TEXAN BBQ STYLE FOOD IN THE HEART
OF BRISTOL
Big Nath’s BBQ started as one man, one smoker, and a lockdown dream. Fast forward a few years, and we’ve turned that dream into one of the UK’s most exciting live-fire BBQ brands. Based in the heart of Bristol, we serve proper barbecue at markets, festivals, private events, and at our very own BBQ Skool in Backwell — where we turn everyday cooks into bona fide fire-wranglers.
🏆 AWARDS & RECOGNITION 🏆
Street Food Championships 2024
🥇Street Food Chef of the Year,
🥇Bloggers’ Choice,
🥉3rd Place for Street Food Dish of the Year
Wing Fest Bristol 2023
🥇🥇Judges’ Choice & People’s Choice for Best BBQ Wing
Great Taste Awards 2025
🥇Two-Star Winner for Big Nath’s BBQ Sauce
Great British Food Awards 2025
🥉Bronze for Big Nath’s BBQ Sauce
Taste of the West 2024
🥇Gold Award
Good Food Awards 2025
Finalist
✨ AS FEATURED IN
James Martin’s Saturday Morning
BBQ Magazine
Bristol 24/7
BBC Radio Bristol
Bristol Post
The Express
We’re not just street food — we’re a full-on BBQ experience:
🔥 Street Food & Events – Award-winning BBQ at Bristol markets, festivals, and private events nationwide.
🏫 BBQ Skool – Hands-on courses teaching smoking, grilling, and all the tricks that make fire and meat best friends.
🛒 BBQ Shop – Top-tier gear, fuel, and our signature sauces & rubs, both in-store and online.
🎥 Chef Demos & Festivals – Watching us cook is almost as fun as eating it. Almost.
🎙️ The Grillstolians Podcast – Tales from the fire, food stories, and some good-natured banter with chefs and fellow food lovers.
Nathan Ritchie (aka Big Nath) spent 15 years running construction sites before deciding that wood smoke, slow cooking, and a lot of trial-and-error tasted better than spreadsheets. During lockdown he perfected our signature BBQ sauce — now a nationally-awarded, Bristol-born legend in a bottle.
Alongside him is Kinsey Pelletier, co-founder, organiser-in-chief, and all-round powerhouse. Her mental health nursing and event management background means she keeps this chaotic BBQ circus running… mostly smoothly. Together they’ve built Big Nath’s BBQ on hard graft, community, and a shared obsession with food that hits the right spot every time.
We believe food is about people — and we’re endlessly grateful to our family, friends, customers, and the Bristol indie scene for helping us build this little corner of BBQ heaven.
