Weddings, corporate functions, and private parties across the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and beyond.
Fort Worth, Texas · Smoked Since 2014
Texas BBQ Catering,
Smoked Blind to the Bone.
14-hour oak and pecan brisket, ribs, and sausage for weddings, corporate events, and backyard blowouts across DFW. One quote. One pit crew. Zero shortcuts.
- 4,800+ events catered
- 4.94/5 · 612 Google reviews
- KCBS Certified · Master Pitmaster on staff
The Method
No thermometers. No shortcuts.
Just 14 hours of oak and pecan.
Every brisket at Blind Dog Smokin' is cooked the way Texas pitmasters cooked before digital tools existed — by feel, by bark, by the sound the bark makes when you tap it. We pull at the moment the bone slides clean. Not a degree before.
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100% Texas post oak & pecan
Never gas. Never electric. Never hickory pellets. We burn split hardwood sourced from Texas forests, period.
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14-hour low-and-slow
Every brisket holds the pit for fourteen hours minimum. Every rack of ribs goes the distance. No timers, no probes — just the pitmaster's hand.
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Same three pitmasters, nine years running
The crew that cooked our first backyard service in Crowley in 2014 still cooks every weekend service today. Consistency is not a slogan — it's payroll.
Verified Credentials
The numbers a procurement officer can quote in a vendor meeting.
Every figure below is documented, dated, and defensible. We don't do "world's best" — we do receipts.
Verified guest feedback collected through Q1 2025 — written by people who actually ate the food.
Named among the "Top 50 BBQ Joints in Texas" by Texas Monthly in 2022 — the only DFW caterer on the list.
The single largest event in our books — the rehearsal dinner for the NCAA Cotton Bowl hospitality village. Zero complaints on file.
KCBS Certified · Master Pitmaster on staff
Texas BBQ Hall of Fame · Pitmaster category · 2024
Featured: Texas Monthly Top 50 BBQ Joints (2022)
Catering Services
Four formats. One pit crew. Every plate smoked to the bone.
From a 60-person boardroom lunch to a 3,200-plate hospitality village, the same 14-hour oak-and-pecan cook shows up. Pick the format that matches your event — we'll quote the rest in under 24 hours.
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Corporate & Office Catering
Drop-off buffet, full-service carving station, or boxed lunch trays for 50–500 employees. On-time windows as tight as 15 minutes, COI on file for most DFW venues, and invoices that pass procurement.
- Typical headcount: 50–400
- Setup window: 30 minutes
- Menus from $22/person
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Weddings & Rehearsal Dinners
Whole-hog carves, Texas Wagyu brisket upgrades, and late-night sausage boards. We work with your planner's timeline, handle buffet flow for 80–500 guests, and leave the pit smell at the smoker — not the venue.
- Typical headcount: 80–500
- Add-ons: mac & cheese bar, smoked cobbler
- 48-hour notice for whole hog
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Private Parties & Backyard Blowouts
Birthdays, graduations, retirement ragers, and the kind of reunion where somebody's uncle says "I knew a guy with a smoker." We bring the pit, the meat, the sides, and the cleanup crew. You bring the people.
- Typical headcount: 40–200
- Free on-site carving within 60 miles of Fort Worth
- Saturday slots book 6–10 weeks out
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Festivals, Sponsorships & Large-Scale
500 to 5,000 guests. Mobile offset smokers, refrigerated transport, two-shift pit crews, and a logistics lead on-site. We cooked the 2023 Cotton Bowl hospitality village — 3,200 plates, zero complaints.
- Typical headcount: 500–5,000
- Multi-day festivals quoted case-by-case
- Insurance limits up to $5M available
Inside the Pit
Same three pitmasters. Nine years. One offset smoker that's older than most of our staff.
Family-owned since a backyard stick-burner in Crowley, TX. The crew you'll meet on the phone is the crew that'll be at your event — no subcontractors, no mystery meat, no weekend temps.
4,800+
Events catered since 2014
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Full-time pitmasters & staff
4.94/5
Across 612 verified Google reviews
3,200
Plates at the 2023 Cotton Bowl
We had 480 guests at a corporate shareholder dinner in downtown Fort Worth, a menu that had to read 'Texas but polished,' and a board chair who is, frankly, hard to impress. Blind Dog showed up at 4 a.m., set the carving station before our AV team finished cabling the stage, and the brisket was the thing people emailed me about for the next month. We've used them for every flagship event since — three years running.
Texas Monthly Top 50 BBQ Joints in Texas · 2022
Kansas City Barbeque Society · Certified
Texas BBQ Hall of Fame · 2024