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05-12-2009, 11:11 AM | #1 |
is one Smokin' Farker
Join Date: 10-11-08
Location: south bend, in
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Need help with roadside vendor menu!
OK. Really been thinking and planning on how to open up a BBQ roadside Vendor site. I have already discussed permits, hardships, and reasons for failure. This time I would like opinions on what to prepare for sale. I will try to have two spots. 1. is a parling lot corner with good traffic and businesses. The other is a tavern which has two type of crowds ( a during the day crowd of laborers, drinkers, and bikers: and an after 10pm crowd the hip-hop folks)
I was thinking start out with ribs at both places at noon and another ribs at 5:00pm. maybe some turkey legs, or some pulled pork. what would be on your venue for your roadside menu just starting out? |
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05-12-2009, 11:23 AM | #2 |
is One Chatty Farker
Join Date: 01-29-07
Location: Fountain Hills, AZ
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IMHO - Serve quality items that you can "turn" quickly, that customers can walk away with, eat in the car, or take with them. Ribs are problematic this way. Quick, hot, tasty and priced right will get it done.
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05-12-2009, 12:04 PM | #3 |
is One Chatty Farker
Join Date: 03-16-07
Location: Coxsackie NY
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Do whats good and easy first pulled pork sammies, brisket sammies,pulled pork nachos are easy with little more add on and are a great bare food. I would have a chicken sammie also. Ribs are a pain but make them a once a week special or and order only item. Add on items as business increases and try to use what you are already cooking to make your other dishes such as puklled pork and brisket burritos. Good luck bud i have been were you are and a year later it is all coming together if you ever want to chat pm me.
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05-12-2009, 02:28 PM | #4 |
is One Chatty Farker
Join Date: 09-10-06
Location: Fort Worth, TX
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I would probably run with brisket and pulled pork, less work and less chance for failure. Plus the customer can get a lot more bang for the buck. Them ribs can be a lot of work. Plus day laborers are probably not gonna spring for a $12-15 plate of ribs.
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05-12-2009, 10:18 PM | #5 |
On the road to being a farker
Join Date: 10-27-08
Location: forked river,nj
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Pulled pork,brisket and ribs are always a sure winner.
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05-14-2009, 07:26 AM | #6 |
is One Chatty Farker
Join Date: 10-06-08
Location: wading river, ny
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pulled pork, brisket, chicken, and if you can fry something, do it, day laborers will always spring for chicken tenders and french fries. Burgers are always a quick hit even if they are made to order.
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05-14-2009, 10:19 AM | #7 |
On the road to being a farker
Join Date: 09-26-06
Location: Kuna, Idaho
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Smokinit is right on track. Pulled Pork and Brisket Sammies are a great way to start. We run both sammies, bbq nacho, Hot links and beans. Something else to keep in mind is presentation and price. Give them a large sandwich for the price. We use a 4" bun with 4-5 oz of product. We were running our sammies at $6 with a larger bun and an 6-7oz product. They sold ok. I dropped them to $5 on a smaller bun which made the sammie look bigger and I'm selling 3x as many sammies to the same crowd.
As for ribs, they are a pain to vend IMO. Hard to eat on the go and you will go through alot more of your consumables (Napkins, boats and sauce) in the process. As the others have said, use the ribs and chicken for a Friday or Sat night special. People will plan for it. Hope this helps.
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05-18-2009, 06:51 AM | #8 |
Is lookin for wood to cook with.
Join Date: 11-11-08
Location: youngstown
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I did a vending gig last month. Pulled pork outsold every thing, I also had chicken & ribs. I took the leftover chicken pulled it & made sammies, the sammies out did every thing on the menue.
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