My Competition Storage cart

swamprb · 04-04-2007, 11:58 AM

I'm putting together a cart to hold some of my stuff for my first comp, its really a Paul Kirk cooking class with a Judging class but if I have the confidence after this I will do the real thing in a few weeks.

So I had an old Weber gas grill that was a POS but the cart was in good shape and I decided to put this together, It's still in the planning stage right now, I'm picking up a piece of stainless or aluminum sheet for the top in place of the plywood and was thinking of using some plastic cutting board on the fold up table. I've got a fire extinguisher to mount near the bottom and maybe a paper towel holder or trash container.

Would anyone care to give me any input or ideas that I might incorporate into this? Nothing is chiseled in stone yet and at the last comp I attended I was checking out peoples setups and saw a lot of Coleman camp kitchens, Tool rollaways etc. I can put my tables on the top and use it as a dolly too!
What do you seasoned pros think?

Brian

Solidkick · 04-04-2007, 12:01 PM

Good looking cart there my brother!

Westexbbq · 04-04-2007, 12:10 PM

I like it, coulda used something like that last weekend cooking with Dr. BBQ.
Thanks for the inspiration.
Definitely add the trash container and ease of paper towel access is very convenient.
Looks great and functional to boot.
Good luck and have fun in the upcoming class.

Smokin Gator · 04-04-2007, 12:17 PM

That looks really nice. I love the storage bins.

How about adding a hand sanitizer dispenser as well?

DeezQ · 04-04-2007, 12:36 PM

Very Cool. Should come in handy.

Puppyboy · 04-04-2007, 12:40 PM

Good lookin cart you have there.

thillin · 04-04-2007, 12:49 PM

Makes me wish I didn't trash the old weber frams I had.

Mrs. Sawdust · 04-04-2007, 12:50 PM

Nice job.

WineMaster · 04-04-2007, 12:54 PM

Very cool

Jorge · 04-04-2007, 01:06 PM

Make it taller if you can. Your back will thank you.

Bigmista · 04-04-2007, 01:28 PM

I agree with Jorge. Taller is better.

Sawdustguy · 04-04-2007, 02:45 PM

I agree with my wife. You really took a piece of junk and made it into something very, very useful. I wish I had one. Great job!

bcis93 · 04-04-2007, 07:05 PM

Nice job! Dont forget the bottle opener!

Plowboy · 04-04-2007, 09:21 PM

Mount a paper towel holder under the right hand side.

Cut a few slots in the plywood to drop your knives into when you aren't using them.

Screw or zip tie a trash can to the left hand side.

Looks good. Cook idea!

G$ · 04-05-2007, 09:28 AM

Swamp, this is great. I am going to go look and see if I can do the same thing with my old gasser.

Some comments:

We compete with 2 large and one smaller table. Will probably upgrade to three large ones soon. We are not very organized, so we need a lot of space to lose things. Getting organized like you would mess us all up.

How many "real" tables will you have? The table that you are going to do hard prep and cutting on needs to be STABLE. IMO, this cart would not be best for that. Therefore, the 'cutting board top' is a 'nice to have' feature, but not a requirement. I don't think you would do much "cutting" on it.

You already have the paper towel idea, I'd do that. Is this big enough to hold 3 wash tubs? We have a lot of cleaning supplies, we could probably fill a whole cart with them and designate the cart as the clean up station.

Quote:

Originally Posted by swamprb

I'm putting together a cart to hold some of my stuff for my first comp, its really a Paul Kirk cooking class with a Judging class but if I have the confidence after this I will do the real thing in a few weeks.

So I had an old Weber gas grill that was a POS but the cart was in good shape and I decided to put this together, It's still in the planning stage right now, I'm picking up a piece of stainless or aluminum sheet for the top in place of the plywood and was thinking of using some plastic cutting board on the fold up table. I've got a fire extinguisher to mount near the bottom and maybe a paper towel holder or trash container.

Would anyone care to give me any input or ideas that I might incorporate into this? Nothing is chiseled in stone yet and at the last comp I attended I was checking out peoples setups and saw a lot of Coleman camp kitchens, Tool rollaways etc. I can put my tables on the top and use it as a dolly too!
What do you seasoned pros think?

Brian

04-04-2007, 11:58 AM	#1
swamprb somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 10-27-06 Location: Bothell WA	My Competition Storage cart I'm putting together a cart to hold some of my stuff for my first comp, its really a Paul Kirk cooking class with a Judging class but if I have the confidence after this I will do the real thing in a few weeks. So I had an old Weber gas grill that was a POS but the cart was in good shape and I decided to put this together, It's still in the planning stage right now, I'm picking up a piece of stainless or aluminum sheet for the top in place of the plywood and was thinking of using some plastic cutting board on the fold up table. I've got a fire extinguisher to mount near the bottom and maybe a paper towel holder or trash container. Would anyone care to give me any input or ideas that I might incorporate into this? Nothing is chiseled in stone yet and at the last comp I attended I was checking out peoples setups and saw a lot of Coleman camp kitchens, Tool rollaways etc. I can put my tables on the top and use it as a dolly too! What do you seasoned pros think? Brian __________________ Brian - Left Hand Smoke BBQ PNWBA 2010 Team of the Year BGE's/WSM's/Pellet Pro WSM/BWS Gater/BDS Clones/Cookshack 008/Weber Performer w EZ-Que/Cajun Bandit/Rib-O-Lator Test Pilot/La Caja China/BBQ Guru/Weber 1000 RK Drum Coffee Roaster Follow Left Hand Smoke on Facebook!http://www.facebook.com/pages/Left-H...462391?sk=wall KCBS CBJ/PNWBA CBJ www.pnwba.com

04-04-2007, 12:01 PM	#2
Solidkick somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 10-21-03 Location: Bandera Owner in Missouri	Good looking cart there my brother! __________________ Mr. Kick ------------------------------------------------ *Belly Brothers BBQ Team* "Sister Flame" Spicewine Trailer Smoker,Modified Bandera, Uni-Flame Chicken Cooker with a Spicewine Thermometer mod,Kingsford Barrel cooker and a super fast RED thermapen KC always said "fat cap up!!

04-04-2007, 12:10 PM	#3
Westexbbq somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 09-02-05 Location: Rockin' Lake Ronfarkoma, Hinterlands of BBQ .	I like it, coulda used something like that last weekend cooking with Dr. BBQ. Thanks for the inspiration. Definitely add the trash container and ease of paper towel access is very convenient. Looks great and functional to boot. Good luck and have fun in the upcoming class. __________________ Illuminated, circa 1967. KCBS CBJ-Texas Transplant. Texas Smokemaster offset, Well-cured NB Silver Smoker, Santa Fe grill (retired). glory bee gasser. Texas International Pop Festival, Labor Day 1969. IMBAS Certified. Just roll me up and smoke me when I die. Always remember, no matter where ya go, there you are. I wanna tell you 'bout Texas radio and the big beat. Someday, I hope to visit Penelope. Hondo Crouch, Famous Late Mayor of Lunkenbach, Texas who advocated a 'dillo diet: "You can eat nothing but armadillos for a month, but you will have to run down and catch all the armadillos you eat and it can really take the weight off!"

04-04-2007, 12:17 PM	#4
Smokin Gator Babbling Farker Join Date: 12-01-06 Location: Fernandina Beach FL	That looks really nice. I love the storage bins. How about adding a hand sanitizer dispenser as well? __________________ [SIZE="2"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Food! It's the second most important thing to a young man, and the most important to an old one.[/FONT][/SIZE] ______________________________________________ -Brent Smokin Gators BBQ Team Medium Amazin' Blue Spicewine - It's a Swamp Thing UDS Large BGE - Adopted Medium BGE - Adopted Weber 22 inch w/mods Weber SJP Stoker Weber Genesis Silver C Gasser Constant wood lurker FBA CBJ

04-04-2007, 12:36 PM	#5
DeezQ Knows what a fatty is. Join Date: 03-10-07 Location: Texas, Dallas	Very Cool. Should come in handy. __________________ [FONT=Palatino Linotype]Backwoods Extended Party, [/FONT][FONT=Palatino Linotype]UDS, [/FONT][FONT=Palatino Linotype]Weber Kettle 22.5 (x 2), [/FONT][FONT=Palatino Linotype]Gasser, Orion Cooker, [/FONT][FONT=Palatino Linotype]24x48 Custom Griller, [/FONT][FONT=Palatino Linotype]Turkey Fryer x 2, [/FONT][FONT=Palatino Linotype]Small BGE, ECB, Char Broil Double Chef[/FONT]

04-04-2007, 12:40 PM	#6
Puppyboy Babbling Farker Join Date: 07-07-06 Location: Osage City, Kansas	Good lookin cart you have there. __________________ www.facebook.com/BarkinDawgsBBQCatering

04-04-2007, 12:49 PM	#7
thillin somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 07-21-04 Location: Keller, Texas	Makes me wish I didn't trash the old weber frams I had. __________________ Med Spicewine-adopted 3/13/10 *CL Score* 2 Large BGEs(pimped out w/Thirdeye Eggcessories)-hatched 6/4/07 & 4/20/11 Med BGE-adopted 2/2/08 *CL Score* -SOLD Mini BGE-adopted 1/31/08 *CL Score* Traeger 075-adopted 12/3/11 CL Score Weber 1 touch *CL Score* Weber Spirit 500 *CL Score* Weber Smokey Joe Silver *CL Score* BLUE & RED Thermapens Klose 20x42-SOLD Paddlin Pigs BBQ Ty

04-04-2007, 12:50 PM	#8
Mrs. Sawdust On the road to being a farker Join Date: 07-17-06 Location: Vernon,CT	Nice job. __________________ Michele (Brewmistress and Pitmistress) BBQ Team: Lawn Guyland Smokers Brewery: Black Dog Brewery Equipment: "Sam-I-Am: XL Big Green Egg "R2 and D2": Twin 22" Weber Smokey Mountains Brewery: Custom Made Automated Souped Up Sabco

04-04-2007, 12:54 PM	#9
WineMaster Babbling Farker Join Date: 01-16-07 Location: Southern MN	Very cool __________________ Dan MJH From Backyard Bomber BBQ -- Junior YS 640 Comp 22.5 Weber Kettle Blue Thermopen Comp Team Wine & Swine

04-04-2007, 01:06 PM	#10
Jorge somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 01-23-04 Location: DFW, San AntonioTx	Make it taller if you can. Your back will thank you. __________________ You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer. --Frank Zappa Keeping Valspar in BBQ, one cook at a time. Recipient of a Huggies box! Shut up, and cook!!!!

04-04-2007, 01:28 PM	#11
Bigmista somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 05-24-04 Location: Long Beach, CA	I agree with Jorge. Taller is better. __________________ Wait! Bigmista wrote a cookbook? Rec Tec RT-700 Bull Pitmaker Vault Remembering Scott

04-04-2007, 02:45 PM	#12
Sawdustguy Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 09-14-05 Location: Vernon, Connecticut	I agree with my wife. You really took a piece of junk and made it into something very, very useful. I wish I had one. Great job! __________________ Guy (Pitmaster) BBQ Team: Lawn Guyland Smokers Stupidity for Dummies …because sometimes, you just can’t dumb it down enough…

04-04-2007, 07:05 PM	#13
bcis93 On the road to being a farker Join Date: 07-24-06 Location: Born in Texas Live in Nashville, TN	Nice job! Dont forget the bottle opener! __________________ DoRagQ bcis93.blogspot.com & www.doragq.com & www.flickr.com/photos/doragq Do-Rag-Q FE100, Stick Burner, NB Black Diamond, NB Bandera 2010 Sponsors - Early Times Whisky, American Bass Association, Wireless Plus, & Motorola! Thanks For Your Support!

04-04-2007, 09:21 PM	#14
Plowboy somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 10-09-06 Location: Blue Springs, MO	Mount a paper towel holder under the right hand side. Cut a few slots in the plywood to drop your knives into when you aren't using them. Screw or zip tie a trash can to the left hand side. Looks good. Cook idea! __________________ Pork Pullin Plowboys (and Smoke on Wheels) Save a hog, ride a plowboy! www.plowboysbbq.com Todd Johns (me); Blue Springs, MO Randy Hinck (PigBoy); Concordia, MO Andy Groneman (Hodedo); KC, KS (Cameo Appearances) FEC-500SS; FEC-100 (Right handed); FEC-100 (Left handed); Country Smoker Tailgater; Big Green Egg (2-large, small, mini); Cookshack Pellet Fired Charbroiler

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