FEC 500, update on new restaurant!

Jeff, jeff from Chicago here, can you pls send me a menu?

Thanks!

Good for you, Jeff!

BTW, 77? I wish our lows here would get down to 77!

Congrats Jeff!

j-pouchman,

go to lakecity.com , click business directory, click dining and food, then click menu. we are the smoque shack rest. my daughter and son-n-law own the southern vittles rest. their menu is there too. today was 68 degrees for the high......cool front! we fed over 100 people today for lunch, not bad considering the town is half full...............jeff, the smoque shack.

Great hearing from you. I might be doing a road trip this summer and just stop in.

hey brother,

just come on by! it would be great to see you again, and visit for awhile. dinner is on me! sorry i cant make the class y'all are having in july. sure sounds like a great opportunity. but thats in the middle of our busiest time of year.
jeff heaton, the smoque shack bbq.

team butcher,

btw, it looks like you are having a great year so far on the circut keep up the good work brother!

hey all,


we its time for an update! we are halfway through our season, and so far its been great! my FEC500 has performed perfectly. i have had people from across the country ie. memphis, KC, tevas , say that we have the best BBQ they have ever had. we serve dozens of bikers every day also. life is good! maybe one day we will open a place in a year round town. but then i would have to work year round. that sucks. but who knows. ill be home by the end of oct. maybe by then the temp. will go down in texas. it was 65 today................and a low of 37. what a life!!!!!!

best regards, jeff,

Thanks Jeff,

Sounds like you're having fun.

If you need some heat, let me know, it's been almost 100 for 3 or 4 weeks now. But I have a pool and A/C.

Keep up the good work and make sme money. See you down the BBQ trail. Oh they have a 2nd clas in October based just like the July class. May be we can meet up again there.

hey to all,

well we finally got our first season under our belt! we served roughly around 17,000 people in 150 day season [lake city co. is a seasonal mountian town] . the economy scared alot of people, and i don't blame them one bit! but we mananged our place pretty well. of course i had to work 90+ hours a week, but hey! now i have the next 7 months off to kick back, soak in my hot tub, and ride my harley! lol. i will also do a few comps before spring. we used an FEC 500, we had one problem all season with it, we had to replace the drive belt [quick fix], i had 6 bags of pellets left over from the two tons i started the year with, and it flat out performed flawlessly! except that time i forgot to load it up with pellets...lololol. live and learn eh? anyway, we will return next may and start all over...................time to ride now! later guys!

jeff heaton, "The Smoque Shack BBQ"

i forgot to add....the last day we were open? we had 9" of snow! on oct. 25th......crazy!

Glad to hear forgetting the pellet loading only happened once. That means you must learn from your mistakes.

Sounds like you had a good season. Now enjoy yourself!