Where has the past week gone? I don't even know what day it is. It's been crazy as usual. A few more brethren have stopped by, which is always cool.
But this weekend kicks off what will be a ton of events through the end of the month. Tomorrow we're taking the mobile units to some harvest festival. We are one of only two food vendors, so as long as the weather and turnout is good, it should be a great boost for weekend sales.
Then on monday we're taking the Shirley about an hour away to a hog farm. They are bringing in clients and vendors of theirs from all around, have some great craft breweries coming in, and we have been given the honor to cook their fresh pork for everyone. Doing a bunch of whole loins, butts, ribs, and bellies. The pressure is on to make sure we don't fark this one up!
Then rolling into next week we've got a big wedding and a few big tailgate parties. A few days later the city is having a "BBQ Crawl" and contest, which we obviously are entering and should be serving a few hundred people. After that, we're setting up the mobile units to do a fundraiser which will require cooking 300 chicken dinners. :shock: I'm tired just thinking about all of that.
Today I rolled out the official start of chili season. People have been begging for it since I stopped serving it back in March, so they are glad it's back. I guess I got to keep serving it while we still hold the title for best chili. And finally, we're putting the finishing touches on our thanksgiving smoked turkey whatchamacallit. People really want us to smoke turkeys for them, so we're going to put together a first come first served list and when the slots are filled, they are filled. Then the day before thanksgiving I'll cram as many turkeys as I can into the Shirley and call it a day.
Thinking back and realizing I'm closing in on the first actual year of business, it's amazing to see how little I actually knew, how much I've learned, and how fortunate I am with how well things have gone. But never take anything for granted.
