Pittin' & Grillin' mobile smokehouse

04/28/2024

Well we tried this once already but made a new plan. Now the new plan has run into a change and we take that as God telling us it’s time so we’re gonna do it this time for good.

As everyone knows, all good things must come to an end and with changes coming soon in my career, Diann and I have decided that 2024 will be our last year as Pittin and Grillin. We are not booking anymore events the rest of this year and after some minor repairs to the trailer, we’ll be putting it up for sale in 2025.

This is hard for me. We have fed thousands over the past 7 years and met a lot of good people along the way. This was the most meaningful part of catering to me. We can’t begin to thank everyone by name. There are so many that believe in what we are doing. It all started with a push from Russell Thrasher when he owned The Chocolate Kettle and it just took off from there. I had no idea how to run a business but another good friend, Roger Courson helped me along the way. Then there are all of the folks in Paris that kept asking us to feed your groups. Repeat customers will tell you a lot without saying the words.

Thank you Lamar County for all of your support over the past 7 years but it’s time to let it go and move on to the next chapter. You all will be missed.

Scott
Diann
Stephanie

03/08/2024

Hello folks, Scott here and I need your help. Tim Walsworth has been a friend to Lamar County for a long time. I’ve known Tim for the past 15+ years through our work with community events and now he needs our help. Please share this post.

02/26/2024

Y’all come out to the civic center and see what this is all about.

Follow the link for more information

https://parissteakwars.com/

12/26/2023

I’ve had several requests for more turkey. I have room for about 12 more orders. Cost is $10/lb and they average 4-5 lbs. can slice for meals or shave for sandwiches if you like. Come in our original flavor or cajun. Comment on this post, DM me or text to place your order.

12/24/2023

Yesterday was a great day. The team prepared 190 Christmas lunches for the drivers to deliver. I appreciate everyone that gave of their time unselfishly. Feel free to tag those you see in these photos.
Human Resources Council

11/30/2023

Going into our sixth year of cooking for this special day. We teamed up with Meals on Wheels in 2017 because we feel everyone deserves to have a Christmas meal. They are normally delivered for Christmas Eve lunch but for this year we are moving it to Saturday Dec 23. If you would like to be part of a very special program, click the link to sign up to deliver. If you want to help in the kitchen to prepare meals, stay turned for a couple of more weeks as we finalize the details.

CHRISTMAS EVE MEAL SERVICE SIGN-UP 🎄

Meal Service will fall on Saturday the 23rd this year to ensure we aren't interfering with our clients who want to attend church on Christmas Eve.

To Sign up, click the link below:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/8JM67DW

A BIG Thank you to Pittin' & Grillin' mobile smokehouse for once again providing the food and hard work it takes to pull this off!

11/29/2023

This happened 4 years ago. It’s so gratifying to be in a position where we can help save someone’s special day.

11/13/2023

Have you ever wanted to bless someone for Christmas but didn’t know what to do? Might I suggest volunteering for our collaboration with Meals in Wheels to prepare boxes or deliver meals to the home bound seniors in our community. It’s normally lunch on Christmas Eve but since it falls on Sunday this year we will move it to Saturday. Mark your calendar for Dec 23 and come make your heart feel good. Because everyone should have a Christmas meal. More information to come as we get closer.

10/24/2023

Just curious. Is 9 pans of P&G mac n cheese anybody else’s dream?

10/23/2023

With every catering job we are finding out there are more and more Paris residents that have never heard of us so allow me to tell you a little bit about us.

We started as a food truck in Feb, 2017. The name came from the old Hee Haw bit, “Pickin and Grinnin”. I know, some of you are too young to know that show but it still tells you what we do. Anything from the smoker or the grill.

We don’t get anything from a can, bag, or bucket other than our pickles and peppers. All sides are scratch made and our rubs are our own time-tested recipes. We are award winning and have the trophies to back that up. There are over 2,000 followers on our FB page and too many recommendations to count. Just yesterday I was picking up some equipment from a job and had an elderly gentleman come out to the truck. He stated, “young man, I’m 72 years old and have eaten bbq all over the state but yours has them all beat. It was tender, tasty, and moist.” That’ll keep us going.

We don’t have time for the food truck anymore.since our calendar stays full 6 months out but we still try to squeeze in some last minute jobs.

So Scott, with all of those credentials, why don’t you have a restaurant? I work in Fort Worth 3 days a week for the largest electric supplier in the state. Cooking bbq and catering is just a passion I’ve had for more than 20 years.

So how can you get some of our bbq? Contact me at least 2 weeks in advance and place an order. If we’re not super busy with a big catering job, I’ll squeeze you in.

We’ve been serving Paris the best bbq we can make for over 20 years and we’re not going anywhere soon. Give us a call if you need food for your wedding, family reunion, or party.

Scott

10/22/2023

A deal has been struck for us to continue the catering business. I’ve hired a manager to watch over the catering so we can have some weekends off. We’re excited for this next chapter.

10/20/2023

No folks, we’re not closing. I’m just seeing if someone would like to take it over so we can slow down a little. Keep calling for your catering needs.

09/30/2023

Where are my women PGBFFs? The first one to text or IM me the date of our first set up can win one of our new Pittin & Grillin pink ball caps. Thank you Screen Graphic for delivering what I asked for.

09/30/2023

At the fair 5 years ago. Awesome crew on a very busy night. I’ve been asked why I haven’t been back and the reason is simple. With the set up fee I was gonna have to pay, I was gonna need to raise my prices to offset that cost. I don’t feel good about charging hard working folks outrageous prices for my food so we decided to forego the fair and concentrate on our catering.

08/11/2023

Just wanted to jump on here and share some knowledge. I know it’s a long post but I’ve been thinking about this for a while and thought y’all should know.

I have folks tell me all the time when someone is running briskets on sale. The grocery stores around here primarily carry “Select” briskets. The USDA stamps meat as Prime, Choice, and Select based upon their marbling content with obviously Prime being the best. So what does this mean? if marbling = flavor and moisture then you have to decide how much you want. If you don’t believe me, put all of your trimmings (called tallow and I hope you’re trimming your brisket) in a pan and smoke it along with your brisket. When the brisket is complete, add a small amount of the tallow renderings to the brisket and see if that doesn’t add more flavor. I personally cook only Choice and Prime. If you are smoking a brisket for yourself consider this. If a Select brisket weighs 10 lbs and cost you $3.29/lb, that’s $32.90 but a 10 lb Prime brisket will only cost you about $10 more and when you consider the flavor and moisture, the extra $10 makes sense to me. I also conducted my own experiment several years ago on smoking a Select vs. Choice and the Choice finished about an hour earlier due to the marbling rendering faster than the meat in the brisket having to cook. So I put this to the test and smoked a Choice vs. Prime and yep, you guessed it, the Prime finished about an hour earlier than the Choice. So really that’s 3 factors to consider - flavor, moisture, and time.

I hope you found this educational. Comment your questions in this post and I’ll share my experience with you for all to see.

Y’all smoke em if you got ‘em!
Scott

07/30/2023

Woke up to this review. We started this venture over six years ago and I have tried to improve my flavors and techniques each and every cook. To get a review like this is inspirational and makes it all worth while.

07/19/2023

1 hr into cook vs 7 1/2 hrs. We pit smoke all of our bbq meats. I hear so many people complaining about other bbq they have eaten. I want folks to know that I would like to be your new bbq guy. You can place orders for our bbq by the pound. All we need is 2 week’s notice so we can plan our cook accordingly. Life is too short to accept bad bbq.

05/01/2023

I really do hate to pull the rug out from under y’all after we had such a good thing going but we have to take the next couple of Friday’s off due to previous engagements.

Stay tuned for the next Friday menu when we are available.

Thank all if you for your support.

P&G crew

04/12/2023

Hey BFF’s!! Have you been craving P&G BBQ lately but can’t find us because we don’t do the food truck anymore? Well prepare your tummies for this announcement.

We want to test the waters and see if there is a desire for our bbq delivered to you for lunch on Friday’s each week. We will be taking the first 20 orders to be delivered inside the Paris city limits. We will have a limited menu to start with and if all goes well we can start expanding to some of our other favorites. Stay turned for a menu coming later this afternoon.

Scott

04/03/2023

Paris Steak Wars this weekend benefiting the Boys and Girls Club of Paris. Get info and tickets at the link below.
We have been trying to get into this since the beginning but our catering schedule didn’t work out until this year. Y’all come out and sample the best ribeyes that Lamar County has to offer while supporting this organization.

FREE TO ATTEND • STEAK TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASEEnter the Steak Arena and try steak from each and every team while you enjoy cold drinks from the bar and live music from the big stage.

04/01/2023

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again, if your bbq doesn’t have a smoke ring then it was cooked in an oven of some fashion.

I drove that one in deep last night.

03/21/2023

Getting ready for Paris Steak Wars. Check them out online and buy your tickets to taste ribeye steaks prepared by local talent benefiting the Boys and Girls club of Paris.
https://parissteakwars.com/team-information/