Like phone numbers and ill-considered doctoral theses, barbecue sauce often ends up on a napkin. Dole out savory blots with today’s Groupon to Croom’s Catering & BBQ in Chula Vista. Choose between the following options:

• For $15, you get a dining experience for two (up to a $29.96 total value. The meal includes:
• Two lunch or dinner combos (up to a $12.99 value each)

• Two 24-ounce fountain drinks with a free refill (up to a $1.99 value each)
  
  

• For $175, you get a wedding cake (up to a $350 value).
  
  

Croom’s lures in the protein-partial with seductive aromas that waft from its outdoor barbecue pit to delight patrons with a menu of saucy specialties. Bring a favored guest or tolerable frenemy and pick 2 of 13 combos, such as the quarter-chicken-and-two-ribs meal ($11.99). Diners looking to perfect the funky chicken dig into a chicken and 3-ounce tri-tip combo ($11.50), or place all culinary bets on the winning trifecta of the rib, chicken, and tri-tip combo ($12.99). Combo meals come with a duo of sides, such as barbecue baked beans, candied yams, or collard greens.

Patrons planning blissful nuptials or a fake wedding to conceal secret-agent status can commission Croom’s for an artful cake. Croom’s creative bakers work closely with patrons to design a wholly unique wedding cake, or clients already overwhelmed with the planning can pick from a selection of ready-to-make cakey architectures. Eight cake flavors, such as chocolate and yellow, keep the options open, and eight fillings including apricot, coconut pecan, and bavarian cream assure a good time despite the best man’s experimental interpretive-dance speech.