before there was a Franklin cooker

[johnsteen]

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.

[Troutman]

Nice, I'm currently ready to start a renovation of a downtown Galveston high rise along with building a new parking garage on Moody Street in Galveston. I used to have a house on the west end I sold back in 2012. Ate at Farley Girl a couple of times, they have a good brunch on the weekends. Good to see they may have good smoked meats coming soon.

That cooker does look like a Franklin pit. I think the manufacturer's name tag is totally off the charts, love to have just that for a conversation piece !!

[Jerod Broussard]

That's neat. Weird to see those tall buildings. Four stories is the max in this town and there's only one.

[Gunderich_1]

Well that's good to know about what he is doing. Please keep us posted. I get down to Texas quite a bit for my job. I would love to go in and sample his wares and help out this entrepeneur.