BBQ Catering in Bury St Edmunds

Smokin' Grill Guy provides a small, friendly catering company, based near Lowestoft, specialising in delicious American style low and slow-smoked BBQ. They have a trailer-mounted smoker (called Brian) which can cater for in excess of 150 people, which they serve street food style. Read on for more about what they do and how they do it!

What do you need to know from an organiser in order to provide a comprehensive quote?

Most important - the menu. We offer a great range to choose from, so let us know what you fancy. If it isn't on there, just ask and we'll see what we can do.
Guest numbers - We understand you may not know until nearer the date, especially when booking a long way ahead for a wedding for example, but we pride ourselves on being able to remain flexible and open to last-minute changes if necessary. Regarding guest numbers, we REALLY need to know if any guests have allergies or any special dietary requirements. We can deal with those much easier if we know well in advance and where necessary, can adapt the menu ingredients to suit.
Venue location and whether indoors or outdoors. We're best suited to an outdoor venue because of the theatre of having Brian (the smoker) on site.
It might seem obvious, but the service time is pretty useful to know too, especially when even a humble sausage takes a few hours to smoke low and slow.

What advice would you give to a customer looking to hire a provider in your area of work?

Call and have a chat - we're not at all scary and love talking about our food and what we do. Also, always ask for a tasting session if booking for a wedding. It's the only way to know what you're going to get, plus you get to try out some of the options you may not have thought of. We know our food and what goes with what to produce a fab menu.

Please tell us a little bit about how and why you started the business.

Love of American Low and Slow smoked BBQ. We've been at it for almost twenty years in a personal capacity and a friend suggested doing it professionally, so here we are!
We love people too and also chatting with them about our food. We have several unique items on our menu unavailable anywhere else in the world (and they're really tasty)!

Please tell us about a booking you've had through Add to Event, how did it go? Would you recommend us to others?

One of our favourite events was last year for a lovely couple who were throwing a BBQ for their builders and tradesmen after completing the build of their house. Fabulous place - wouldn't have looked out of place on Grand Designs and such a generous gesture on behalf of the owner who obviously really appreciated the hard work that had been done.
We've met many lovely people through our bookings on Add to Event and judging by our reviews, they've loved us too. We're looking forward to many more events in the years to come.