Central Texas · Portland · Est. 2019

HARD LINE BBQ

Post oak · 14 hours · Salt & pepper only

One man. One 500-gallon offset smoker. One day a week.

On the smoker this Sunday

May 25

Wayfinder Beer

304 SE 2nd Ave · 11am

Jun 1

Great Notion NW

2444 NW 28th Ave · 11am

Jun 15

Off — Father's Day

Smoker needs a day too.

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14 Hours.

Post oak. Salt. Pepper. Nothing else.

Fire starts at 9pm Saturday. Service starts 11am Sunday.

500-gallon offset. Camas, WA timber. One cord every two months.

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The fire starts at 9pm Saturday night. I sleep next to it.
— Dan, pitmaster · Hardline BBQ
The wood

Post oak from a guy in Camas who drops a cord on the driveway every other month. No substitutions.

The method

Dan built the smoker in 2019 — a 500-gallon propane tank, trailer-mounted, firebox welded on the right side.

The crew

Dan does this alone, mostly. His brother Mike comes in when he's in town to handle the slicing.

Read first.

  1. 01
    Get there early.

    Brisket goes first. By 1pm on a good day there's nothing left but ribs and beans.

  2. 02
    Don't ask for sauce.

    It's on the table. Try the meat first. Every time.

  3. 03
    Bring cash.

    Card works. Cash is faster. The line is long on a good day.

  4. 04
    Eat within an hour.

    Bark gets sad. Brisket waits for no one.

Feed thirty.

Whole-hog and brisket events on Mondays and Tuesdays. Four weeks minimum notice. Tell me about it.