- Mar 14, 2008
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hellow all! well we just arrived in pa, a few months ago after selling our bbq restaurant in savannah, ga. we had a mom and pop place there called 'coffee bluff bbq' for 5-6 yrs. there, we had a home-made smoker, 8 foot long, and 4 ft deep. in the bottom we had two gas burners, and mounted above each was a disc, for loading wood. so, i would load it with wood, fire the gas, then cut the gas when the wood was ready. i would smoke all day with the wood, then fire the gas to finish off. this system worked well for me, and we had alot of write-ups, and exposure. but we grew tired, and missing the grandkids who lived in pa. so, we sold our baby(the bbq), and moved. since arriving here in dec, we figured we would semi-retire. i took on a little part time job at applebees, and my wife took on part time at walmart. after a few short weeks, she grew real tired of the walmart world, and resigned. i was having similar difficulty. the problem is, once you work for yourself, you cant go back to working for others. its just not the same anymore. for us, anyway. we have that owner mentality, and just cant break it. so, then my wife stumbled across this little cafe for sell. and the rest, is history. well, not yet. we are in the beginning stages of starting up our newest adventure. this time, with alot more experience behind us. this time, we are going to live a life outside of work..... hopefully.
i look foward to sharing our adventures, and learning from you all as well.
i have decided to attempt to offer real southern style bbq on our menu, as there is nothing decent that i have found any where near.
i have a small char-broil silver, with the offset firebox that i am starting with initially. for a while, i will be experimenting at home with this smoker, trying to come up with a good formula. so far, my first smoke was total crap, almost too ashamed to place in a nice trash can, i h ave to use the old beat up one for this crap..lol i guess i am real critical of my own product. so i am trying to find a real wood source up here, and thats difficult so far. many journeys lay ahead.......
mike
i look foward to sharing our adventures, and learning from you all as well.
i have decided to attempt to offer real southern style bbq on our menu, as there is nothing decent that i have found any where near.
i have a small char-broil silver, with the offset firebox that i am starting with initially. for a while, i will be experimenting at home with this smoker, trying to come up with a good formula. so far, my first smoke was total crap, almost too ashamed to place in a nice trash can, i h ave to use the old beat up one for this crap..lol i guess i am real critical of my own product. so i am trying to find a real wood source up here, and thats difficult so far. many journeys lay ahead.......
mike