I wanted to let you all know how our first "real" job went.
We hooked up with the local farmer's market which takes place at the St. Augustine Amphitheater on Saturdays from 8:30-12:30 a.m. We were a little nervous since I had heard that a lot of vegetarians attend. (Don't know if I mentioned that to Jack, beforehand. I was just excited for us to have work.) The vending fee is very reasonable and we are the only hot food vendors.
Jack started cooking picnics and turkey the night before. He slept at the trailer about 3 hours. We both had lists, just like for competition of things to pack.
We came up with some pretty cool breakfast ideas which sold real well. My idea was hash brown patties that are shaped like boogie boards with cheese and ham on top. Cost was .56 apiece and sold for 2.00. Jack came up with chopped beef brisket in sausage cream gravy over biscuits. I think the cost on those was around 1.00 and sold for 4.00. Used grapes as garnish with both. Jack also did a sausage cheese loaf on a biscuit with a dollop of orange marmalade. That sold for 3.00. We started offering lunch at 10:00 and they started buying slowly. Had pulled pork on white bread for 4.00. Turkey sandwich on whole grain bread with cheese, lettuce and tomato for 6.00. We also offered a box of pulled pork as a carry home idea and sliced pork sandwich. Had Brunswick stew and coleslaw. No orders for sliced pork or coleslaw at all! Nobody wanted anything like a vegetable! The pulled pork went like wild, then the turkey sandwiches caught on. Thanks, Zeb! The best profit item was the box of pulled pork which sold for 7.00 and probably contained about 7 oz. of pork. We made money on our first day! The lady who ran the market asked us to please turn off our generators because she could smell the gasoline when she walked by them. Jack said he couldn't do that without shutting down because he wouldn't put the people at risk of food poisoning. Hurray for my Jack!
We worked like 2 Greyhounds running the whole time. And our muscles are very sore today. This free gym membership came with the job. Our generator lifting works every muscle.
Oh, they wanted us to put up a canopy to break up the trailer-look. Well, we had a very windy day and the canopy started jumping up and down. Jack tried to attach it to the trailer. Then it looked like it was going to take down pedestrians. So in the midst of all the business, we had to take down this hang-glider thing. I figured after the generator problem and the canopy excitement we'd be shown the gates, but everybody was going to the lady and telling her how good everything was. She begged us to please come back next weekend. I guess a lot of vegetarians like meat!
Thanks to everyone for helping us in here.
Peggy

Peggy and Jack,

I knew that you would do GREAT !!

I am Very Happy for you both!

Continued Success!



Kate

Good job Peggy and Jack!

Those evil vegetarians had a pent up desire for meat that couldn't be denied when they smelled your food. Way to go!

Tell Jack Nigel Mansell will be on Wind Tunnel on SpeedVision May 1st at 9:00pm.

You guys ROCK!

Way to go Jack and Peggy!

Doesnt it feel great after a day of busting your tails leads to positive cash flow?!

Congratulations kids. You 2 have put in soooo much hard work to get this far. It is great to see you finally reaching your goal of serving great Q to the paying public. I hope this is just the first of many many more profitable days to come!!

Bob

Convertin' them veggies, eh? Good deal.
You all better be careful or word is gonna get out about Two Greyhounds and you guys will be busier than ever!

ok peg left out a few things
1- i got to clean the hood system after this
2- but i got the best part. i started smoking at 1pm friday afternoon and the butts got done at 3am saturday. but the shortwave reception is great out where we store the trailer so i got to listen to the financial reports from tiawan.

now in order of response here goes
1- katelesley. thanks so much for the sugar lesson. i made a few changes to my stuff from your post and it really helpped
2-todd. thanks for just all your good advice!!! i just knew that anyone that liked nigel as much as i do had to be allright!!!!
3-raiderbill. to you i thank the questions that you have posed on this forum. they always make me think and because of that i am better at what i do!!!!
4- geyserQ yep the cash flow gets me one step closer to the fine i mean really fine f. dick sausage stuffer you got!!!!!
5-cadillac. thanks for all your support but we really found out we were on the right track when a wonderful young lady you know kept coming back for more food and it sure was a pleasure to meet her!!!!!
6-kinsman. sure made the hassells we both went thru on our rigs worth it!!! by the way i think i lost my grey water shut off valve saturday due to fatigue. i have to re-run the pipe but this time i am going to secure it to prevent vibration.

and last but not least thanks zeb!!!!!!!!! and you know what for!!!!!!!!!!

again thanks everyone
you have no idea how each of you and this forum has helpped us

jack

oh man i left out another person
candy sue-thanks so much for making a great pellet and letting me ask you questions. your pellets let me cook the way i want to and peg and i still consider it an honor that you let us fly your banner and pass out samples. hope everyone followed the directions-go left outta here, go right at the 1st lite, go over the intercoastal bridge and albertsons is on your right,pellets are aisle 13b left side 3rd shelf down
jack

Nigel's great, but nothing beats a good hood cleaning for maxed out fun! Did you remember to spill a little grease on you when you emptied the grease trap on the hood? That was always a special moment for me.

Glad you all are doing well. It sounds like you've got a great(busy) summer ahead of you. If Peggy can sell meat to vegetarians, imagine what she can do with a crowd of normal people.

No thanks needed. But, it is appreciated. Thank you guys on the 411 on the competition info. We are rooting for you guys~!
Zeb n' Dione
Collectively known as the Bishop's!

WOW! You all make me feel real special. I just wanted to let you know the goofy things that happened. Isn't the bbq road a strange one? Now we got to root for Zeb in the bbq cookoff!
Peggy

I wanted to send out a awesome strong congrats on your experience, learning through you guys has helped me more than I could express.....it is neat to watch others go through the plethora of emotions that is associated with this love of ours...BBQ.....

U 2 Can Que,
They sure don't show all of the stuff on TV, do they? I think it would make a really good read, though, if anyone collected all these experiences and wrote about it.
Thanks again, to all of you.
Kate has been keeping me updated on the arrivals of the baby reindeer. I think she is just awesome. That's another neat thing in this forum. When I feel like I'm drowning in sauce, if you know what I mean, there's always a nice person to put things in perspective.
Peggy

Sorry my congrats are late, I have been busy as I can ever remember being, not cooking as much as I would like, but it is all really good.

Sounds like you had a great adventure on this job. And it sounds like you will be back for more every week that you are willing to go.