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Q-talk *ON TOPIC ONLY* QUALITY ON TOPIC discussion of Backyard BBQ, grilling, equipment and outdoor cookin' . ** Other cooking techniques are welcomed for when your cookin' in the kitchen. Post your hints, tips, tricks & techniques, success, failures, but stay on topic and watch for that hijacking. |
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05-14-2019, 03:13 AM | #76 |
Babbling Farker
Join Date: 06-24-17
Location: Monroe, GA
Name/Nickname : Viet King Cong
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Planning on a full service sit down bbq restaurant or buy by the pound and sit down type? Looks like the pizza place had a buffet set up.
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05-14-2019, 11:49 AM | #77 | |
Got Wood.
Join Date: 04-16-19
Location: Wilmington, NC
Name/Nickname : James
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I am going to check out a few episodes, I definitely am on a budget. Was planning on buying a lot of my FFE (outside of smokers) at auctions. I hope I get to the point where I can only update sporadically due to the business! I'll do my best as the months go by to post as many updates as possible You guys are the best! |
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05-14-2019, 11:50 AM | #78 |
Got Wood.
Join Date: 04-16-19
Location: Wilmington, NC
Name/Nickname : James
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05-14-2019, 11:51 AM | #79 |
Got Wood.
Join Date: 04-16-19
Location: Wilmington, NC
Name/Nickname : James
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Definitely not full service, I want to get people in and out as quickly as possible due to dining room limitations. Quick service, order at one end, pick up food at the other end. Also have a drive thru that I plan on utilizing in the future for call in orders.
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05-14-2019, 12:08 PM | #80 |
Babbling Farker
Join Date: 11-15-13
Location: West Linn, OR
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It would be cool if you could have the meat sliced in front of the customer at that front counter as they ordered like at Franklin BBQ.
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05-14-2019, 12:34 PM | #81 |
Got Wood.
Join Date: 04-16-19
Location: Wilmington, NC
Name/Nickname : James
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05-14-2019, 02:51 PM | #82 |
Found some matches.
Join Date: 04-30-19
Location: Rio Rancho, NM
Name/Nickname : Scottie
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05-14-2019, 02:53 PM | #83 |
is One Chatty Farker
Join Date: 04-27-16
Location: Middle Michigan
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I look forward to following your success!
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05-14-2019, 03:43 PM | #84 | |
is one Smokin' Farker
Join Date: 08-02-07
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Name/Nickname : David
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Basically hood prices have gone through the roof. I put a 15 foot full ansul system in 2010 and it was 14k. an 8 foot in 2018 was 15k. Check out your grease trap and make sure it is in good working order, as I wrote that into the second place lease and the landlord had to replace that at a cost of 5k. I also wrote a 2 year warranty into the lease on the HVAC system, cause replacing a condenser is not cheap. All in around 75k to open the doors. It should not cost that much, but it does. dealing with simple plans and submissions to the city, change orders. New prep tables, smokers and such. The biggest lesson I learned is used refrigeration is a big gamble at best. Really look at the condition of the walk in and any prep coolers and such you might use. I spent so much time and money fixing used prep table, that it did not save me anythiing by going used. And they always seem to break, just as the health inspector comes in the door. If the fans and condenser are old or marginal, Now is the time to replace with new fans and condensers, not a year in when you have 5k in food items in them. You can always re tile the bathroom and such later. DON'T MESS WITH CHEAP REFRIGERATION. lol Hire more people than you think, cause you will want to fire half of them the first day. Best of luck
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05-14-2019, 04:43 PM | #85 |
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Join Date: 02-22-10
Location: USA
Name/Nickname : Private
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Good advice above. I built a restaurant from the ground up and tried to save money on used. In the end it was more expensive for all the reasons he just stated. If you don't already get a good HVAC company lined up. I closed in 2 years, never worked so hard to lose so much money in my life! Not saying you will just that the restaurant biz is a tough one.
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05-14-2019, 05:20 PM | #86 |
On the road to being a farker
Join Date: 04-05-19
Location: Angier, North Carolina
Name/Nickname : Mike
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Look forward to your updates. We go down to Topsail a couple of times a year and Wilmington isn't that far down the road.
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05-14-2019, 06:19 PM | #87 |
is one Smokin' Farker
Join Date: 07-27-07
Location: Minneapolis
Name/Nickname : Hey you
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what job did you quit?
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05-14-2019, 07:17 PM | #88 |
is One Chatty Farker
Join Date: 12-19-15
Location: Belford NJ
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Best of luck we are all pulling for you, thank you for sharing your journey.
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05-14-2019, 07:26 PM | #89 | |
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Join Date: 02-22-14
Location: Kensington, MD
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Can we scrap entirely the idea of Drive-Through? I may be out of my league, but that is one entirely different business, within your business. Let's do #1 Excellent, then, look into drive through - maybe. And one UDS can do at least 4 butts per shift. 3 or 4 UDS to add to the arsenal for the WIN! |
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05-14-2019, 07:37 PM | #90 | |
Got Wood.
Join Date: 04-16-19
Location: Wilmington, NC
Name/Nickname : James
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Reach in coolers I was leaning towards new, but I think you sold me on them completely. Fryer/Stovetop/alto shams I might still go used but new on everything else How long was you build out period? |
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