Had the pleasure of doing another event this past weekend. With my tests with the new sous vide I decided to gamble with my reputation on the line (it’s either gonna wow the public or its gonna fail and I’ll lose customers on the food trailer). Might as well do it now instead of later I thought.
Instead of straight smoking the pulled pork and also the chicken, I decided to svq them according to my previous tests.
I was looking at the joule app temps and one temp was to take it to 176. My tests a few weeks ago I took it to 167 per recommendation. Did all the steps as before but instead of shocking it after the smoke, I maintained the safe holding temp and took to the event. Same with the chicken. The brisket I did not sv and I smoked my normal way.
I Get set up at the event and had my old neighbor who I help with her bulk trash (previous write up on sv brisket) help sell. It was her first time (she has been on of my taste testers thruout the years) and wanted to help out and experience the thrill of sell off a food trailer.
At 10 am the event started which had 9 other food trucks. I knew I would do good since my items were fresh not frozen and deep fried and my food smell lofted the area where as the other trucks were pretty much basic vending food. The event ran till 6 pm.
I admit I was nervous about doing this sv to my pork and chicken. Did I make the right call I wonder?
I have gotten to the point where i can actually make people order what you want them to eat. Sounds strange but true. All ya do when ya have a line of customers and they are all ordering the same thing (say they are all ordering pulled pork instead of chicken) all ya do is offer a sample of chicken to a person at the counter and ask em what they think. The taste it, rave about it in front of the other people in line, then bam, almost everyone in line then wants the chicken). That’s so cool and it blows my mind. So I was playing and switched it up like that thru the event.
Ive also have learned that you get that one guy who thinks he is the expert on bbq (I know and trust only a very few and consider Meathead to be one of em.)
he is the one who talks the loudest in line and likes to brag about things. Well got one of those that day also.
"Texas bbq?" he says when he gets to the front after standing in line. "Texans don’t know how to bbq pork" he yells. My ears perk up and my Texas pride swells up my chest. The guy starts to raze me about how Texans can cook beef but not pork.
Me being me and knowing I have to leave my wild younger years behind decided to put a little Texas two step of words in his head.
Well sir maybe ya didn’t have the right kind of Texas bbq like mine I replied. Now I don’t brag, I just let the food do my talking but something about this whipper snapper made me. I tell him that I have some of the best bbq around this territory. (Also forgot to mention that the other food trailers were selling pulled pork also. Found that out after the event)
when all this was happening, there was a line of people so I had to play it right. Well the guy says Texans can do beef just not pork.
Well sir ya haven’t tried my ribs or my pulled pork yet have ya? I reckon ya need ta pull the reins back a little and try it before ya run yer horse off a cliff was my response. Got quite a few chuckles in the line of people behind him.
His reply was "well let me have a pork sandwich". So I serve the gentleman up a sandwich and take his money and send him down over to the homemade sauces which he does and he stands towards the back off to the side and starts to eat it. In the mean time I serve up another few customers.
Well now it’s my turn. I turn ya him and yell at him. Well whatcha think. Does it pass you taste test?
"Damn he yells over the line of people. Best tasting pork sandwich ever" was his response.
Whhhheeewwww! Was my response in my head. Maybe this sv thingy will do me good as I had a smile and a satisfying feeling in my head. Strange, everybody in line at that point wanted pulled pork for some reason. Go figure.
I sold out of food in only 4 hours. Couldn’t believe it My neighbor couldn’t either. She keep telling me we had the longest and fastest line. I couldn’t look up cause I was to busy loading plates but she could look up and down the trucks and see it happing. After I sold out, I had to sit and wait cause I was blocked in which was fine cause then I could rest. I could only sell water and soda pop the rest of the day which was find. That was 40 lbs of pork and 60 lbs of brisket and 20 lbs of chicken.
I give a lot of this credit to all of the people on this site with the input and ideas that have been passed around from member to member and to @meathed. I can’t thank y’all enough to making a thought and dream come true.
I get up the next day and check my Facebook account and this is what I saw
bam drop the mike, exit stage right and off and riding into the sunset....
Instead of straight smoking the pulled pork and also the chicken, I decided to svq them according to my previous tests.
I was looking at the joule app temps and one temp was to take it to 176. My tests a few weeks ago I took it to 167 per recommendation. Did all the steps as before but instead of shocking it after the smoke, I maintained the safe holding temp and took to the event. Same with the chicken. The brisket I did not sv and I smoked my normal way.
I Get set up at the event and had my old neighbor who I help with her bulk trash (previous write up on sv brisket) help sell. It was her first time (she has been on of my taste testers thruout the years) and wanted to help out and experience the thrill of sell off a food trailer.
At 10 am the event started which had 9 other food trucks. I knew I would do good since my items were fresh not frozen and deep fried and my food smell lofted the area where as the other trucks were pretty much basic vending food. The event ran till 6 pm.
I admit I was nervous about doing this sv to my pork and chicken. Did I make the right call I wonder?
I have gotten to the point where i can actually make people order what you want them to eat. Sounds strange but true. All ya do when ya have a line of customers and they are all ordering the same thing (say they are all ordering pulled pork instead of chicken) all ya do is offer a sample of chicken to a person at the counter and ask em what they think. The taste it, rave about it in front of the other people in line, then bam, almost everyone in line then wants the chicken). That’s so cool and it blows my mind. So I was playing and switched it up like that thru the event.
Ive also have learned that you get that one guy who thinks he is the expert on bbq (I know and trust only a very few and consider Meathead to be one of em.)
he is the one who talks the loudest in line and likes to brag about things. Well got one of those that day also.
"Texas bbq?" he says when he gets to the front after standing in line. "Texans don’t know how to bbq pork" he yells. My ears perk up and my Texas pride swells up my chest. The guy starts to raze me about how Texans can cook beef but not pork.
Me being me and knowing I have to leave my wild younger years behind decided to put a little Texas two step of words in his head.
Well sir maybe ya didn’t have the right kind of Texas bbq like mine I replied. Now I don’t brag, I just let the food do my talking but something about this whipper snapper made me. I tell him that I have some of the best bbq around this territory. (Also forgot to mention that the other food trailers were selling pulled pork also. Found that out after the event)
when all this was happening, there was a line of people so I had to play it right. Well the guy says Texans can do beef just not pork.
Well sir ya haven’t tried my ribs or my pulled pork yet have ya? I reckon ya need ta pull the reins back a little and try it before ya run yer horse off a cliff was my response. Got quite a few chuckles in the line of people behind him.
His reply was "well let me have a pork sandwich". So I serve the gentleman up a sandwich and take his money and send him down over to the homemade sauces which he does and he stands towards the back off to the side and starts to eat it. In the mean time I serve up another few customers.
Well now it’s my turn. I turn ya him and yell at him. Well whatcha think. Does it pass you taste test?
"Damn he yells over the line of people. Best tasting pork sandwich ever" was his response.
Whhhheeewwww! Was my response in my head. Maybe this sv thingy will do me good as I had a smile and a satisfying feeling in my head. Strange, everybody in line at that point wanted pulled pork for some reason. Go figure.
I sold out of food in only 4 hours. Couldn’t believe it My neighbor couldn’t either. She keep telling me we had the longest and fastest line. I couldn’t look up cause I was to busy loading plates but she could look up and down the trucks and see it happing. After I sold out, I had to sit and wait cause I was blocked in which was fine cause then I could rest. I could only sell water and soda pop the rest of the day which was find. That was 40 lbs of pork and 60 lbs of brisket and 20 lbs of chicken.
I give a lot of this credit to all of the people on this site with the input and ideas that have been passed around from member to member and to @meathed. I can’t thank y’all enough to making a thought and dream come true.
I get up the next day and check my Facebook account and this is what I saw
bam drop the mike, exit stage right and off and riding into the sunset....
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