Authentic Santa Maria Style Barbecue

Oak and Fire is a tri-tip sandwich company, first and foremost, 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 familar 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.