First Catering Job

trp1fox said:
Well that will be my choice. Told her it might have to be a trailered model and she didn't say no.
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My wife recently had a few too many cocktails and started asking for a boat. I told her sure, but that means I'd have to buy a bigger truck to pull it and the smoker that I would buy as my toy. Once we all sobered up a bit, we agreed on the plan, but had to move the date out a bit.

Lesson learned?? Give the wife plenty of blueberry vodka and lemonade whenever I want to buy a new toy!
 
trp1fox said:
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.

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

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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.

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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.

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

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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!
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DUDE that looks AWESOME! You Rock!!
 
Larry, looks like you did a great job!!!!

trp1fox said:
She also commented that "maybe you'll need a bigger smoker if this all works out." YEAH BABY!
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All part of the master plan!

trp1fox said:
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.
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I know that feeling, you want to make some money, but you don't want to screew the customer... I started thinking "What would you pay for this in a resturant?" and then cutting the price back a bit...

grillfella said:
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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^^^^ what he said... Just picked up the new gasser for serving...
 
Congrads Larry it all looks really good. I got bit by the catering bug myself this past winter, cooked for 30 at our companies Xmas party. Still trying to get all the health stuff, insurance and $$ sorted out but already have a gig booked for 75 later this summer. It is definitely very cool to get paid for doing something you love.
 
trp1fox said:
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.



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.
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This may be dumb question what is sprint????
 
trp1fox said:
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.
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We charge $15/dozen for ABT's and people don't bat an eye. They are definitely labor-intensive, but very popular (especially for tailgates). Looks like you did a great job, congrats on the other gigs.

I started from a backyard Qer, to competitive BBQ, to BBQ Caterer. I'm hooked as well. Save yourself a lot of time and check with your local/state codes for caterers or mobile food vendors and go from there. Good job outta you! :-D
 
trp1fox said:
The grill has not arrived at our Smart and Final yet. I'm watching...
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Congrats Larry and wife.

I picked up one of the Smart and final grills last Sunday. They are $307.99, $333.40 with tax. I thought I would get one since my smoker is not done yet.:mrgreen:
 
Nice job on all of it. Oh the new toys, they are wonderful:lol:. Great idea on using the sprite to cool the Japs down, nerver heard of it, but will try it :icon_bigsmil
 
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