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09-28-2011, 07:59 PM | #1 |
is one Smokin' Farker
Join Date: 07-18-06
Location: Southeast Missouri
Name/Nickname : Mooner
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So, how did it start?
So yeah, I love BBQ, wanna fight about it? I cook at home, I cook for the family, I do some comps, blah blah.
In my town everyone who sells pellet grills sells Traeger's. And I do mean everyone. So, I did some research, got off my butt and put a little money into getting the only Green Mountain Grills dealership in town. I have a full time job working at the family business and I do the pellet grill thing on the side. I keep em stored in the warehouse at work and sometimes people call and say "hey man, can we come by and look at a grill"? Long story short, the infrequency of the calls is slightly disappointing, and as I am constantly yearning to be a little more involved in all things BBQ I am considering trying my hand at some "very light" weekend catering gigs. When I say light I mean cooking meat in an FEC100 in the garage, cooking sides in my oven, putting chit into a cambro, driving it to said bachelor party, slapping some high fives, glancing at the stripper and rolling out. I don't want to have to come back for anything. I'm confident in my Q, got some amazing baked beans that the wife makes, and my cole slaw I will put against anyone . Sooooo, before you all doze off from reading my life story, how does a tiny caterer just cook a couple events a month out of an FEC in the garage and an electric Kenmore in the kitchen? I really don't want to have to pay for a website and all that. I will however bend to peer pressure and buy some business cards. Can it be done? Story at 11.
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09-28-2011, 08:02 PM | #2 |
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Join Date: 04-22-10
Location: NEW ENGLAND
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great minds think alike...you put it better than me though. inserting stripper mod.
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09-28-2011, 08:20 PM | #3 | |
somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 05-03-06
Location: Ventura, CA
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You need insurance, hot and cold serve equipment and the list goes on.... And, gasp, you may need a website.
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09-28-2011, 09:05 PM | #4 | |
is one Smokin' Farker
Join Date: 07-18-06
Location: Southeast Missouri
Name/Nickname : Mooner
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Yeah I live in MOFO land, I think they are a little bit more lenient when it comes to the HD. I read a whole PDF on food prep guidelines and there is all sorts of stuff in there on cooking from your home and if you don't sell 10k a year and so on and so forth. I am gonna go the proper route of course so long as it doesn't cost me an arm and a leg. So, I may get lucky since I am starting off and won't have to do all the BS that you good folks in Cali have to. We can hope.
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09-29-2011, 11:19 AM | #5 |
is one Smokin' Farker
Join Date: 02-03-06
Location: tulsa oklahoma
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What you are proposing would be illegal in Oklahoma and anywhere else I've heard of.
That said, many caterers start out as "outlaws", but it is for sure a risk. No matter what have insurance. If they okay you cooking from a non HD approved facility, you will probably be fine.
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09-29-2011, 12:00 PM | #6 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 10-16-10
Location: Culver City, CA
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Not sure about all the catering stuff, but if yer only glancing at the strippers, they need to hire better strippers.
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10-02-2011, 08:42 PM | #7 |
is one Smokin' Farker
Join Date: 10-09-09
Location: Maryville, TN
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I have been interested in doing some BBQ catering for a long time. My ex and I used to have a catering business that was going well until she got lazy and started turning down jobs! Anyway...
Upon carefully reading the rules for food service establishments here in Tennessee, there's a little passage that says something like "casual, infrequent food sellers did not have to comply with the state / local regulations for food service establishments. I thought to myself "surely that ain't right?" So, I called the local HD and asked him about it. He said "yep, that's correct!" When I asked what he considered "infrequent," he said, "oh, once a month or so." But he went on to say that you couldn't hand out business cards, etc., in other words, have a formal business. So, at least here in TN, you can try your hand without investing a fortune to meet code. Carefully read your local codes. Who knows, could be the same where you live!
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10-02-2011, 09:12 PM | #8 |
is one Smokin' Farker
Join Date: 10-06-09
Location: Centerville TN
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Can you message me a link to the Tennessee laws I need to read them since I sell my BBQ sometimes
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10-03-2011, 04:11 AM | #9 |
On the road to being a farker
Join Date: 12-10-10
Location: Waverly, TN
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I flew under the radar for 4 months, but expansion got the best of us and got trailer with HD blessings and we sell 5 days a week . Not worth losing everything to a lawyer. Go legal.
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