This cooker belongs to Jim Buchanan who had restaurant in Houston called Buck's Barbeque Co.
He has been wanting to expand and has worked out a deal with a restaurant in Galveston called
Farley Girl. I have been eating there for 5 years. It is on the edge of the medical area in Galveston
and has a great menu that is very popular with the locals. He has made a deal to take over the
business with plans to expand the operation with his smoked meats.
I spotted the cooker and immediately thought of Franklin's distinctive smokers. When I asked Buck
about this he said it was the first smoker built by this fabricator and they are the ones that built
Franklin's cookers. They have since moved on and I understand that Franklin is starting his own
line of cookers.
He is going to start smoking July 1st as I understand. I have seen pictures of his cooking and it looks
like a winner. I did not have much time to talk to him yet but I will post some more when I do.
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