Bringing Central Texas BBQ
to Southern California
Smoke Show BBQ brings the heart and soul of Texas straight to Palos Verdes,
serving up tender slow-smoked brisket, fall-off-the-bone smoked BBQ ribs,
and the best homemade BBQ sauce so good you’ll be craving more after every bite!
Let us handle the smoke & flavor with full-service Texas BBQ catering.
A Taste of True Texas BBQ
Crafted Just for You
Smoke Show BBQ started the way all good BBQ stories do—in the backyard with friends, a little friendly competition, and a whole lot of smoke.
Jeff grew up in Texas—first around Fort Worth and Dallas, later in Austin, where smoked brisket and great BBQ sides were just a part of life.
After moving to Los Angeles, he couldn’t shake the craving for real brisket.
In 2015, his dad bought him a kettle grill. Using tricks from Meathead’s early Amazing Ribs days, he turned it into a smoker and got hooked.
Mike, a close friend from Orange County who swore by his tri-tip—California’s version of brisket—wasn’t far behind.
What started as a friendly rivalry between Texas brisket and California tri-tip turned into a shared obsession.
The two spent weekends smoking, experimenting, and serving up food for family and friends until word started to spread.
That backyard competition grew into Smoke Show BBQ, evolving from a kettle grill to a 500-gallon smoker,
and eventually to a custom 1,000-gallon offset pit—the kind that separates the curious from the committed.
Today, Jeff and Mike bring that same spirit to every cook, but with elevated skill and scale.
From neighbors to crowds of hundreds, they’ve mastered craft BBQ—sourcing Prime cuts, refining trims,
managing the fire, and delivering consistent quality every time.
You can taste the time, energy, and commitment in every slice of brisket.
Somewhere around hour eighteen, they like to remind themselves it’s craft with a C, not a K—because good BBQ takes time, fire, and a sense of humor.
When people ask how good it is, Mike keeps it simple: “It doesn’t suck.”
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Southern Craft BBQ Straight to Your Celebration
Smoke Show BBQ offers full-service catering, handling everything from setup to cleanup for groups of 50 or more. Whether it’s a backyard celebration, corporate event, wedding, or summer concert, we serve up slow-smoked brisket, pork ribs with a clean bite, juicy smoked chicken, and signature craft sides. View our full menu below, or contact us today for a custom catering quote.
Local Pride
Serving the Best BBQ in Southern California
The hills of Palos Verdes aren’t where you expect to find the best Texas BBQ, but that first whiff of white oak smoke tells you it’s the real thing.
This is local craft BBQ done right—rendered fat, bark that breaks just right, and BBQ beef brisket that holds together until your teeth say otherwise.
This isn’t nostalgia for Texas; it’s proof that great craft BBQ doesn’t care where it’s from—only that it’s done right.
Out here, the smoke drifts over ocean air instead of Hill Country cedar, but the fire burns just the same.
And maybe that makes sense, since at least one of the pitmasters came up not far from the Stockyards of Fort Worth,
with a little Hill Country stubbornness built in.
Come taste what happens when Central Texas smoke meets California soul.
