Mitts 2 Pits
Catering for your whole event
Fast catering request

Tell us the basics.
Chef Benny takes it from there.

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.

Drop-off Full service Gluten-free options
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📍 We moved. Find us at 215 W Michigan Ave in downtown Battle Creek — Soul Food Sundays every week, 12:30–7.
From our mitts to your pit

16 Hours
of Smoke

Sliced to order — scratch-made soul food & BBQ in downtown Battle Creek.

HOUR 00/16
6:00 AM
The rub goes on
Salt, pepper, brown sugar — worked in by hand.

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EAT
Three ways to eat

Hot & ready,
however you want it

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

Call (269) 224-4862
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Bring it to your door through DoorDash, right across Battle Creek.

Order on DoorDash
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Pull up to the red storefront on Michigan Ave and eat with us.

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SCRATCH
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's always a reason to come back.

16
hrs on the smoker
4
cheeses in the mac
100%
GF fryer baskets
Sixteen-hour smoked brisket, sliced
EST.
B.C.
PLATE
Build a plate · tap to fill it

We'll feed your
whole event

Three taps and it's on its way to Chef Benny. Pick a protein, two sides, and a headcount — watch the plate fill up, then send it over. No pricing to guess at; we qualify the details on the call.

1 · Pick a protein
2 · Pick two sides
3 · How many guests? 40
Tap a protein to start building your plate.
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Protein
Side 1
Side 2

Your plate fills as you choose. Playful preview — final spread is dialed in on the call.

SUNDAY
Every Sunday · 12:30–7 · the press writes about it

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. Come early — Sundays move fast.

See what's on Sunday
Fried catfish plate
Fried catfish
Green beans
Green beans
Four cheese mac and cheese
Four-cheese mac
Peach cobbler
Peach cobbler
Chef Benny and Denise Young, owners of Mitts 2 Pits
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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4.7
Battle Creek keeps coming back
4.7
★★★★★
from 28 Google reviews
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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.
★★★★★Google

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

— Renee K.
★★★★★Google

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

— Devon A.
Questions people ask

Good to know

Are you open today?+
Check the live status near the top of the page. In general we're open Monday to Wednesday 10–1, Thursday and Friday 10–7, and Sunday 12:30–7. 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 or on the contact page.
Come see us

215 W Michigan Ave

Downtown Battle Creek, MI 49017

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 – Wed10:00 – 1:00
Thu – Fri10:00 – 7:00
SaturdayClosed
Sunday12:30 – 7:00
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