Farsley Fire & Smoke

20/09/2026

Once again an absolutely fantastic Saltaire Festival, this is our fourth year and once again we absolutely loved it. Thanks so much for visiting and eating us out of Brisket! Thanks to all the volunteers and organisers who work so hard to keep this community event going!

27/08/2026

Richard knows w**e and we do a pretty good pizza. What a night this is going to be. Six w**es & pizza with our friends cargow**es

21/08/2026

Absolute Quality Dexter Beef!

20/08/2026

TOMORROW at THE BUTCHERS - SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL IS LANDING IN OUR WINDOW.

Tomorrow sees our counter filled with some truly exceptional Dexter beef, farmed by James & Emily in Sowerby Bridge.

This is the true definition of FARM TO SHOP.

🐄 So, what makes Dexter beef so special?

Dexter is a small, traditional native cattle breed, renowned for producing beef with outstanding flavour, tenderness and natural marbling.

Because Dexters thrive on grass and mature more slowly than many commercial breeds, the beef develops that proper, deep, old-fashioned beef flavour that’s increasingly difficult to find.

And this particular animal has been 100% grass-fed on Yorkshire pasture.

Nothing added. Nothing taken away.

We bought it direct from the farmers who reared it, so we know exactly where our beef has come from, and so do you.

From beautiful steaks and roasting joints to slow-cooking cuts, mince and bones for stock, we’ll be making use of the whole animal.

📍 Farmed in Sowerby Bridge.
🔪 Butchered by us.
🥩 Sold over our counter.

Yorkshire Dexter beef. Farm to shop. It doesn’t get much more local than that.

Available from tomorrow and when it’s gone, it’s gone.

06/08/2026

HOT SMOKED SEA TROUT

Many people hear the word trout and think of the earthy flavour associated with freshwater rainbow trout. This is something quite different.

Our hot smoked sea trout comes from fish that spend most of their lives at sea before returning to freshwater to spawn. As a result, the flesh is rich, clean and delicately flavoured, with a beautiful coral colour. If anything, it’s much closer to salmon than the trout many people are familiar with.

In fact, sea trout is often described as salmon’s more refined cousin. It has the richness you’d expect from salmon, but with a slightly more delicate flavour and texture that many chefs consider a real delicacy.

Traditionally cured and gently hot smoked over oak here in Farsley, it’s a specialist product that you simply won’t find in many places.

We’re delighted that it was recently awarded 2 Stars at the Great Taste Awards.

Now available from the counter at Farsley Butchers & Smokery while stocks last.

02/08/2026

Facebook reminded me today that it was nine years ago this weekend that I first started cooking meat over fire at events. Looking back at this photo, it’s hard to believe how much has happened since. I still remember that day. Even my mum did a shift.

I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve nearly had a breakdown and sworn I was packing it all in. Somehow though, we’ve always found a way to keep going.

If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the last nine years, it’s that there isn’t a cheat code to this game. You can’t do it alone. You have to surround yourself with loyal, trusted people who’ll stand beside you through the good days and the bad.

Sarah has been there through every single step. She’s celebrated the highs, carried me through the lows, and I genuinely couldn’t have done any of this without her.

The team we have today are the beating heart of this business. They turn up every day, care as much as we do, and without them this simply wouldn’t work.

Yesterday was Yorkshire Day. Somehow, on the weekend we celebrate nine years since it all began, it also became the busiest single day’s trading in our history. We were trading simultaneously at Ilkley Yorkshire Day, the Manchester Food and Drink Festival, the butchers shop and our takeaway, with 22 incredible members of the team making it all happen. When I look back at that first event, I could never have imagined we’d get here.

If you’re thinking of starting your own business, or you’re in the middle of wondering whether to keep going, just know you’re not on your own. And if you ever need somewhere to come and cry over an overdone brisket, the kettle’s always on.

To everyone who’s supported us over the last nine years, whether you’ve bought a sandwich, queued for barbecue, visited the shop, shared a post, or simply wished us well, thank you. We genuinely wouldn’t be here without you.

Here’s to the next nine years. Or nine weeks. Who knows in this game? Whatever happens, we’ll keep pushing on.

Love,

Ash & Sarah

31/07/2026

Pretty special Beef Ribs in at the shop today!

🔥 Smokers, Slow-Cooking Heroes & BBQ Fans… 🔥

We’ve got something a little special this weekend

Aged Hereford Beef Ribs – beautifully marbled British beef, dry aged for exceptional flavour and perfect for low and slow cooking.

They’re very limited and won’t be on display, so if you’re after some, make sure you ask at the counter.

Whether you’re firing up the smoker, BBQ or cooking low and slow in the oven, these are an incredible weekend treat.

📍 Pop in and ask the team before they’re gone.

31/07/2026

Huge weekend ahead in Ilkley! We can’t wait Real Markets

Weekend plans sorted?

THE wait is almost over.