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The Big Tom’s header art: Big Tom, a ginger cat, on the porch at sunset with brisket, mac and cheese, pit beans, hush puppies, corn cakes and sweet tea.

Big Tom’s Smokehouse

A cozy barbecue cooking game

Coming November 11, 2026

Fact sheet

Title
Big Tom’s Smokehouse: Cozy BBQ
Developer
Machette Labs, a one-person indie studio in the US
Release
Coming November 11, 2026
Platforms
iPhone and iPad (iOS 15 or later), with layouts for iPhone Duo
Price
Free, with optional in-app purchases. Rewarded videos only, always optional. No pop-up ads.
Languages
English
Genre
Cooking, simulation
App Store
apps.apple.com/us/app/id6823686102
The listing goes live on release day.

Short description

Fire up the smoker! Run Big Tom’s roadside porch: slice brisket with a pink smoke ring, shake sweet tea, fry hush puppies and flip golden corn cakes.

Long description

Big Tom, a big gentle ginger cat, runs a cozy roadside smokehouse, and tonight the porch is filling up. Take orders at the window and cook every dish by hand.

Slice brisket to show off the pink smoke ring, scoop mac and cheese and pit beans with pulled pork from the sides bar, fry hush puppies with crackling fried jalapeños, flip golden corn cakes on the griddle, and shake sweet tea in a jar, lidded with a snap.

Each step is graded, from GOOD to PERFECT, and happy guests leave tips and star ratings. Spend your tips on kitchen gear, rank up to unlock new dishes, dress Big Tom in hats, bandanas and aprons, and decorate the porch with string lights, mason jar lanterns and picnic tables.

Features

  • Brisket, mac and cheese, pit beans, hush puppies, corn cakes and sweet tea, all cooked by hand
  • Each step is graded, from GOOD to PERFECT
  • Ten regulars come back for their usual and fill their stamp cards
  • Pit School: learn and practice any station, at your own pace
  • Kitchen gear: an offset smoker, twin fry baskets, a cast-iron griddle and more
  • Packed porch nights and the Cook-off Weekend
  • A lucky envelope every day, with a stamp card
  • Outfits for Big Tom, porch decor, and weekly and monthly Porch Specials (cosmetic only)
  • Cozy mode: no walkouts and more time
  • Plays offline; an optional daily reminder, off until you turn it on
  • Game Center achievements
  • Layouts for iPhone Duo

Screenshots

The game’s App Store screenshots. Full-size PNGs are in the downloads below.

  • Big Tom’s App Store screenshot: Slice the smoke ring
    Slice the smoke ring
  • Big Tom’s App Store screenshot: Take orders at the window
    Take orders at the window
  • Big Tom’s App Store screenshot: Mac and cheese, scooped just right
    Mac and cheese, scooped just right
  • Big Tom’s App Store screenshot: Golden corn cakes
    Golden corn cakes
  • Big Tom’s App Store screenshot: Sweet tea, shaken and snapped
    Sweet tea, shaken and snapped
  • Big Tom’s App Store screenshot: Every step gets graded
    Every step gets graded
  • Big Tom’s App Store screenshot: Dress up Big Tom
    Dress up Big Tom

Downloads

Press and creators: ask for a code.

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