Gator Pit BBQ Salem, NH
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The pitmaster beside his offset smoker in the New Hampshire woods, holding up a whole smoked alligator with a deep mahogany lacquered hide.
Voted 4th Best BBQ in NH · WMUR Viewers' Choice 2026

Low and slow, with a Cajun twang

Wood-smoked barbecue at the Field of Dreams in Salem, New Hampshire. Brisket, ribs and pulled pork cooked over wood the long way — eat it at the pit, or we bring it hot to your event.

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Field of Dreams, Salem NH Catering southern NH 603-809-8463

In the press

“Fans say Gator Pit offers a great selection on its menu.” WMUR — Viewers' Choice 2026: Best barbecue food in New Hampshire

WMUR asked its viewers where to find the best barbecue food in New Hampshire. Five places in the state made the 2026 list, and we came in at No. 4.

We're a small operation: one wood-burning smoker, parked for good at the Field of Dreams in Salem. Southern-style barbecue with a Cajun twist: smoke, time and patience, nothing rushed.

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The board

The full board's up at the Field of Dreams. What's left depends on the day. Call and we'll tell you exactly what's cut and what's already gone; the regulars say you can't go wrong no matter what you get.

Sandwiches

  • Pulled Brisket

    Beef brisket, smoked low and slow, pulled and piled on a bun.

  • Pulled Pork

    Pork shoulder off the pit, pulled by hand. Ask for slaw on it: that's the sandwich customers keep writing about.

  • Pulled Chicken

    Smoked chicken, pulled and dressed.

  • Burger, with or without cheese

    For the one person in your group who doesn't want barbecue.

  • Hot Dog

    Kid-approved, and the fastest thing on the board.

Combos

  • Pulled Brisket & Fries
  • Pulled Pork & Fries
  • Pulled Chicken & Fries
  • Chicken Tenders & Fries
  • Burger & Fries
  • Two Hot Dogs & Fries

Sandwiches come as sandwiches. Want fries? That's the combo.

Platters

  • One meat, two sides
  • Two meats, two sides
  • Three meats, three sides

    The one to get if you're deciding for the table.

Platter meats: pulled pork, brisket, pulled chicken, sausage. Ribs excluded.

Ribs & Chicken

  • Ribs: third rack, two-thirds, or full

    Sauced right on the pit, sold by the rack until they're gone. They go.

  • Chicken Tenders

Sides

  • Mac & Cheese
  • Baked Beans
  • Fries
  • Potato Salad
  • Coleslaw

Sides come in small and large. Sauce: spicy, mild or sweet.

Sweets & Drinks

  • Fruit Parfait
  • Soda: Coke, Diet Coke, Root Beer
  • Lemonade
  • Juice Pouch
  • Water

Prices are at the window. Call 603-809-8463 for today's board and pricing, or check Facebook for what we're running this week. Catering menus are built per event. Start here.

The method

Low and slow is a schedule, not a style

True low and slow, wood smoked, with a Cajun twang. Here's what that actually costs in hours before the window opens.

  1. HR 00 Fire lit

    Hardwood burned down to coals before anything touches the grate.

  2. HR 01 Meat on

    Rubbed, racked, and left alone. The pit does the work from here.

  3. HR 06 The stall

    Brisket hits a wall and stops climbing. You wait it out. This is the hour where shortcuts get taken.

  4. HR 10 Bark set

    Wrapped and run out until it gives with no argument.

  5. HR 12 Rested, then cut

    Rest is not optional. Then it's cut to order at the window.

Find us

Here's when we're open.

Where to find us

Field of Dreams
48 Geremonty Drive, Salem, NH

Hours

Tuesday – Saturday
11am – 7pm

Closed Sunday and Monday.

This is home: the pit lives at the Field of Dreams year-round. We cook until we sell out, so check Facebook before you drive out — specials and sell-outs go up there first.

Get directions
Specials & sell-outs on Facebook

Where we cater

Home base: the Field of Dreams in Salem. Catering through the Merrimack Valley and the Seacoast.

  • Hooksett
  • Salem
  • Manchester
  • Concord
  • Bedford
  • Derry
  • Londonderry
  • Nashua
  • Goffstown
  • Merrimack

Further out? Ask. We travel for the right event.

Catering

We'll bring the barbecue to you

Graduations, weddings, company lunches, birthdays, fundraisers. We build the menu around your headcount and your budget — brought to your event hot and ready.

Tell us the date, the number of people and the town. We'll come back with a plan and a price.

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“Tastes like actual southern BBQ, a rare gem in New England.” Deja W., Facebook review, April 2026
About a dozen customers queued at the Gator Pit BBQ trailer's serving window on a gravel lot at golden hour, with an outdoor pavilion and tall pines behind them.

From the pit

Taste the wildside of BBQ

Close-up of smoked beef brisket sliced on a wooden board, showing a thick black pepper bark and a deep pink smoke ring.
A dozen full racks of pork ribs laid across the diamond-plate grate inside the smoker, glistening mahogany red under a haze of smoke.
An overhead view of a loaded BBQ combo tray: sliced brisket, chopped pulled pork, smoked sausage, glazed ribs, baked beans, cornbread and pickles.
A gloved hand lifting a lacquered burnt end from a pan of sauce, the cube glazed deep red and dripping.
Roughly twenty whole chickens packed across the smoker grate, skin burnished deep gold and amber.
A dozen pork shoulders on the smoker grate in mid-cook, mahogany and rust coloured, with sunlit smoke drifting through the chamber.
A BBQ plate of macaroni and cheese, coleslaw, sliced sausage, chopped pork, cornbread and a pickle on the trailer's stainless serving counter at an outdoor event.
The black Gator Pit BBQ trailer parked on gravel in front of blazing orange New Hampshire fall foliage, with the offset smoker hitched behind it.