Rio Smoke Catering Co.

09/02/2024

🚨 CLOSED🚨

We will be closed for Labor Day as we try and expand our menu. Bringing you more Smokey goodness 🤤.

Stay tuned 📺 for some upcoming news‼️

08/31/2024

True love is your soul's recognition of its counterpoint in another. -J.Beckwith

Happy Birthday Mrs.Lino‼️😘

Love you to the pit and back🔥

08/14/2024

On this episode of Rio Smoke… 💨

We had an amazing family vacation last week. 🏰

Today was The Lino Sisters first day of school! ✏️
Pre-K, 2nd Grade, & 3rd Grade.

We are glad to be back from our summer vacations, excited to bring some new specials to our menu over the next couple of months!

Open: Monday-Friday 11am - 2pm

See yall soon 🔥

08/05/2024

On this episode of Rio Smoke 💨

The Lino Family takes a Family Vacation!

We are CLOSED for the WEEK. We will resume regular business hours NEXT MONDAY - August 12th, 2024!

Stay turned for more family pictures 🩷🔥

07/26/2024

Unfortunately we are CLOSED TODAY.

See yall Monday 🩷🔥

07/13/2024

On this episode of Rio Smoke 💨‼️
We are invited back to the Famous Dave's All-Star BBQ Series🙌🏼.

If you are new to our journey; this is where it all started (Las Vegas). Fast forward 14 months as we head to El Paso, Texas on August 3rd to judge a GREAT group of pitmasters.

Two of these teams will meet us in Indianapolis in November for the World Food Championships. Where we look to defend our World Title 💪🏼.

A special thanks to our sponsors for believing in our journey🙏🏻
Oscarware
ThermoWorks
Duck Fat Spray
MANSCAPED
RokFit
South Texas Lighting Services & Signs
Grillblazer
Country Store
Mr G Food Store
SpitJack

07/05/2024

Happy 🍟-Day!
Hope everyone had a great 4th of July.

YESSSS we ARE open! Stop by for some BBQ 🐄

We have some little “helpers” here today to take your orders. 🩷

⏰ 11am-2pm

07/04/2024

Happy 4th!!
Yesssss, WE ARE OPEN!

Regular business hours 11-2 ⏰

☎️ 956-897-7665

06/30/2024

On this episode of Rio Smoke 💨‼️

Our story gets shared amongst some of the elite of the RGV such as VARGAS BBQ, GW's BBQ Catering Co. and Teddy's Barbecue 🙌🏼.

We are still learning and growing everyday but true to our roots we will stay. Thank you to Edible RGV for the time and effort it took to put this together.

These magazines are FREE and are/will be able to pickup at some of our family locations such as
Country Store
Mr G Food Store
Arroyo Mart

06/22/2024

On this episode of Rio Smoke 💨

We’d love for yall to leave us a review and share our page with friends. 🩷

Sharing our page and leaving reviews is very helpful for our small business. We’ve been open for a couple of years and we still have many people that haven’t tried our food or heard of us! 🤯

Liking, sharing, reposting- cost nothing and means so much!

-The Lino’s 🔥

4.9 ★ · Barbecue restaurant

06/17/2024

Texas Proud! 🔥

06/17/2024

Back home and straight to work!

WE ARE OPEN.

Monday-Friday 11:00am-2:00pm
☎️ 956-897-7665

06/16/2024

A piece of our heart stayed home this weekend.

Couldn’t be more excited to be home with her. To say we missed her was an understatement! Thank you to our sister in laws for giving her an amazing weekend.

No better way to spend Father’s Day weekend. We love you Al Lino. Thank you for all you do for us day in and day out. You sir put up with A LOT being a girl dad. Thank you for always showing our babies love and treating them like queens. Know, we’ll always be your biggest fans.

Happy Father’s Day!

06/16/2024

Honored to have shared the stage with First Class BBQ - Robert Smith.
He’s a legend & FROM TEXAS. Congratulations!!

Proud of say Texas is coming home with 15,000 and new hardware!

Texas takes the top 2 spots in the EAT category, winning a combined 15k in South Carolina!
Southeastern BBQ Showdown

06/16/2024

On this episode of Rio Smoke 💨

We travel to Columba South Carolina Southeastern BBQ Showdown!

Winning 2nd place 🥈

We are so proud of our turn ins, literally cooking with what we could bring via suitcases.

This was a double cook; to say we are tired is an understatement. So blessed for this opportunity to get to travel this far to do what we love.

Taking back - new friends, sunburns, trophies, and $5,000! 🔥
**dont mind me holding the trophy backwards 🫠💀🤣

Thank you to all our sponsors that helped us along the way.
Oscarware
ThermoWorks
SpitJack
Duck Fat Spray
Grillblazer
Country Store
Mr G Food Store
Simpson Brahmans
Rhyner Construction Services, INC.
Rio Smoke
Lang Smoker Cookers

06/15/2024

We MADE TOP 5!!

Prayers appreciated for the next round 🔥🩷

06/14/2024

Honored to sit next to these amazing guys.

Stay turned this weekend for updates 🔥

06/14/2024

Look at our Pit Master doing BBQ interviews! 😍

Tune in to the Southeastern BBQ Showdown to stay up to date with our BBQ Competition this weekend.

They will be having a “People’s Choice Award” Category tomorrow, we will need your LIKES on their Instagram to win.

Keep us in your prayers 🔥🩷

06/13/2024

On this episode of Rio Smoke 💨‼️

We return safe and sound from our honeymoon🙌🏼🌴
Truly blessed with amazing weather and breathtaking scenery.

Now to get our bbq bags ready and catch the next flight ✈️ out to the Southeastern BBQ Showdown in Columbia, South Carolina.

Stay tuned 📺

06/07/2024

Unfortunately we are closed Today June 7th - June 14th, we will reopen June 17th!

We are on our honeymoon and have a BBQ comp in South Carolina next week.

Thank you for your understanding.

05/29/2024

🔥 New Behind the Plate Episode!

🎥 Today on Behind the Plate, the video series of the Southeastern BBQ Showdown, we meet Al Lino - one of our competitors! Al is a multiple-time BBQ Champion and the reigning World Food Championship BBQ Champ. Al Lino is a force to be reckoned with! You won't want to miss this one!

Watch the Full Episode 👉 https://loom.ly/eXhirZo

Southeastern BBQ Showdown
📅: June 14-15, 2024 | 4-10 PM
📍: Segra Park - 1640 Freed Street, Columbia, S.C.
🎟: SoutheasternBBQShowdown.com
This event is hosted by Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism Board.

05/28/2024

The perfect DOES EXIST! 😍

Stop by for your fix 11am-2pm

05/27/2024

On this episode of Rio Smoke…. 💨

Happy 4 Years Rio Smoke! 🔥

This year has been a year of BLESSINGS. Thankful we get to live this bbq life, travel for bbq, meet amazing people daily, all while providing for our family.
Thank yall for supporting up year after year. Can’t wait to see what year 5 has in store‼️🩷

WE ARE OPEN. Stop by from 11am-2pm!

05/13/2024

On this episode of Rio Smoke 💨‼️

We are getting our bags ready to head to ✈️ Columbia, South Carolina for the Southeastern BBQ Showdown on June 14-15.

With a TV film crew on site 🎥 we want to bring some of the valley with us!

We will be looking for 5️⃣ platinum sponsors. If this is you or someone you know please feel free to reach out or tag them in this post.

05/12/2024

Happy Mother’s Day 💕‼️

To your mother and ours.

We love you Mom - Skyla, Mötley & Ally 💐

05/10/2024

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Our Pit Master Al Lino!🔥

He’s the hardest worker, the best girl dad, & the best husband.

Cheers to many more trips around the Pit. ❤️

Stop by Sam's Club Harlingen, TX at 11am for FREE Rib & Brisket SAMPLES till we run out‼️‼️
(We ran out in 45 mins yesterday) 🤗

05/09/2024

Free Ribs and Brisket Samples - Sam’s Club Harlingen

We are out of ribs, only 1 tray of brisket left. Stop by for a sample.
We’ll be here tomorrow also, serving at 11am. FREE SAMPLES.

05/09/2024

We are CLOSED - Thursday & Friday.

We will be at Sam’s Club Harlingen Thursday/Friday
& Sam’s Club Brownsville Saturday/Sunday.

FREE Samples inside. Stop by to see Pitmaster Al Lino & ask any bbq questions you may have!

05/07/2024

On this episode of Rio Smoke …. 💨

We get MARRIED!

Officially, Mr. & Mrs. Al Lino 🩷
05.04.2024