The Boiler Plate
$26Fourteen-hour brisket, house hot link, pit beans, cornbread with sorghum butter.
Harlow Bend · Millgate District
Fourteen-hour brisket, a bourbon wall three shelves deep, and a stage that hasn't had a quiet night since 2016.
Tonight on stage
Doors 7:00 · Show 8:30 · Free entry
Our story
Smoke & Strings started as a smoker welded from an old boiler tank and a borrowed PA in the corner of a mill-district warehouse.
Ten years on, the smoker's bigger and the PA is ours, but the deal is the same: post oak and hickory burning from 4 a.m., meat pulled when it's ready and sold till it's gone, and a band on stage every single night. No frozen anything, no backing tracks.
Pitmaster June Calloway runs the fire. Booking is handled by whoever loses the coin toss. Come hungry, stay late.
From the pit
The full menu is live on the menu page — straight from the kitchen, so it's always what's actually on the smoker today.
Fourteen-hour brisket, house hot link, pit beans, cornbread with sorghum butter.
Cubed burnt ends, pickled red onion, comeback sauce, toasted sesame roll.
Buttermilk-brined half chicken, Alabama white sauce, charred lemon.
| Mon | Closed |
| Tue – Thu | 4 pm – 11 pm |
| Fri – Sat | Noon – 1 am |
| Sun | Noon – 9 pm |
Live music every night we're open. Doors 7, shows 8:30, open amp Wednesdays.
Skip the line — order ahead for pickup and we'll have it hot when you walk in.