Iowa BBQ Company

08/14/2025

We dont just make food, lol.

08/03/2025

07/30/2025

06/03/2025

In the past, and more so recently, we have posted about ordering the proper amount of meat, due to guests taking both meat selections.

There have been a few nail biters, that were slavaged simlly because the headcount didnt show up. Otherwise they would have ran out of meat.

Up until this date, we have never ran out of meat, except in the xase of when people were coming back for 2nds.

In the coming weeks, we inevitable face this happening. From our point of view, seeing eating habits, the client will run out of meat with 100 guests remaining, as they chise not to order enough.

What do we do. Ultimately it will seem to the guests that Iowa BBQ Company ran out of meat. When the reality is 200 of the 1st 300 guests took both meats, and the client didnt account for that.

This leaves us with a potential negatibe impression and feedback.

Do we take the additional meat needed, and approach the client, when the meat is about gone, with an additional charge, after they have paid? This seems to me to be tacky, and I dont want to be accused of trying to make an additional sale. Aside from an unhappy client, we are more protective of our reputation.

The bottom line is this. Nothing will stop your guests from taking both meats if thats what they want to do. A sign, an announcement by the DJ, RSVPs, the Police . . . .will not stop people from taking both. An announcement by the DJ will help, but wont stop it. Its a buffet style meal, but that doesnt mean all you can eat.

05/25/2025

We cater alot of wedding. We pay attention, and we see wedding guests eating habits. We try to advise our clients, not only for their wedding day to be perfect, but also to protect our reputation. If a bride and groom run out of food, its not because of Iowa BBQ Co, its because theg didnt order enough, or had too large of a plate with just a standard dinner option of 2 sides.

1st, the plate. We advise and recommend that, if your getting your own dinnerware, that you avoid 10 inch plates, unless you are getting 3 or 4 sides, or salad for all of your guests. With the standard meat and 2 sides, the 10 inch plate appears half full to the wedding guests, tempting them to fill it even more, potentially eating more than you have ordered for. If you padding your numbers by 25%, the 10 inch plate wont be a problem.

Second, make sure you accomidate for people taking both meats. When you order 2 meats for 300 ppl we are bringing 150 servings of 1 meat, and 150 of the other. Most people are going to take both meats. We dont see this occassionally, we see it every single week, at every single wedding. We offer meat by the pound, it is economic, and provides assurance you wont run out. We dont sell extra pounds to make money, we do it to protect our reputations. Because when you dont plan accordingly, we look bad.

We havent had an issue, but weve had too many close calls. Those were mainly because the amount of people they told us to plan for, didnt all show up. If they had, there would have been an issue with meat. In the event that this happens and we are being approached by your guests, we are simply going to say, we brought what they told us to bring.

Hopefully it never happens.

04/29/2025

Weekend Photo Dump

04/27/2025

When selecting your menu, keep a few things in mind. It is your special day, however your guests are eating too. To make a non specific example, pea salad. Not everyone will eat it. As your guests graze over the food they will make decisions according. They will either take 2 or 3 rolls, load up on meat, or load up on the other side. Habit is to fill the plate. This could cause issues. Weve never ran out of food, not once ever, but theres times its been close, with a lot of pea salad left. Plan accordingly, we can give you advice.

04/13/2025

Sold out 9:02am

1 # Burnt Ends
1 # Cheesy Potatoes

Reheat in the bag, in the microwave for about a minute each.

Cash or Venmo, and we currently don't have change.

$15.00 for the bundle. This is limited and we will message you back to confirm your in, and will update the post when sold out.