Our Style
We Asked Porter What Makes "Real" Barbecue:
Dedication to Craft
"Our team is working all hours of the day and night because briskets and pork shoulders don’t care how much sleep we get. There’s a small window in an often 14-hour cooking process where that brisket is at the perfect crossroads of juicy and tender. Getting that right day in and out hundreds of times every single day across all the proteins on our menu is where the hard work and dedication come in."
Hardworking Team
"We’ve developed a good system and my team is the best. When folks come in to eat, I hope they’ll keep in mind, and it’s no exaggeration to say, that we’ve been working diligently for days to make your meal. Not a lot of restaurants are crazy enough to dedicate 24 hours or more of labor to make a sandwich. That’s the beauty of real barbecue though. When you eat it, you’ll understand."
Quality Ingredients
"We’re also proud to use and support quality brands such as Certified Angus Beef and Tillamook in our recipes. At the end of the day, we’re huge barbecue fans ourselves. We do this for the customer and because we love it!"
Got Questions?
General FAQs
No! We are a family owned and operated company. Please see the “Our Story” page for more details.
The majority of our menu is gluten-free. This includes: all of the meats, all of the sauces, baked beans, pickles, coleslaw, and jalapeño poppers. Our staff is trained to help customers who request accommodations. We use a separate tray on the scale as well as change our gloves, knives, and get a new cutting board. However, we cannot open a new cut of meat and we cannot guarantee our gluten-free menu items will not come in contact with other menu items that contain gluten.
Yes! We regularly cater for business lunches, weddings, family events, etc. When catering with Porter’s your food will be packaged conveniently to be set out for guests to self-serve. Catering orders are for a minimum order of $100. Get started here.
Yes, we make everything fresh every day. That includes our sides! Because real barbecue takes many hours to prepare our menu is served on a first-come, first-served basis. Some folks might assume we are not making enough food when we sell out of an item early, but it is not that simple. To see what items are sold out for the day simply visit this website designed to work great on your mobile devices too! All items are updated in real-time!
We believe the word “barbecue” often gets misused or confused with “grilling”. A lot of folks refer to grilled burgers, chicken, or hot dogs as barbecue or BBQ. Technically barbecuing is referring to the process of cooking meat at low temperatures for many hours with indirect heat provided by burning hardwood. We cook our barbecue the authentic way for up to 14 hours to allow the meat to become tender and full of rich smoky flavor. Real barbecue means we're committed to doing it the old-school way. No shortcuts and no-nonsense, just REAL barbecue.
