Wednesday, August 02, 2006

Sledge Hammer Time with "PowerBall" & "Eno"!!!





Well, I must say that I feel good right now because of the time spent working ( I should say DESTROYING) the interior of the joint. Ellis "Eno" Bryan (of Bryan Custom built Fences fame) and the human front-end loader Russel Wayne "PowerBall" Hickey (the guy in the red, cut-off Jason Vorhees outfit) came over to lend a hand.......of which I've got to give a lot of thanks! The place really does look better, getting the partition wall out really opened the whole space up, it looks three times larger! Seeing that much space really did get me excited. Tomorrow will involve the removal of a few more things and hauling off all of the debris to the dump. Got another bid on screening in the side shed where the cooker and coal chimney will be, actually I had a guy out to bid it........he should have me a # by this weekend. Cleaning crew came by and bid me $600.00 to clean the kitchen up. Sounds like a lot.....you might even be saying to yourself that $600.00 ain't worth it......but this is the one thing I'm not going to bitch at, if you could see how this kitchen was left you would say its worth it too! I can't pay this guy fast enough to get in there and clean this place up! Ill post tomorrow....hopefully with pic of the whole room after its cleaned out.
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You ever been sitting around cooking for your family and friends and been told the following: "Hoss, this is the best I've ever had in my dadgum life.....you have got to open up a place of your own". The thought crosses your mind to do just that, but for whatever reason you dont. Well I'm "that" guy that actually went through with it and did it. I had absolutely ZERO restaurant experience! I decided to start this blog about my own experience hoping that it may be of some use and help to others who might be interested in opening their own place.
I learned this craft almost 20 years ago cooking whole hogs on brick & cinder block pits at a couple of little BBQ Joints in Henderson, TN. I learned from old, lifelong career Pit-Masters, working with them as an apprentice during school off and on for four years. Over the course of that time I learned the old, time-honored craft of REAL pit barbecue. At Martin's Bar-B-Que Joint I am trying as hard as I can everyday to bring that time-honored authenticity to my customers.
As you read you'll see I've made some stupid decisions, and I've made some good decisions. If you are thinking of opening a restaurant, especially a BBQ Joint, read this blog! Maybe some of this info can be of use to you. At the very least you will be entertained because I pull no punches.
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