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Good food brings people together

Great BBQ deserves great sauce. Great celebrations deserve great food. We bring out the best in both.

Veteran-owned, Montana catering company specializing in slow smoked meats and comfort foods.

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Our Catering Services

We offer slow-smoked meats and homemade comfort food for weddings, corporate events, family gatherings, fund raisers, graduations, holiday parties, and other special events.

Schedule a private tasting to sample our delicious menu!

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A wooden tray with sliced bread, grapes, berries, sliced meats, cheeses, candy, and bowls of peanut butter and a dip or pâté, arranged on a gray table.
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FAMILY

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GOOD FOOD ~ FAMILY ~ SERVICE ~

How It Works

We keep it simple and straightforward.

Save time and stress preparing for your event with a high quality meal for your guests, so you can enjoy your own event with them!

  1. Review our menu

  2. Contact us with your event information

  3. Solidify your plan with us

  4. Lock in your date with 50% down

  5. Get final counts a week prior to your event

  6. Enjoy your event!

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A tray of sliced prime rib beef with some pieces showing a well-done, charred crust and others showing a medium rare interior. There is a small black sign with green writing in front of the tray that says "Prime Rib." A person dressed in a red and black flannel shirt and gray pants is holding a green bottle in their right hand, standing next to the tray.

About Poor Richard’s BBQ

Poor Richard’s BBQ & Comfort Food is a veteran-owned, family-run catering business built around a simple idea: good food brings people together.

Founder Jerome Richard spent 39 years serving in the Montana Army National Guard before retiring from military service. Poor Richard’s actually began years before his retirement, but back-to-back military deployments put the young business on hold. The dream never disappeared, and today Jerome is able to devote more time to his passion for BBQ, comfort food, and feeding people.

These days, Poor Richard’s is truly a family affair. 

Jerome’s daughter, Madelle, does much of the cooking and specializes in creating sauces that bring their own distinctive flavor to the Poor Richard’s menu. Jerome’s wife, Lisa, is the primary baker, preparing the homemade baked goods and desserts that help make a catered meal complete. And Jerome can still be found around the smoker and kitchen, planning menus, working with customers, and making sure the food leaving Poor Richard’s is something the family is proud to put its name on.

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More Than BBQ

BBQ may be in our name, but comfort food is just as important to what we do. From smoked meats and homemade sides to sauces, appetizers, baked goods, and desserts, we believe catered food should taste like somebody actually cooked it.

Whether we’re feeding a wedding, reunion, graduation, business gathering, veterans event, or family celebration, our goal is simple: Serve great food, take care of our customers, and make feeding your guests one less thing you have to worry about.

Veteran Owned. Family Operated. Montana Proud.

We call Helena home, but as Poor Richard might say: “Good BBQ travels well.”

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