Assume you have been fooling around with smoking pork shoulderss and smoked briskets in the back yard for several years.
You have wowed your neighbors and friends with the quality of your tasty products and now you think it is time to take it to the next level and make a little money from the hobby you enjoy.
Here are a few tips from friends of mine who have made a profitable business out of smoking and grilling Boston Butts and pork ribs: 1st Step: Collect the necessary items it will take to get you started making the best barbecue pork, smoke ribs and roasted chicken anyone can find in your area of the country.
Secure a location that will guarantee that a lot of people will pass in front of your barbecue business.
One of my neighbors put his smoker/grill in a convenience store parking lot.
All he paid was ten dollars a day for that privilege.
Next, if you are within your town's city limits, you probably will need a food service license.
There are different categories so it shouldn't cost a lot.
Buying a permit is cheaper than having to pay a fine for not having one.
2nd Step: Now that you have the legal stuff out of the way, it is time to get all of your equipment in place.
You have to have an umbrella.
One of those patio umbrellas is best, but even a beach umbrella will make you daydream of a joyous and fun filled day.
They won't think of anything but having a good time.
What could be more delightful than a southern type barbeque with your own special sauce? You have got to have your own sauce.
Of course you will need a smoker and grill.
If you want to look like you know what you are doing, use a barrel that has been cut in half.
If you don't want one that looks homemade, you can buy a new one and folks will either think that you are new to barbecuing or that you have earned enough money with the old one to buy a new model.
Make sure you have a good supply of paper or Styrofoam trays, good for transporting pork barbeque by the pound.
3rd Step: Image: You have to have a sign.
You can go whole hog and have a painted sign of a pig in an apron and a chef's hat, standing in front of a grill.
On the other hand, you may want something that blends with your new business, so keep it simple Almost as good as a sign is a stack of Hickory wood pile up next to your smoker.
A medium sized stack of wood suggests that there will soon be the delightful aroma smoked of a smoked shoulder, smoked ribs or roasted chickens.
Open the business day with billows of smoke rising to the heavens from your grill.
If you start early enough and your enterprise is located on a busy street, thousands of people driving to work may remember that scene and hurry back for lunch, so have plenty of barbeque buns ready.
4th Step: Two people I know started with a catering business cooking Boston Butts for people on Memorial Day and the Fourth of July.
Both of them had lost their jobs and had to find a way to bring in some money.
One of them was so broke that his customers' had to buy the meat and drop it off at his house so that he could cook it on his mobile grill and smoker, which he had bought as a hobby before he was downsized.
If you are like them and out of work, save enough money for charcoal and firewood.
Don't get discouraged and quit.
Use you free time to build your customer list of people you already know who might like a slab of smoked ribs.
You could use the spare time to think up a recipe for new hot sauce or dry rub.
That's what the world really needs...
a good barbecue sauce.
You have wowed your neighbors and friends with the quality of your tasty products and now you think it is time to take it to the next level and make a little money from the hobby you enjoy.
Here are a few tips from friends of mine who have made a profitable business out of smoking and grilling Boston Butts and pork ribs: 1st Step: Collect the necessary items it will take to get you started making the best barbecue pork, smoke ribs and roasted chicken anyone can find in your area of the country.
Secure a location that will guarantee that a lot of people will pass in front of your barbecue business.
One of my neighbors put his smoker/grill in a convenience store parking lot.
All he paid was ten dollars a day for that privilege.
Next, if you are within your town's city limits, you probably will need a food service license.
There are different categories so it shouldn't cost a lot.
Buying a permit is cheaper than having to pay a fine for not having one.
2nd Step: Now that you have the legal stuff out of the way, it is time to get all of your equipment in place.
You have to have an umbrella.
One of those patio umbrellas is best, but even a beach umbrella will make you daydream of a joyous and fun filled day.
They won't think of anything but having a good time.
What could be more delightful than a southern type barbeque with your own special sauce? You have got to have your own sauce.
Of course you will need a smoker and grill.
If you want to look like you know what you are doing, use a barrel that has been cut in half.
If you don't want one that looks homemade, you can buy a new one and folks will either think that you are new to barbecuing or that you have earned enough money with the old one to buy a new model.
Make sure you have a good supply of paper or Styrofoam trays, good for transporting pork barbeque by the pound.
3rd Step: Image: You have to have a sign.
You can go whole hog and have a painted sign of a pig in an apron and a chef's hat, standing in front of a grill.
On the other hand, you may want something that blends with your new business, so keep it simple Almost as good as a sign is a stack of Hickory wood pile up next to your smoker.
A medium sized stack of wood suggests that there will soon be the delightful aroma smoked of a smoked shoulder, smoked ribs or roasted chickens.
Open the business day with billows of smoke rising to the heavens from your grill.
If you start early enough and your enterprise is located on a busy street, thousands of people driving to work may remember that scene and hurry back for lunch, so have plenty of barbeque buns ready.
4th Step: Two people I know started with a catering business cooking Boston Butts for people on Memorial Day and the Fourth of July.
Both of them had lost their jobs and had to find a way to bring in some money.
One of them was so broke that his customers' had to buy the meat and drop it off at his house so that he could cook it on his mobile grill and smoker, which he had bought as a hobby before he was downsized.
If you are like them and out of work, save enough money for charcoal and firewood.
Don't get discouraged and quit.
Use you free time to build your customer list of people you already know who might like a slab of smoked ribs.
You could use the spare time to think up a recipe for new hot sauce or dry rub.
That's what the world really needs...
a good barbecue sauce.
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