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Authentic Santa Maria Style Barbecue

Tri tip, chicken, local seafood and more grilled over a red oak fire.

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Catering All of Santa Barbara County

ON SITE CATERING

With our on site catering service using our 48”x24” custom built BBQ we can take your event to a new level with the sights and smells of an authentic open fire BBQ. We’re sure to leave your guests with more than just full bellies, but an event they will truly remember.

All of our tri tip is sliced to order (including a staffed carving station for buffet service) to ensure maximum freshness and juiciness. We offer the largest selection of specially crafted tri tip sandwiches, other authentic Santa Maria style BBQ menu items and other regional offerings that the Santa Barbara area is famous for such as the abundance of local seafood, all cooked over a traditional red oak fire. Pick some sandwiches, choose one of our preset menus or create your own menu from our expanded menu options for an authentic BBQ experience. We serve all of Santa Barbara County. Please inquire about extended range services outside of Santa Barbara County.

DROP OFF CATERING

Tight on space? Short on time? No problem! With our drop off service we’ll cook off site and deliver your ready to eat food anywhere in the Santa Barbara and Goleta area. Perfect for corporate lunches, smaller gatherings, or taking credit amongst your friends for a truly epic BBQ meal.

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Santa Maria Style Barbecue

Best known for tri tip cooked directly over a red oak fire, Santa Maria style barbecue is a regional style of grilling, originating in Santa Barbara County and common to Central California. We cook in the traditional way with a custom made Santa Maria style grill, over red oak wood from the Santa Ynez Valley. We believe this produces the best combination of tender, juicy tri tip combined with a flavorful, charred crust compared to slow smoking or other methods. But this style of barbecue isn’t just great for tri tip. Chicken, pork, steaks, and of course Santa Barbara’s famous local seafood are all incredible when prepared on a Santa Maria grill.

grilled skewers on a table with a bottle and glass of wine
a surf n turf sandwich with tri tip and santa barbara local spiny lobster
sliced tri tip on a cutting board with a knife
a tri tip sandwich and a beer
a tri tip sandwich cut in half
tri tips on a santa maria style bbq with a winery in the background
a local santa barbara spiny lobster
a worker holding two halves of a tri tip sandwich
santa barbara local spiny lobster and tri tips on a bbq at a catering event

Local Seafood

Santa Barbara is world renowned for its seafood and we highlight these local specialities whenever possible. We purchase our seafood directly from local fishermen in the Santa Barbara harbor whenever possible. So whether it’s spiny lobster, spot prawns, uni or dungeness crab, we offer much more than just tri tip.

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Tri Tip Sandwiches

We don’t just do a tri tip sandwich, we do the largest variety of tri tip sandwiches, anywhere. We feature an ever growing list of sandwiches that include the Classic, BBQ, Garlic Melt, French Dip, The Steakhouse, Surf n Turf, “The Big Ed” and many more! There’s always something new to try, if you can stray away from your old favorite!

grilled appetizers on a bbq at a catering event

Appetizers

Don’t forget the apps! Our extensive selection of appetizers are perfect for cocktail hour, or an entire party on their own! We have vegan/vegetarian options, hot and cold items, seafood options, and several grilled skewers to choose from.

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Our Story

Oak and Fire started as a tri tip sandwich company, with some unique offerings that are familiar yet innovative. It‘s tri tip seasoned Santa Maria style, cooked over red oak and then used for a menu of several styles of sandwiches. Some very traditional, some very unique, but all of them grounded in the flavors of the central coast. You‘ll recognize old favorites but can also try something new.

We found an opportunity to create a great, traditional tri tip sandwich that we all grew up with in backyards and high school football games, but then we asked why stop there? Not only could we create a sandwich that does justice to the Santa Maria style BBQ that we know and love, but could we also expand on it? Do something new and take it even further? So we kept experimenting, kept creating, and kept BBQ‘ing but making sure we stayed true to what it‘s all about all along.

The result was not only a tri tip sandwich that is true to its roots, authentic, and familiar for so many of us, but also some expanded offerings that build on that, rather than replace it. It‘s a menu that is somehow familiar and unique at the same time, and we‘re excited to show people what Santa Maria style tri tip sandwiches should be, and what they can be.

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