Brotherton's Black Iron Barbecue
Pflugerville's home of the Pflugerville Pfilly
Brotherton's Black Iron Barbecue is a barbecue restaurant in Austin, Texas.
Started by the late John Brotherton, this Pflugerville smokehouse made a Texas Monthly Top 50 in 2021 by pairing serious fundamentals with a genuine sense of play. From a strip-center address north of Austin, it treats the classics and the specials with equal seriousness — a rare balance in a scene that often forces you to pick a lane.
The brisket is textbook Central Texas, with a peppery bark and a fat cap rendered soft, and the housemade boudin brings a Cajun-Texan snap to the board. Then there's the locally famous Pflugerville Pfilly, a barbecue-shop cheesesteak that has become the sandwich people cross the county line for. Pork ribs and rotating specials fill out a menu that rewards both the purist and the diner who wants to see what a good pit crew does when it gets creative.
- Style: Central Texas Style
- Price: $$
- Neighborhood: Pflugerville
- Serving since 2016
What to order
- Brisket
- Pflugerville Pfilly
- Boudin
- Pork Ribs
How it scores — 8.5/10 overall
Visiting
- Address: 15608 Spring Hill Ln, Ste 105, Pflugerville, TX 78660
- Phone: (512) 547-4766
- Website: https://pflugervillebarbecue.com/
Hours: Tue–Sun 11am–3pm or until sold out
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