Noise is good at Weber’s BBQ and More.

Patrons who have discovered the Manteca restaurant at 823 Mellon Ave. during the past eight months were encouraged to ring the bell or belt out a holler if they enjoyed the food.

For Carissa Weber, that noise has been sweet music.

She and husband are owners of Weber’s located at the corner of Mellon Avenue and East Wetmore Street in the Industrial Park area of town. Folks, however, may find the place off the beaten path, prompting the owners and some of the regulars to call Weber’s “Manteca’s best-kept secret.”

Out of sight, out of mind?

Carissa believes that many of the best places to eat are “off the ‘cutz.’”

Weber’s offers Southern cooking based on treasured family recipes collected from friends and relatives. Joe Weber, who had the restaurant under the same name in east Stockton about a year ago, is from Louisiana while Carissa is from Oklahoma. The mom-and-pop operation also includes sons, Myles, a Manteca High senior, and Jerried, who is a Tracy High graduate.

Southern hospitality is another part of the Weber experience.

“Our motto is ‘Come in as stranger and leave as friends,’” Carissa said.

Most of the meats are cooked up in ‘Cletus.’ That’s the name of the outdoor smoker using cherry wood rather than charcoal.

Weber’s offers mouth-watering food that comes from the soul. There’s nothing exotic, but rather authentic.

Take the barbecue pork ribs ($10.50) or beef ribs ($9.50), for example. Both are served up with green beans, sliced bread, and a choice of macaroni or potato salad. It’ll cost $1.50 extra to substitute any of the side orders.

A hind quarter of chicken ($7.50) comes with the same side orders.

And then there’s the Weber III cheeseburger ($7) – or, as Carissa puts it, “Six dollars plus one” – which is half-pound ground beef after cooking served on a grilled Genoa bun with bacon, cheese, lettuce and all the fixings.

Weber’s is also famous for its pulled pork and tri-tip meals along with Southern fried chicken and catfish, according to Carissa.

In addition, the menu features smothered pork chops, short ribs, chicken & dumplings, meatloaf, jambalaya, gumbo, Southern fried steak, Po’ boy sandwiches (a choice of shrimp, catfish, snapper, and ham & cheese), and side orders that include black-eyed peas, red beans & rice, candied yams, corn bread, collard greens and homemade macaroni and cheese.

Desserts include pie-by-the-slice sweet potato, key lime and pecan pies, and assorted cakes – also served by the slice – such as All-American chocolate, red velvet, German chocolate, and Uncle Jimmies’ 7Up pound cake.

Smoked turkey was a hit during the holiday, Carissa said.

So how good is Weber’s?

Ask those customers who most likely came away ringing the bell or belting out a holler.

“You guys have the best ribs and food in town,” the Zimmerman family said.

“Not only was the food amazing but we were treated like family,” said the O’Briens in a letter.

“The tri-tip and pulled pork were amazing,” the Brown family said.

During the winter months, Weber’s is open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday; 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday; and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday.

In addition, Weber’s will cater events for businesses and private parties.

More information can be obtained by calling (209) 823-4227 or fax (209) 823-3838.