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Q-talk *ON TOPIC ONLY* QUALITY ON TOPIC discussion of Backyard BBQ, grilling, equipment and outdoor cookin' . ** Other cooking techniques are welcomed for when your cookin' in the kitchen. Post your hints, tips, tricks & techniques, success, failures, but stay on topic and watch for that hijacking. |
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12-05-2013, 10:42 AM | #466 | |
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No worries, most food bloggers are nuts, who think everyone wants to hear about the food they are eating and how cool they are. Just feed em enough to make them sick, you'll be golden.
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12-05-2013, 03:26 PM | #467 |
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12-05-2013, 03:31 PM | #468 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
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Man. Looks good. What kind of cake is that?
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12-05-2013, 03:35 PM | #469 |
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12-05-2013, 03:40 PM | #470 |
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I bet it IS good. Word of advice though. If you notice a customer has a distinct Southern accent, warn them about the sugar before they bite into it expecting cornbread. OR, even better. Have a camera ready to catch their reaction on video. Just sayin'...
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Guerry [FONT=Book Antiqua]Pit Beeatch for Team Munchkin[/FONT] [FONT=Book Antiqua][B]Avatar by Northwest BBQ [/B][/FONT]"...In nature, there are predators. I believe the common denominator of the universe is not harmony, but chaos, hostility and murder..." Werner Herzog |
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12-05-2013, 04:43 PM | #471 |
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I think you shouldn't worry about the food bloggers or the news paper, you make great Q our you wouldn't even be tryin this.
I'll be there in spirit brother wishing you the best. And dang that pic looks really good. Bob I'll see what I can do, got to remember a big coat to sneak it out for ya. But you got to pay shipping to the left coast
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12-05-2013, 04:51 PM | #472 |
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That's a good lookin' plate of food. I wish I could get down there saturday. Good luck!
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12-05-2013, 05:07 PM | #473 |
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I will be driving over soon.
I have a daughter who lives in Chicago next time I go there I will schedule in a side trip!! glad its finally coming together for you!!
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12-05-2013, 09:13 PM | #474 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
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Oooo, that looks great. I want to read the first blogger who mentions that you don't use real plates and serve on paper.
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12-05-2013, 09:15 PM | #475 |
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No matter what you say, people flat love that corncake stuff. Even I do. Like Chevy's sweet corn mush. I want to hate it, but, ask for seconds
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12-05-2013, 09:40 PM | #476 | |
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So yeah, it will be interesting. Will standing out among the competition be the big draw, or will people shy away because it's not what they are used to? Only time will tell, but I can say that from the dozens of people we've had come in so far to try the food, it's going to be a hit. I already have a regular "customer", an old North Carolina native who pops in almost every day if he drives by and sees my car there. He knows that I'll give him some samples and says it reminds him of home. And he's even putting together a neat custom frame to hold my first dollar in. I can only hope that all this excitement and loyalty before we open is a sign of good things to come, but I've always got my doubts. The proof will be in the pudding over the next six months or so. |
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12-05-2013, 09:43 PM | #477 |
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very cool about the old NC dude!
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12-05-2013, 10:20 PM | #478 |
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Talk to your customers is all I can say. Don't trust the critics or the bloggers too much. They can sway some opinions, but, talking with folks is the way to go. Sure it means you are not cooking, and that you don't get to do the fun stuff, unless you like talking to people. But, direct feedback, and asking folks to be honest, that matters a lot. Let them know that you want to learn what is, or isn't working.
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12-06-2013, 02:25 AM | #479 | |
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It's a restaurant. There's going to be kinks opening day. Any consumer with any brains should know that it's not going to be perfect out of the gate. If some lame blogger flames you. No sweat. They probably don't know what good BBQ is anyway. Funny new restaurant story, a Sonic (fast food hamburger joint) opened near me a couple weeks ago. My normal reaction before visiting any new restaurant is to "wait two or three weeks and let them work the kinks out" before I visit. Well, I was hungry and they were close. I think they had been open a little over a week. So I got a burger, etc from them. I'm at home eating it while doing some work and about half way though it I starting thinking "this burger is not right". So I opened it to investigate what the issue was. Much to my surprise...THERE WAS NO MEAT IN IT!!! LOLOL. Just lettuce, pickles, onions and mustard. No meat. I started laughing and showed the wife and I was like "What idiots!! They forgot to put meat in my hamburger!!!" The wife's reply......"Well, you ate most of it and did not even realize that, so that makes you a bigger idiot!" LOL. |
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12-06-2013, 06:42 AM | #480 | |
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I have been impressed by all of the knowledge and forethought you have put into this and I believe that your judgement on this issue is on target. Your spot is not too far off the track between us and our son's place in Auburn Hills and I look forward to stopping by one day.
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