When Pigs Fly:

 Real Pit Barbeque, Great Foods, Events, and Catering!

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2024 Day of Giving Back

Free Community Thanksgiving Dinner!

 Sponsored by When Pigs Fly Barbeque, LLC.  Kellen Leef and Mike Sheridan.


The 2024 dinner will be served from noon to 4pm on Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 2024 in the West Virginia Building at the State Fairgrounds of West Virginia.  In 2023 we served 884 people before running out of food. We suspect that the need is even greater this year, so we're going to need more volunteer and donations to reach our goal of preparing 1,000 Thanksgiving Dinners.

Mike and Kellen are just regular people, and could never hope to pull this off on their own.  That's why this  is a community project, and we rely on the support of the entire community to make it happen.  We provide smoked turkey with all the trimmings, all home made and served in an atmosphere of friendship and fellowship.  All are welcome.  There is absolutely no charge for the dinner.  No paperwork.  No gimmick.  Please just come and join us.

For information on volunteering, please click here:  Volunteering
To learn how to make a donation of either food or money, or to donate with a credit card, please click here:  Donating
To jump straight to the updated Wish List of items still needed, please click here:  Jump to Wish List 
To get yourself on the volunteer schedule,  please call Cathey Sawyer at  (304) 645-5401 , or email catheycsawyer@gmail.com 
To make a pledge of food or material, please call Kellen Leef at (304) 249-8124.  We need to coordinate donations so we don't end up with 500 pounds of green beans and no carrots, or some suich thing...
One last thing: This event has always been all about good will, fellowship, and gratefulness. Everybody is welcome. This should go without saying, but we know that feelings are running strong right now. We will keep this event completely non-political, as we always have. Please keep your strong opinions close to your chest, and don't bring political paraphanalia, including hats, tee-shirts, buttons, or whatever into the building. If you forget this rule, we'll ask you to leave your stuff in the car.

Custom Catering

We've been at this since 2004, so you'll be amazed at some of the catering we can do.   Barbeque, of course, is our first love.  But we can do lots of other things including steaks, chops, brisket, prime rib, fish (smoked salmon is wonderful), and even vegetarian and vegan options.  You'll love our smoked, stuffed portabello mushrooms, for example.  And we have a wide variety of sides, both hot and cold.  

Special dietary needs?  No problem.

We provide a variety of services from drop off to full-service catering.  Events from weddings, family reunions, retirement parties, company lunches and celebrations, and more.  (We no longer cater weddings, but we'll drop off the food. After that, you're on your own.)

We work directly with you to create a menu which meets both your tastes, and your budget.   You can let us worry about the food, while you worry about all the other touches.  


Call Kellen today at (304) 249-8124 to discuss your needs.

Tasty Meals

Pulled-pork BBQ, barbequed chicken, ribs, baked beans, mac & cheese, Aunt Alice's Cole Slaw, wings, hot dogs, hamburgers, brisket, prime rib,  and now, made-to-order donuts...    We can offer about any menu item, plain for fancy, that fits your event, fair, or festival.  Got a wedding coming up?  Reunion?  Company event?  We are experienced in all kinds of cooking, and will work together with you to develop a menu which fits your tastes, budget, and vision.  

Besides our food truck, we offer any level of service from food drop-off to full service catering for all sorts of events.  (Except weddings. We no longer cater weddings.  We'll drop the food off, but after that, you're on your own.)  

Just call Kellen at (304) 249-8124 to discuss your specific needs.  Or use the handy contact button below.

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Friday Night Fish Fry!


THE EXCITING NEWS:  Once the weather cools off, we are bringing back our popular pan fried oysters! 

We'll also have our excellent fried fish filets, shrimp, and scallops. You may remember when we used to do Sunday Buffets at our old fixed location, and these oysters were often the stars of the show.

Our freshly fried dinners come with french fries, homemade hush puppies (Sterling's recipe), and homemade cole slaw (Aunt Alice's recipe). You can mix and match the oysters, shrimp, scallops and fish to you heart's content.

You can get your dinner to go and take it with you. 

We now take cash, check, and all major credit cards, but you get a substantial discount for cash.

Come and eat with us or we'll both starve.

Mike and Kellen


2023 West Virginia State Fair

Our very own Kellen Leef did cooking demonstrations in the West Virginia Building at the State Fair of West Virginia on Thursday, August 17th, 2023.

Kellen demonstrated how to make simple barbequed baby back ribs, including a versatile homemade rib rub, and an exciting new barbeque sauce of her own creation.   We're calling it Sky High Apple-Glide Barbeque Sauce.

As promised, we are posting all of the recipes she used in her demonstration here:

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Oh My Gosh! It's a Mac Attack!

Eleven kinds of Macaroni and Cheese!


We've gone Crazy over Macaroni and Cheese!

Click Here for Menu and Details!

Real Pit Barbeque

Barbequed Pork, Chicken, and Ribs.

With All the Fixin's.

Fresh, Hot Donuts

Cooked to your order, so they're always fresh.

Take them plain or simple.  It's up to you.

Catering

Family, Corporate, Holidays

All kinds of events.  Big and Small.

Mac-Attack

Eleven different kinds of Macaroni and Cheese.  Try them all!

Southern-Style   BBQ Pulled Pork

We select only the Boston Butt, which is the shoulder of the hog, then we cook

 it "low and slow," for 14 hours at 225 degrees.  We don't serve it until it reaches the perfect pulling temperature.


Add a little of Aunt Alice's homemade cole slaw, and your choice of one of our five homemade sauses.  Ummm.

Just a few suggestions:

  • Pulled Pork Sandwich $10.00 5 inch bun piled high with slow cooked pulled pork, slaw, and one of our five homemade sauces, your way.
  • Half Chicken Plate                                                                                                       $16.00
  • We take a whole chicken and we cut it from stem to stern.  Then we coat it with our homemade chicken rub and smoke it in our cooker.  Served with homemade baked beans and cold slaw.

  • Half Rack of Baby Back Ribs $18.00 We take a full rack of baby rack ribs and cut it in half.  Then we coat it with our homemade rib rub and cook it to perfect tenderness in our smoker.  Ummm.

Made-to-Order Donuts

  • One Donut Plain or Cinnamon Sugar $2.00 You choose your toppings from our four icings and 11 sprinkles and nuts. Mix and match to your heart's content.  $1 for icing and  topping.
  • Half Dozen $9.00 Plain or cinnamon sugar.  Add $2 for icing and $2 for toppings. 
  • Dozen $16.00 $3. extra for icing.  Another $3 for sprinkles.

Locally owned and operated by Mike Sheridan and Kellen Leef, we use the old time methods to produce healthful, delicious foods from scratch.  If there is an easy way or a hard way, Kellen always says "we'll do it the hard way."  The extra effort shows in the result. 

We use fresh and local foods whenever possible. We always cook clean foods in a clean, usually outdoor environment.   We know you will enjoy our barbeque, as well as our newest offering, Piggyback Donuts.  And, as always, we offer a satisfaction guarantee. If, for any reason, you are not completely satisfied with your meal, let us know and we'll make it right.