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Chef Benny slicing sixteen hour smoked brisket

Scratch made soul food

From our mitts to your pit.

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Call ahead and we'll have it hot and ready at the counter.

(269) 224-4862

Delivery

Bring it to your door through DoorDash, right across Battle Creek.

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Dine in

Pull up to the red building on Michigan Ave and eat with us.

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Sliced smoked brisket in the serving tray

Made the long way

Everything is scratch made.

No shortcuts, no bag mixes. Brisket smoked for sixteen hours. Mac and cheese built on a rice flour roux with four cheeses. Fries cut by hand. The board changes every week, so there is always a reason to come back.

  •   16 hour smoked brisket
  •   Four cheese mac, rice flour roux
  •   Every fryer basket is gluten free, gravy included
A Mitts 2 Pits catering buffet set up for an event

Catering

We'll feed your whole event.

Birthdays, repasts, reunions, graduations, fundraisers, and corporate lunches. Drop off when you just need the food, or full service when you want us to handle the chafers, the setup, and the cleanup.

  •   No published minimums. We qualify the details on the call.
  •   The same scratch cooking, scaled up for a crowd.
  •   Serving Battle Creek, Marshall, Kalamazoo, Portage, and Jackson.
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Every Sunday, 12:30 to 7

Soul Food Sundays

The one weekend day we open, and the plate the press keeps writing about. Catfish, collard greens, candied sweet potatoes, and Denise's peach cobbler lemonade.

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Cornmeal fried catfish meal
Fried catfish
Southern style green beans cooked with bacon
Green beans
Four cheese baked macaroni and cheese
Four cheese mac
Homemade peach cobbler
Peach cobbler
Chef Benny carving brisket at a catering event
Family run

From our mitts

A cottage kitchen that grew into a storefront.

Benjamin Young, known to everybody as Chef Benny, and Denise Young started Mitts 2 Pits out of their home. A couple of years in a shared kitchen, a business cohort, and a lot of long nights later, they opened the doors downtown.

Benny runs the kitchen. Denise runs the business. Three kids, one recipe box, and a plan for every step.

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Battle Creek keeps coming back

4.7 from 28 Google reviews

Rated 5 out of 5.

Best soul food in Battle Creek, and the portions are no joke. The fried turkey had us planning our next order before we finished.

Marcus T.

Rated 5 out of 5.

Gluten free and I can finally eat the whole basket. The staff treated us like family the second we walked in.

Renee K.

Rated 5 out of 5.

That peach cobbler lemonade is worth the drive on its own. Everything tastes like somebody actually cooked it.

Devon A.

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Questions people ask

Are you open today?

Check the live status near the top of the page. In general we are open Monday to Wednesday 10 to 1, Thursday and Friday 10 to 7, and Sunday 12:30 to 7. Saturday is closed.

Do you deliver?

Yes. Order delivery on DoorDash, or call us at (269) 224-4862 for pickup.

Do you have gluten free food?

Yes. Every fryer basket is made with rice flour, gravy included, and several sides and rice bowls are gluten free too.

Can you cater my event?

We cater birthdays, repasts, reunions, graduations, fundraisers, and corporate lunches, drop off or full service. Request a quote on the contact page.

Come see us

215 W Michigan Ave, downtown Battle Creek.

Look for the red storefront on Michigan Avenue. Free lot and free street parking nearby. Dine in, take out, or call ahead and we'll have it ready.

Mon to Wed10 to 1
Thu & Fri10 to 7
SaturdayClosed
Sunday12:30 to 7
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