jeffh
Got Wood.
- Joined
- Dec 4, 2011
- Location
- Newfoundland, Canada
Where I live there is a lot of red tape involved with any kind of vending/farmers markets/etc. Even a concession trailer would need to have a commercial kitchen for a "home base" and would need to make return trips every day and be parked in a commercial area when not in use. In other words, if you don't own a restaurant, it is near impossible to open such a business.
Don't get me wrong, I'm glad the regulations are there to keep me safe, but it does make it difficult to start out small and grow from there.
One grey area I have come across is catering - specifically cooking on site and serving immediately. I've recently reached out to the local HD for clarification.
If they give me the green light to open a business doing small-scale catering (50-75 people) I have to consider how I would cook the food. I live in a relatively remote area of Canada and shipping (coupled with US/Canada Exchange rates) would make purchasing conventional caterer type cookers (Meadow Creek/Backwoods/Fast Eddy's/Etc) financially challenging.
However, I can have shipped to my door (via Home Depot) 2 22.5 WSM's for under $1000. If I wanted to really splurge I could spend and extra $1000 for a Rock's Stoker setup (I figure it would help manage any tight deadlines and keep temps steady).
So, I guess this post is a long, roundabout way of asking if you guys think I could make a go of small scale catering with just two WSM's? I figure I could arrive at a guest home early in the AM. Put food on right away (two WSM's could fit up to 8 butts, or 4 briskets, or 16 chickens, etc). Then prep sides in their kitchen. Serve and clean up.
I figure worst case, I would gain a couple of more cookers :grin:
Don't get me wrong, I'm glad the regulations are there to keep me safe, but it does make it difficult to start out small and grow from there.
One grey area I have come across is catering - specifically cooking on site and serving immediately. I've recently reached out to the local HD for clarification.
If they give me the green light to open a business doing small-scale catering (50-75 people) I have to consider how I would cook the food. I live in a relatively remote area of Canada and shipping (coupled with US/Canada Exchange rates) would make purchasing conventional caterer type cookers (Meadow Creek/Backwoods/Fast Eddy's/Etc) financially challenging.
However, I can have shipped to my door (via Home Depot) 2 22.5 WSM's for under $1000. If I wanted to really splurge I could spend and extra $1000 for a Rock's Stoker setup (I figure it would help manage any tight deadlines and keep temps steady).
So, I guess this post is a long, roundabout way of asking if you guys think I could make a go of small scale catering with just two WSM's? I figure I could arrive at a guest home early in the AM. Put food on right away (two WSM's could fit up to 8 butts, or 4 briskets, or 16 chickens, etc). Then prep sides in their kitchen. Serve and clean up.
I figure worst case, I would gain a couple of more cookers :grin: