First Catering Job

BBQ Grail · 06-01-2008, 07:14 PM

Had some friends whose daughter was married yesterday they asked me if I would prepare some food for them. The idea was just "walking around" type of food.

It was a blast and I made a few dollars. Wasn't much, but it gave me a taste and now I'm hooked. Health Department and City are up on the list to visit this week.

Fixed some ABTs, Fatties, Pig Candy and Grilled Teriyaki Chicken.

Here's the bite sized bits of Teriyaki Chicken with grilled pineapple.

ABTs and fatties. We cut the ABTs in half with instructions to the people serving they needed to place them in the pans. Instead they dumped them in and some got to be a little messy.

The ABTs were a hit. Soaked the Japs in Sprint so they had very little heat. Worked out great. Didn't charge enough for the ABTs though. 200 hundred of them took a long time to prepare.

Pig Candy. Bite sized pieces again but people were eating them like...candy. Brown sugar with just a hint of Chipotle powder for a little back of the throat tingle.

Sauces with the ABTs and Fatties. Ranch, Chipotle Ranch, Blackberry Chipotle and the grooms favorite: Bulls Eye. (Yeah, I know)

What's great is I have one confirmed gig from this and four possibles. My dear wife spent the day cooking with me and is hooked to. Looks like I may have a new part time job.

She also commented that "maybe you'll need a bigger smoker if this all works out." YEAH BABY!

Don Marco · 06-01-2008, 07:18 PM

Wow, congrats on your first job and especially on the support of your wife.

The future is bright , eh ?

Cheers !

DM

McClung · 06-01-2008, 07:21 PM

Gotta love it when the wife talks like that!

Norcoredneck · 06-01-2008, 07:48 PM

Congrats on the success.

jestridge · 06-01-2008, 07:51 PM

Look like you done a wonderful job . It all look great. Would you please tell me more about taking heat out of the jap never hear of it.

Rookie'48 · 06-01-2008, 07:53 PM

Larry - out of curiosity, what did you or how much should you have charged for the ABTs? PS - nice lookin' eats

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Spydermike72 · 06-01-2008, 08:10 PM

Congrats Larry!! Good looking food!!

jpw23 · 06-01-2008, 08:20 PM

Congrats man!!!! Looks great

BBQ Grail · 06-01-2008, 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rookie'48

Larry - out of curiosity, what did you or how much should you have charged for the ABTs? PS - nice lookin' eats

.

I took the cost of all the food and supplies and doubled it. $349.00 was what I charged for 22lbs of chicken, 200 abts, 6 pounds of fatty and 5lbs of pig candy.

I miscalculated a few things but my "profit" was about a $135.00 instead of $175.00.

Next time on the ABTs I'm going go 2.5 times or 3 times. They are just a lot more labor intensive than I though they would be.

I learned a lot from this one so I figure paying a small "dumb tax" isn't all that bad.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jestridge

Look like you done a wonderful job . It all look great. Would you please tell me more about taking heat out of the jap never hear of it.

Remove the veins and seeds from the jabs and then soak them for 24 hours in Sprint it will take the vast majority of the heat our of them and just leave the flavor.

I'm planning to use the sprite to spritz a couple of pork butts next weekend just to see what happens.

MAB52 · 06-01-2008, 11:44 PM

Very nice Larry, congratulations on your success and most of all it sounds like you had a blast!!

CaptGrumpy · 06-02-2008, 12:23 AM

Nice spread Larry!
I have heard of soaking in Sprite but what is Sprint??

Plowboy · 06-02-2008, 12:29 AM

Looks really nice. I like the sauce caddy. Really cool.

Forney · 06-02-2008, 01:33 AM

Good job Larry!

grillfella · 06-02-2008, 01:36 AM

Good job Fox looks like you bought warmers and everything. It gets worse you will buy tables, table cloths ect.. invest in a five foot grill from smart and final

good luck

BBQ Grail · 06-02-2008, 01:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grillfella

Good job Fox looks like you bought warmers and everything. It gets worse you will buy tables, table cloths ect.. invest in a five foot grill from smart and final

good luck

The grill has not arrived at our Smart and Final yet. I'm watching...

06-01-2008, 07:14 PM	#1
BBQ Grail somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 08-11-03 Location: Rocklin, CA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	First Catering Job Had some friends whose daughter was married yesterday they asked me if I would prepare some food for them. The idea was just "walking around" type of food. It was a blast and I made a few dollars. Wasn't much, but it gave me a taste and now I'm hooked. Health Department and City are up on the list to visit this week. Fixed some ABTs, Fatties, Pig Candy and Grilled Teriyaki Chicken. Here's the bite sized bits of Teriyaki Chicken with grilled pineapple. ABTs and fatties. We cut the ABTs in half with instructions to the people serving they needed to place them in the pans. Instead they dumped them in and some got to be a little messy. The ABTs were a hit. Soaked the Japs in Sprint so they had very little heat. Worked out great. Didn't charge enough for the ABTs though. 200 hundred of them took a long time to prepare. Pig Candy. Bite sized pieces again but people were eating them like...candy. Brown sugar with just a hint of Chipotle powder for a little back of the throat tingle. Sauces with the ABTs and Fatties. Ranch, Chipotle Ranch, Blackberry Chipotle and the grooms favorite: Bulls Eye. (Yeah, I know) What's great is I have one confirmed gig from this and four possibles. My dear wife spent the day cooking with me and is hooked to. Looks like I may have a new part time job. She also commented that "maybe you'll need a bigger smoker if this all works out." YEAH BABY! __________________ Larry The best way to reach me is with email: larry@thebbqgrail.com

06-01-2008, 07:21 PM	#3
McClung is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 03-19-08 Location: Edgewood, WA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Gotta love it when the wife talks like that! __________________ [B][FONT=Comic Sans MS]Tim[/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=1]The Good One Model 30/24P UDS Smoke and Thistle Competition Barbecue Team 1Lazy1 Brand, A Texas Original Lifetime member Displaced Texans [/SIZE] [I]THE SPICY FAIRY ROCKS![/I] [/FONT][/B]

06-01-2008, 07:48 PM	#4
Norcoredneck somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 07-11-06 Location: Norco, Ca. Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Congrats on the success. __________________ *Low and Slow.....* *The Prontologist is in...* *Ok let's see your Butt!* Last edited by Norcoredneck; 06-01-2008 at 08:05 PM..

06-01-2008, 07:53 PM	#6
Rookie'48 Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 11-12-06 Location: Des Moines, Iowa Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Larry - out of curiosity, what did you or how much should you have charged for the ABTs? PS - nice lookin' eats. __________________ Dave Compton KCBS MasterCBJ # 22569 KCBS BoD Judges' Advocate Possibly the only judge ever to get an award from a bunch of cooks UDS 075 UCB WSM and a bunch of other stuff. The above post is only my opinion - mine & mine alone.

06-01-2008, 08:10 PM	#7
Spydermike72 Babbling Farker Join Date: 07-17-06 Location: Flushing Michigan Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Congrats Larry!! Good looking food!! __________________ Mike Rubbed,Smoked, and Sauced BBQ Team Powered by Bar's Leak and Rislone RSSBBQ.COM Backwoods Competitor Backwoods Party Ranch Kettle,Weber Performerl Certified Moink Baller President of the Great Lakes BBQ Association For those who fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know

06-01-2008, 07:18 PM	#2
Don Marco is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 08-09-07 Location: Germany Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Wow, congrats on your first job and especially on the support of your wife. The future is bright , eh ? Cheers ! DM

06-01-2008, 07:51 PM	#5
jestridge somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 12-28-07 Location: annville ky Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Look like you done a wonderful job . It all look great. Would you please tell me more about taking heat out of the jap never hear of it.

06-01-2008, 08:20 PM	#8
jpw23 Babbling Farker Join Date: 12-02-05 Location: Ky Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Congrats man!!!! Looks great __________________ __________________ --------------------------------------------------- Chargriller pro offset X 2 Brinkman Gourmet Smoker 7-N-1 r2d2 looking cooker(on loan never to be returned) Slightly bent Weber kettle Scratch and dent wally world Uniflame kettle new link to new musical adventure coming soon!!!!

06-01-2008, 11:44 PM	#10
MAB52 Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 05-04-08 Location: Albany, OR Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Very nice Larry, congratulations on your success and most of all it sounds like you had a blast!! __________________ Mike, Traeger "Lil Tex" Pellet Smoker 04/08, Uniflame Charcoal Grill 04/04

06-02-2008, 12:23 AM	#11
CaptGrumpy is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 03-03-08 Location: Sacramento, CA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Nice spread Larry! I have heard of soaking in Sprite but what is Sprint?? __________________ [SIZE=3][COLOR=black][B][U]Team Grumpy[/U][/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [COLOR=blue][I]Stone Cold Killas- If it moves, we kill it & then BBQ it! [/I][/COLOR] [COLOR=blue][I]We don't care what it is so you had better sit real still![/I][/COLOR] [COLOR=red]Red Thermapen & Red Guru DigiQII[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkgreen]Extra Large Big Green Egg [/COLOR][SIZE=1][COLOR=yellowgreen]adopted 13JUN08[/COLOR][/SIZE] [COLOR=darkgreen]Large Big Green Egg[/COLOR] [SIZE=1][COLOR=yellowgreen]adopted 25MAR08[/COLOR][/SIZE] [COLOR=darkgreen]Small Big Green Egg[/COLOR] [SIZE=1][COLOR=yellowgreen]adopted 01JUN08[/COLOR][/SIZE]

06-02-2008, 12:29 AM	#12
Plowboy somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 10-09-06 Location: Blue Springs, MO Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Looks really nice. I like the sauce caddy. Really cool. __________________ 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

06-02-2008, 01:33 AM	#13
Forney is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 04-25-07 Location: Salem, Ohio Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Good job Larry! __________________ Eric Salem, Ohio Perry Lodge #185, F&AM ([I]Dean Gerber Award[/I]) [I][B][FONT=Comic Sans MS]GO MEAT!![/FONT][/B][/I]

06-02-2008, 01:36 AM	#14
grillfella is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 02-13-07 Location: Best BBQ in south whittier los angeles Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Good job Fox looks like you bought warmers and everything. It gets worse you will buy tables, table cloths ect.. invest in a five foot grill from smart and final good luck

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