catering and private events

Backyard
Serves 10
$229
About $22.90 a person
- 2 meats
- 2 sides
- House rye bread
- Pickles, onions and sauce
Block Party
Serves 25
$549
About $21.96 a person
- 3 meats
- 3 sides
- Skillet cornbread
- 2 gallons of sweet tea
Big Day
Serves 50
$1,049
About $20.98 a person
- 3 meats
- 4 sides
- Cornbread and banana pudding
- Sweet tea and lemonade
- Delivery and setup within 20 miles

Prices are examples for this concept site.

Catering inquiry

Or call (512) 555-0172 or email hello@emberandrye.example.

Reviews

What our neighbors say

4.8

Rated 4.8 out of 5 from 612 Google reviews (sample)

“The brisket is the real deal, and ordering pickup on their site was easier than any app. It was ready when they said it would be.”
Danielle R. · 2 weeks ago
“Weekend brunch is our new tradition. The chicken and waffles are worth the drive from Round Rock, and the staff remember our kids' names.”
Marcus and Lee T. · a month ago
“They catered our office party for 40 people. Everything arrived hot, on time, and the green chile mac disappeared first.”
Priya S. · a month ago
“Great smoked turkey, friendly folks and a pecan pie I still think about. Love that the sides change with the seasons.”
Joe B. · 3 months ago