Had best ribs of my life this weekend from a dude slinging ribs in a gas station parking lot. My brother in law mentioned this guy last year. Headed up north, stopped to get gas and there was a older retired guy by himself with a trailer mounted fuel barrel grill, his van and a table with supplies. He had baby backs and chicken going. He was there at 6 am and sells out as soon as the food is ready.
He gets his baby backs from Sams Club and selling them for $20/rack. I guess he's been doing this on weekends for years. The ribs were AMAZING! Perfect smoke ring, light rub with no sugar and pull off the bone. He was using tongs, but I noticed there was no sink's/wash area outside and he didn't own a business. I saw him grab a bag of marinating chicken from his cooler and dumped it on the grill. It didn't touch his hand, but yet no washing of hands afterwards. The gas station had a small kitchen in side, but I didn't see him going inside and washing his hands after handling food.
I'm guessing he sold at least 50+ racks throughout the day plus chicken. I'f he's buying in bulk, he's probably pocketing $9-10 per rack. His supplies consisted of couple of coolers, buffet table with tin foil, paper bags, lump charcoal and wood, homemade charcoal grill from fuel drum. With no overhead of a business/ food truck, taxes insurance or license....He's doing pretty damn good. Is he legal since the gas station has a kitchen inside that sells hot dogs and egg rolls or is he just lucky that he's up north and his ribs are so damn good and nobody has reported him? Who's responsible if someone get sick?
Do gas stations need a person in charge who are serve safe certified if they sell hot dogs, pizza etc..
As a side note - I'm not knocking this guy for what he's doing. I'm actually jealous. More power to him for making money and doing what he loves. I will continued to give him my business. I did not see him handle raw food with his hand and felt safe eating his food. I just didn't know if this was legal since it was being served and cooked outside? I see the local meat market cooking and serving raw brats outside. No sinks out there. Is there any difference between what he is doing vs. the meat market?
He gets his baby backs from Sams Club and selling them for $20/rack. I guess he's been doing this on weekends for years. The ribs were AMAZING! Perfect smoke ring, light rub with no sugar and pull off the bone. He was using tongs, but I noticed there was no sink's/wash area outside and he didn't own a business. I saw him grab a bag of marinating chicken from his cooler and dumped it on the grill. It didn't touch his hand, but yet no washing of hands afterwards. The gas station had a small kitchen in side, but I didn't see him going inside and washing his hands after handling food.
I'm guessing he sold at least 50+ racks throughout the day plus chicken. I'f he's buying in bulk, he's probably pocketing $9-10 per rack. His supplies consisted of couple of coolers, buffet table with tin foil, paper bags, lump charcoal and wood, homemade charcoal grill from fuel drum. With no overhead of a business/ food truck, taxes insurance or license....He's doing pretty damn good. Is he legal since the gas station has a kitchen inside that sells hot dogs and egg rolls or is he just lucky that he's up north and his ribs are so damn good and nobody has reported him? Who's responsible if someone get sick?
Do gas stations need a person in charge who are serve safe certified if they sell hot dogs, pizza etc..
As a side note - I'm not knocking this guy for what he's doing. I'm actually jealous. More power to him for making money and doing what he loves. I will continued to give him my business. I did not see him handle raw food with his hand and felt safe eating his food. I just didn't know if this was legal since it was being served and cooked outside? I see the local meat market cooking and serving raw brats outside. No sinks out there. Is there any difference between what he is doing vs. the meat market?
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