Custom Butcher Blocks for Texas BBQ
I build custom end grain butcher blocks for Texas barbecue: brisket cutting boards for cookoff teams, caterers, food trucks, pitmasters and BBQ restaurants. Each one is made to order in my veteran-owned shop in Pflugerville, heavy enough to stay put under a whole packer brisket, and finished with your name inlaid in solid hardwood if you want it. Order the Festival Block below, or send me your station size and I'll build one to fit.
On the cutting stations at Snow's BBQ · Vaqueros Texas Bar-B-Q · Burnt Bean Co. · Rossler's Blue Cord Barbecue · Edge Craft Barbecue · KG BBQ · Brotherton's Black Iron Barbecue · Clean Smoke BBQ · TX Drip BBQ · Slaughter's BBQ · Village Tap.
The Festival Block — End Grain Butcher Block, 3" × 20" × 30"
My 3" × 20 × 30" end grain block for cookoffs, festivals and catered events. It's big enough to slice and serve a whole brisket and still easy to load in the truck. Walnut, white oak, cherry, sapele or hard maple, with an optional side name inlay. Single-sided, with silicone feet and textured handles. Juice groove optional (+$25). Made to order: ships in 3–5 weeks. Shipping is calculated at checkout.
On the festival and cookoff circuit
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Brotherton's Black Iron Barbecue
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Rossler's Blue Cord Barbecue
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Tejano Cookers BBQ
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Walnut block for Brendan Lamb
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Bubba's Blue Plate
Built for the cutting station
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End grain
Your knife slips between the wood fibers instead of slicing across them, so edges stay sharp through a long service and cut marks close up.
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3" thick
Heavy enough to stay planted while you slice a whole packer brisket.
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Feet and handles
Silicone feet keep it from sliding on the table. Textured handles make it easy to carry to the truck.
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Flat top, or a juice groove
I recommend flat: a groove fills up fast on a busy cutting table and is harder to clean than scraping the top into a can. Want one anyway? It's a $25 option.
Shop by collection
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3" End Grain Butcher Blocks
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2" End Grain Cutting Boards
My 2" end grain boards are the step down from my 3"...
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Cutting Boards
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Ready to Ship
Finished pieces that ship within 3–5 business days, with no build wait....
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Cutting Board Accessories
Everything that goes with a board: display stands sized to 1.5", 2"...
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Handmade Wooden Pens
Wood pens hand-turned in my Pflugerville, Texas shop. Choose a made-to-order model...
Side name or logo? Put your brand on the block
When you slice in front of a crowd, the block is part of the show. In a Harvard Business School study, diners who could watch their food being prepared rated it 22% higher. That cutting table is where everyone's looking, and it's in every photo they take. I cut your name or logo from solid contrasting hardwood and set it into the block, so the lettering is real wood, built into the block.
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Side name inlay
Your team or business name along the side of the block, facing the crowd while you slice, in your logo's font or one very close to it. On the Festival Block a name of about 15 characters is $250. Pick it when you order and I'll confirm the name, font and inlay wood with you.
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Logo inlay
Ask about a logo inlayYour logo set into the face of the block in contrasting hardwoods: the first thing people see on your table. Every logo is different, so I quote it from your file. Logos start at $350.
Order about five weeks before your cook
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Houston rodeo BBQ contest
Late February
Order by January 21
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Rodeo Austin BBQ
March 5–6, 2027
Order by January 29
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Memorial Day weekend
May 29–31, 2027
Order by April 24
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Father's Day
June 20, 2027
Order by May 16
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Texas Monthly BBQ Fest, Lockhart
Early November
Order by October 2
Running a restaurant? I'll build it to your station.
My restaurant blocks are sized to each cutting station, like the 3¼ × 26 × 42" white oak block at Vaqueros Texas Bar-B-Q and the 30 × 48" walnut block at Village Tap. I can inlay your logo in the face or your name in the side. I deliver in person around Austin and Central Texas, or ship it to your door.
How it works
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1. Order or ask
Order the Festival Block above, or send me your station size on my custom order form.
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2. I confirm the details
Your wood, and the name, font and inlay wood if you add an inlay, before I cut anything.
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3. I build it by hand
Glued, flattened, sanded and finished with food-grade mineral oil and my Board Butter. Allow 3–5 weeks.
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4. It goes to work
I deliver in person around Austin and Central Texas, or ship it. Shipping is calculated at checkout.
Shopping for a weekend pitmaster?
If you're buying a gift for someone who fires up the smoker on weekends, a 15 × 20" or 18 × 24" end grain board is plenty of board for a backyard cook. My 2" All Purpose end grain boards start at $300, and my 3" Pros & Pitmasters blocks start at $425. Order by May 16 for Father's Day.
Questions from the pros
How long does a block take?
Every block is made to order, so it ships 3–5 weeks after you order. I'm a one-man shop and glue, flatten and oil each block in stages. If you need it for a cookoff or event, order at least five weeks ahead.
Can you build a block to fit my station?
Yes. My common butcher block sizes are 20 × 30" and 24 × 24", and every restaurant block I build is sized to its cutting station, like the 30 × 48" block I built for Village Tap. Send me your station measurements on my custom order form and I'll build it to fit.
Should I get a juice groove?
It's an option on the Festival Block (+$25), but I recommend going without. A groove fills up fast on a busy cutting table and is harder to clean than scraping a flat top into a can. At home, resting one brisket or carving a turkey, a groove does its job well.
Should I get a side name or a logo inlay?
A side name faces the crowd while you slice and is a flat $250 on the Festival Block. A logo sits in the face of the block, the first thing people see on your table, and I quote it from your logo file (from $350). Both are solid contrasting hardwood set into the block, never laser engraved and never epoxy, so they're part of the block, not a mark on the surface.
Why inlay instead of laser engraving?
A laser engraving burns away the wood fibers, leaves a recess that food and juice can fill, and fades as the board is used and washed. An inlay is solid contrasting hardwood set into the block, so your name reads at a glance, even on dark walnut.
Which wood should I pick?
Walnut is the one most cooks pick: rich chocolate brown and easy on knife edges. Sapele is reddish brown with a ribbon shimmer. Hard maple is the classic light butcher block wood and the toughest of the three. My wood guide compares every wood I use.
Do you ship outside Texas?
Yes. I ship to all 50 states with tracking, and shipping is calculated at checkout from size, weight and destination. Around Austin and Central Texas I can deliver in person.
How do I care for it after a cook?
Scrape it down, wash it with soap and warm water, dry both sides and stand it on its side to air dry. Never soak it or run it through a dish machine. Oil it when the wood looks dry, then seal it with my Board Butter.
Let's get your block on the table
Questions first? Email team@whiteoakswoodworking.com or call (737) 297-7644. I usually reply within 1 business day.