for all you guys who are following the rules in your states and getting beaten up by the ones who don't here is a happy little tale that just occured in our area.
a gentleman with a brand new southern yankee rig parked along side of us1 2 weeks ago.
we know from our research that st augustine requires the rig be covered along the bottom so that it does not look mobile and landscaping done to give a quasi-permentent look. additionally from our understanding they also require seating of some sort which does not agree with the dbpr of florida but what the heck.
dept of business and professional regulation (dbpr) requires access to a permanent sanitary facilty which only makes sense and this operation didn't appear to have it.
yesterday we were talking to a couple from quebec canada at the farmers market. they were interested in our equipment and of course we gave them the 50 cent tour and talked up cookshack and gave them john shifflets name and number since they were seriously doing research to open a bbq place up there. upshot of this was while talking they said they had visited the southern yankee guy and while they were there he was being inspected!!!!!! a saturday inspection we understand from our inspector is unheard of unless a specific violation claim and time and location is given.
of course we thought they were mistaken but when we drove by the location today the rig was gone!!!
to be frank i am not glotting over this as i am sure this person was just trying to make a buck like we all are but i have had enough of guys with bbq and no permits,insurance or professional food safety credentails beating our price quotes.
just had to get it off my chest and thanks fellow pros for listening
jack
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