About This Site

The Big Pilg

Every year, starting around October 1st, Port of Subs locations bring back The Pilgrim. It is a hot sub with sliced fresh turkey, savory stuffing, and tangy cranberry sauce. It is seasonal, limited, and gone before you know it.

In our house, we call it the Big Pilg. We also call it the Pilg. These are its canonical names now and we will not be taking questions.

The Pilgrim is not complicated. It does not need to be. It is a Thanksgiving meal inside a sub roll, and it shows up exactly when you start thinking about Thanksgiving, and it disappears right when the actual holiday arrives. That window -- early October to mid-autumn -- is precious.

Why This Site Exists

Because the wait is real. Because October 1st cannot come fast enough. Because we wanted a place to track the days and share what we have learned about how to survive the off-season.

We researched the Pilgrim's ingredients down to the brand level -- turkey supplier, stuffing product, cranberry sauce type -- and built a copycat recipe that gets as close as possible without having a Port of Subs in your kitchen. That research is on the Dossier page. The recipe is on the Recipe page. The countdown is on the front page.

That is the whole site. It does one thing and it tries to do it well.

Disclaimers

This site has no affiliation with Port of Subs, their parent company, or any of their suppliers. We are customers who like a sandwich. Port of Subs is a registered trademark of Port of Subs, Inc. Butterball, Stove Top, Pepperidge Farm, and Ocean Spray are trademarks of their respective companies. We are not representing any of these brands and they are not sponsoring us.

The ingredient dossier represents our best research and informed inference -- it is not insider information. Some of it is confirmed by Port of Subs' own public materials. Some of it is reasoned inference from public information about food service supply chains. We say clearly which is which on the Dossier page.