bbq food truck at night with string lights and smoke

Wood-fired · Est. 2019 · Wherever we park

Low & slow,on the move.

Fourteen-hour brisket, burnt ends by the pound, and ribs that fall off the bone — chasing the best corners in the city one lunch rush at a time. Follow the smoke.

Right now

We're parked

Open until 3:00 PM or sold out

Today's stop

Foundry Yard

418 Ironside Ave

Service

11 – 3 PM

Lunch rush · cash + card

Selling out

Brisket · 12 left

When it's gone, it's gone

Brisket by the pound·Burnt ends·St. Louis ribs·Smoked jalapeño mac·House pickles·Pecan-wood everything·Follow the smoke

This week

Where the wagon lands

We rotate seven corners across the city, rain or shine. Times can shift when a private event runs long — check here before you make the trip.

DayLocationAddressHoursStatus
MondayFoundry Yard418 Ironside Ave11:00 – 3:00 PMToday

Sundays we rest the pit. Follow @smokewagon for surprise night pop-ups.

House favorites

Three things worth chasing

sliced smoked brisket with bark and smoke ring
House special

The brisket

Salt, pepper, smoke, and patience. Fourteen hours until the bark cracks and the fat renders clean through.

glazed bbq burnt ends in a tray
Sold out daily

Burnt ends

The candied corner of the brisket, cubed and smoked twice. We make a limited tray and it never lasts past one.

rack of bbq ribs with dry rub
Fan favorite

St. Louis ribs

Dry-rubbed, no sauce needed. That clean bite where the meat holds the bone but lets go easy.

The rig

One pit, no shortcuts

Smoke Wagon started in 2019 with a beat-up offset smoker welded to a 1997 step van and one stubborn idea: real barbecue shouldn't need a zip code. Every morning our pitmaster Reyna lights the firebox before sunrise, and by lunch we're parked wherever the city's hungriest corner is.

We smoke small so we smoke right. When the brisket runs out, we close the window and start again tomorrow.

14 hrs
Every brisket, every day
7 stops
Rotating across the city
100%
Post oak & pecan wood
Zero
Bottles of liquid smoke
pitmaster tending an offset smoker with smoke rising

Pitmaster

Reyna Ortiz

Up before the sun, every day since 2019.

From the pit

Straight off the feed

Tag @smokewagon and you might make the wall. Follow along for daily locations, sold-out alerts, and the occasional midnight rib drop.

overhead bbq plate with brisket and sides
@smokewagon · Two-meat plate
food truck window with line of customers
@smokewagon · Foundry Yard line
closeup of smoke ring on sliced brisket
@smokewagon · That ring
firebox flames inside an offset smoker at dusk
@smokewagon · 5am firebox

Book us

Bring the wagon to you

Weddings, office lunches, backyard parties, block bashes — we roll the pit out and feed your whole crowd straight off the smoker. Tell us the details and Reyna will get back within a day with a quote.

  • Crowds from 25 to 400 — we scale the pit to fit.
  • Book at least two weeks out for weekend dates.
  • On-site smoking available for events over 150.
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