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Keane’s Wood-Fired Catering


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Keane’s Wood-Fired Catering – Legendary BBQ & Event Cuisine
When you want authentic BBQ with flair and reliability, Keane’s Wood-Fired catering delivers. Founded by husband-and-wife duo Padraic and Kaylyn Keane, this Warwick-based company grew from one custom-built smoker into a trusted name across Southern New England. Padraic, originally from Galway, Ireland, built his first smoker at the Steel Yard in Providence. Since then, the team has brought wood-fired flavor to weddings, parties, and local gatherings.
Every event they cater blends fresh ingredients, expert technique, and warm hospitality. Their Weddings & Full Service Catering covers everything from appetizers through dessert. For business groups, they offer Express & Lunch Catering, designed for quick but high-quality meals. On Fridays, locals line up for their popular Friday BBQ Take-Out at the Warwick shop, with convenient pre-orders available.
The food is what truly sets Keane’s apart. Their smoked brisket, pulled pork, and creative vegetarian sides win praise at every event. Customers often describe the brisket as “the best they’ve ever had.” Others highlight how the team makes planning stress-free and keeps service running smoothly.
The company’s success comes not only from the Keanes but also from their talented crew. Chef Esteban Gonzalez crafts bold flavors, while Events Manager Kym Gardner ensures flawless coordination from first call to final plate. Together, they create an experience that is professional, delicious, and memorable.
Planning your own event? Pair Keane’s with other trusted resources like our Event Venues Directory or Photography Vendors. These partners help complete your celebration plan.
With Keane’s Wood-Fired catering, every occasion becomes more flavorful, more fun, and completely stress-free.
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Hi, I'm Kaylyn Keane and I'm Kim Gardner and we work at Keane’s Wood-Fired Catering. Keane’s Wood-Fired Catering is an award-winning caterer located on Warwick Ave in Rhode Island. What makes Keane's really different is our legendary service team. We just have such a wide range of experienced staff, friendly, outgoing, sweet, kind, liked. They bring the party, they bring in the party.
At Keane’s we specialize in slow smoked barbecue. Our pit masters use reverse flow smokers fired with red oak, and we're known for our brisket and pulled pork shoulder. But we also offer a variety of seafood options as well as vegan and vegetarian options. With food we can take you from appetizers through dessert. For bar, we can do beer, wine, and champagne services. And then we also include tabletop rentals from cutlery, plates to glassware and linens. So it makes it really seamless for you to get everything that you need from us.
We work with many different venues in the region and if we haven't been there, we'll come out and do a site visit and we'll make sure that we know all the details before we arrive on site.
Our entire team is focused on a great customer experience from the moment you call to engaging with your guests on event day. As Michael Pollan says, barbecue has always brought people together and a Keane's wedding really brings an atmosphere to an event with our wood-fired smokers that you can't really find anywhere else. Our pit masters elevate the experience by carving the proteins on the buffet line. We have an array of sides that are vegetable forward to increase the freshness of the meal. Um, and we just bring the atmosphere with our really spectacular event team. We want to fill our clients with the confidence that we're going to take care of everything and that their guests aren't just going to get fed, but they're going to have a really, truly memorable meal and they'll be coming up for seconds or thirds.
If you're ready to give Keane's a try, all you have to do is come down to our shop on Warwick Ave on a Friday night. We offer free tastings every Friday night through our barbecue takeout service. Or you can, put an event inquiry through our website and you'll get pretty much straight to Kim or one of our other event managers who will be able to help you and give you a discount code for our takeout. And you can come in and try the food for free. We can't wait to work with you and make your event legendary with Keane’s.