A Back-Alley Smoker Becomes a Neighborhood Institution.
Ember & Iron started in 2011 as a single barrel smoker behind Danny Marsh's welding shop on Ironworks Blvd. He'd fire it up on Saturdays, smoke a couple pork shoulders, and sell sandwiches to the lunch crowd out of a cooler.
Word got around. Lines got longer. His brother Wes — a chef burned out from fine dining — came home to help. They added ribs, then brisket, then a real kitchen, and eventually took over the whole building.
Thirteen years later, we're still smoking over oak, still brining overnight, still grinding our own rubs. The menu has grown. The philosophy hasn't. If we can't do it right, we don't serve it.