07/17/2026
Thanks again to everyone who stopped by for dinner tonight I appreciate it so much. I have a long story for ya tho. Really much longer than you want to read, but it's worth reading if you want to take the time to do so. The other day when I mentioned the fact that this was my 10-year anniversary of serving food to the public it was actually this day on July 16th that I started. And honestly the only reason I even remember that is because I lost my first Australian Shepherd pup that i bought 3 days after I started this venture... I got him in March of 2005 and i was actually showing and selling some cattle at the ky fair and expo center at the time. There was a guy who had Australian shepherd pups for sale and I brought him home. He was the runt of the group and unfortunately at the time I didn't know that he had terrible genetics.. By 2 years of age he had hip dysplasia and couldn't hardly walk. However he was my buddy and I would pick him up and put him in a truck and take him with me everywhere I went which at that time was strictly with all the cows. I was fortunate that I was able to keep him for 11 years and I have him buried underneath the tree right next to where my smoker sits at my house today.
As time has gone on by, my goal with the BBQ business is to try and serve a decent meal to the public but also gain friends and build relationships with the people so maybe and hopefully they will come back and see me again sometime. I've met a lot a great people over the years. Many people if they have or had cancer or other health conditions I know about it, I ask about it and we talk about it. I've seen young kids turn into teenagers and I've also seen older people that I haven't seen in a while and wondering what ever happened to them only to find out there laying in a funeral home somewhere. You know there's a lot of people out there that would love to be able to do what I do. Have a smoker, cook whatever kind of food they like and serve it to the public. However what a lot of people do not know it's what it's like to build a relationship with somebody that you've known for 10 years and now they're no longer alive now that makes you feel. They also don't know what it's like to have a bad night then come home when you're open from 5:00 to 7:00 and you're outside till midnight or 1:00 in the morning trying to cool off food and put it away. I don't have a walk-in cooler I have a refrigerator just like you do. You have to cool food off and put it away because you're sure as hell not going to dump it in your trash can in the garage and wait till next weekend when your garbage man comes in the middle of july. All I'm saying with that is that a lot of people see the good side of the business but they don't see the behind the scenes part of the business at all. There is a lot that goes into this and it's very expensive for me to cook on no matter what I'm serving. But rather than just expense it's the amount of time that other people don't see either. However at the end of the day I don't think there's anything about my food that's made my business succeed the way that it has anyway. I honestly think it's just because I'm a one-man guy, I cook everything ,I serve everything, I clean everything, I buy everything, etc and then I farm and raise cows too. So building a relationship with someone and to know about their life has been the greatest moments of it all. I also know that I don't always cook and serve what everybody likes it's just nearly an impossible task for me to do so my smoker is only so big. I do my best, I try to cook things that most people like and many times things that make it a little bit easier for me when it's extremely busy on the farm which is every single day. However my ultimate goal is to always bring something to the public that I feel is a good product and try to enjoy some of the conversations that we may have. Thank you so much for your business, for reading, and you all have a great evening.
