NELSON'S BBQ & CATERING

For over 50 years Nelson's has been serving Indiana and Michigan with the finest barbecued products... As a manager of a small poultry processing plant in Wakarusa, Indiana during the Great Depression, Nelson Gongwer continuously toyed with new and innovative ways to promote poultry products. He was convinced that there was a better way to cook large quantities of chicken while still maintaining the high quality only found in "grandma's" kitchen. Weekend after weekend, he labored over makeshift grills, trying to determine a means to somehow automate it. Eventually in 1967, Nelson accomplished exactly what he had set out to do, and the famous Port-A-Pit® "bbq machine" was introduced to the world. After years of persistence, Nelson had created the process that would soon make Nelson's a household name throughout northern Indiana... For over 50 years, Nelson's Catering has been providing our unique barbeque and more to Northern Indiana and the surrounding "Michiana" area. We specialize..

Primary location: Wakarusa United States