Pit Smoked Barbeque was their name and after looking on their website (linked at the end of this memoir) and reading about their custom made smoking pit I was intrigued.
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| Pit Smoked Barbeque |
There were a number of stalls available to choose from outside Wembley, but as Pit Smoked Barbeque had been in touch and after reading about their equipment I thought I'd choose them.
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| Pit Smoked Barbeque Outside Wembley |
They had a small menu of just three options from their van, all served on a brioche roll:
- 18 Hour slow cooked pulled pork with BBQ sauce (£7.00)
- Smoked XXL hotdog (£6.00)
- Ultimate combo - a combination of both of the above (£8.00)
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| Menu |
A simple menu for event catering, but as all items sounded like they'd satisfy another meat craving I went for the combined option!
It's worth noting at this point that I didn't make them aware of who I was, or introduce my self prior to ordering to remind them that they'd contacted me prior to this. I just ordered like anyone else.
So, on to the food.
I fully expected the usual arrangement of a frankfurter on a dry bun, then for it to be topped with pulled pork and optional coleslaw, before being doused in BBQ sauce. I was therefore surprised when the 'slaw went on the bun first, then the pulled pork, then finally the sausage and a thin line of BBQ sauce. Different way of doing it.
The bun was a fresh bun to start, not like the stale things that catering trailers usually sell you at big events. The coleslaw wasn't all all salad cream or mayonnaise either, but instead more just crunchy cabbage and carrot. So far so good.
The pulled pork then. Now pulled pork from trailers usually isn't prepared that fresh and ends up being in a hot plate for a while and going dry. As their website states, they bring a BBQ pit with them and it smells great but they have the cooked foods on hot plates ready to serve, which is where this pork came from. As previous pulled pork has been when served like this, it was a little dry. It had a decent barbecue taste to it though which couldn't be avoided. They didn't scrimp on the pulled pork either. The 'slaw and pulled pork filled the bread bun. There wasn't any room for the sausage.
So the sausage became a balancing act on top of the pulled pork and that was covered in a
quick dashing of BBQ sauce. The sausage was well cooked and well seasoned and a good diameter with generous length (steady!). The smoked barbecue taste was again a positive with the sausage as much as it was for the pulled pork. The skin was a little tough for my preference, which I can only liken to that of a frankfurter.
The smoked BBQ sauce added extra smoky flavour to the meal as well as helping bring some moisture to the meal.
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| Ultimate Combo meal |
The problem with the meal was that without having a table to sit down and eat at, keeping the sausage on top of the bread and pulled pork was a difficult balancing act. It all tasted great though.
Conclusion
Pit Smoked Barbeque often cater for large events including Reading Festival, Wembley events, barbecue events in Manchester, and many other events around the country. So although you may not be able to just visit them on request, you might come across them at a festival or event.
If you do I highly recommend their food compared to the usual bare minimum catering food that's often available.
The barbecue flavours they offer from their smoking pit are great. If anything they offer you too much barbecue, that or they need to find larger bread buns (my preferred solution over serving less). It may have been better if the food came straight from their pit to the bread but I ordered at a quieter time and imagine when it's busy the sausages and pork wont have been on a hot plate so long so would probably be a bit juicier.
If you see them at an event and you're not sure which catering van to choose from then you're in safe hands with Pit Smoked Barbeque. Hopefully they can introduce a bit more to their menus as time goes on.
Meat Rating: 6/10
Money for Meat: Paid in Full
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