Texas BBQ--video my friend made of me and my wife's new food trailer
Posted Mar 11, 2015, 2:14 AM UTC
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Where you at?
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Fort Worth, Texas
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Wow I'm going there for job training on thursday. I may have to stop by if I can escape for lunch. Yall aren't open around dinner time by any chance are you?
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Great! We're only open Wednesday 5-9 and Saturday 11-5 right now...but I'm hoping by the end of the month to have more staff trained and expand our hours.
If you're only in town Thursday for lunch go to Swiss Pastry Shop. My friend Hans is the owner and he is making one of his famous burgers with our "bacon burnt ends" mixed into a 12 oz. wagyu beef patty, topped with smoked jalapeños, smoked cheddar, and grilled onions. This burger will change your life!
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That's sounds amazing.
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Let's see... great looking BBQ? Check. Gary Clark Jr? Check.
Alright. I am sold. I'll be there in 16 hours (depending on how bad the roads are).
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Haha! Awesome. We're big Gary Clark jr fans so when I saw the video I had it on repeat for an hour! My friend really made us look good. Hope you can make it sometime, 16 hours isn't that far...
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I live in New Zealand and if it wasn't going to cost me $2000 for flights, I would happily fly the 19ish hours required in cattle class, to taste any of your luscious wares. Awesome work!
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I've always wanted to visit New Zealand. Maybe one day we can fly out there and cook some BBQ!
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Oh please, god yes! NZ would welcome you and your bbq with open arms...heck, I personally will throw you a parade.
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That brisket looks amazing. Drooling right now.
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Thanks!
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Did I just see someone crunch up Nilla wafers onto potatoes au gratin?
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No way! That's banana pudding.
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That makes much more sense. Awesome! You married well.
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Let that brisket rest, you maniac!
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Haha. These briskets rested about 2-3 hours. I found out the temp gauge in my warming box isn't working properly and the first brisket was a little warmer than I like to serve them at. Good eye!
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What is a warming box? Id it like a sealed up warm box similar to us back yard cooks wrapping our brisket in foil snd stickin it in the oven to rest?
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Yeah it's basically just an oven that runs on very low temps 80-200* and it is used for us to put the meat in there and keep it warm without it continuing to cook. You can do the similar for smaller cooks with a cooler at your house, or like you say, foil and putting it in your oven very low.
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I'm suddenly quite hungry.
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This is so Texas down to the random hound eating bbq that fell on the ground.
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That was one of our customers Visla. We asked if he could have a rib cause he looked hungry. I think he liked it!
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Bacon burnt ends? Do you just do a burnt end technique on slab bacon trimmed bits?
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Yeah...basically.
In total, we take all-natural berkshire pork belly, dry cure it for a few days, smoke it low with post oak, then cube it and rub with our brown sugar/spice rub and hot smoke until the exterior is crunchy-ish and the fat has rendered almost to liquid. Little bacon bombs. They're stupid good but you probably shouldn't eat more than a few of them...haha
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you probably shouldn't eat more than a few of them...haha
don't tell me how to live my life
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haha! fair enough. We may need to sell these with a limit of a dozen or so for your own safety...
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Livin' the dream, brother. Looks great.
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Thanks man! Trying to!
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How much experience, planning, and investment did you need to get your business going? I'm exploring doing something similar in Colorado.
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I'm not too sure...it's a long, long story that got us to where we are now. We even looked at doing a TX BBQ joint in Boulder among other options. I doubt my experience is relatable because it really is a miracle we have even been able to open this food trailer. Good luck with your venture!
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What kind of gear are you cooking on?
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I have a traditional offset smoker that was given to me by my late uncle. It's a converted 500 gallon propane tank, is about 12.5 feet long and on a 14 foot trailer.
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Sweet Jesus, that brisket.
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Ha! Hopefully that's a good comment...brisket is my rushmore. There's no better feeling than when you spend 18 hours cooking one and it turns out great!
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It's absolutely a good comment! Looks like you have a fun thing going. Is this a dream job for you?
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It's been a lot of fun so far. Definitely a dream job realized for me. A lot of hard work and some luck has allowed us to have this opportunity and I couldn't be more grateful to be running our own BBQ trailer. Still just trying to keep the lights on right now...but if I can pay my bills and buy my wife a purse or some shoes every now and then, I can do this for the rest of my life. Thanks for the comments!
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Can I be your apprentice?
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Looks like you're living the life there
Why the ,"I don't owe you a thing" song?
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The song doesn't have any meaning or anything. We're big fans of Gary Clark Jr. and when my friend and I sat down to decide what song to put on the video, this song came on our playlist. If you like it you should look him up, Gary Clark Jr. is the man!
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You're living my dream. Not only does the food look fantastic, but I envy you because you get to make such amazing creations and share it with everyone.
Keep up the good work.
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Thanks a lot. I've been cooking my own BBQ since I was 12 and for the past 3-4 years have just tried to learn everything I could from whoever would tell me. I've been very lucky but I don't over look how awesome it is that I can do this. If you work hard enough I promise you can do it too! Thanks for the kind words!
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My mouth is watering so much.
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Way to go man! All your food looks completely bad ass!! I often amuse the idea of doing something like this where I live up in Canada, and seeing what you are doing gives me hope, that one day I may be able to take the chance!!
Keep doing what your doing!!
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You can do it! Canada needs good Texas BBQ!
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Everything looks great, good job.
Thanks!