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Food Trucks and all their Glory. Scott Shugars (Scott’s Pig Roast) Craig Kimmel (Firehouse BBQ). What you can use the trailer for:. Fairs Festivals On the side of the road. Auctions Fundraisers Larger catering events for bigger companies.
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Food Trucks and all their Glory Scott Shugars (Scott’s Pig Roast) Craig Kimmel (Firehouse BBQ)
What you can use the trailer for: • Fairs • Festivals • On the side of the road. • Auctions • Fundraisers • Larger catering events for bigger companies. • Or smaller venues that want everything cooked on site.
The Design of your Trailer: • Your menu, budget, and geographic location all dictate what you will put inside your unit. • How do you want your food stored when its raw? Or even when its cooked. • You make the choices!
Your Menu: • What do you want to serve? • Who is your target market? • Do you have side dishes that need to be prepared in the trailer? • Is this your kitchen? Or do you have a home-base?
Health Department: • Play nice with them. • Before spending money on your trailer, make sure the health. • Department approves of your design and concept. • This process may take some time, expedite your time efficiently.
Expediting your time: • Graphics of your trailer. • Build it yourself? • Price differences.
Trailer vs. Truck: • Do you have the right pulling power for a trailer? • What is your budget?
Trailer Pros: • Detachable if you need to send someone to get more product. • Make them any size you want. • Renting by the foot. • Cheaper if you already have the truck.
Trailer Cons: • Harder to pack up and leave. • Different with turning corners and just general driving. • Rent by the foot.
Truck Pros: • Everything right there. (Self Contained) • Could be more cost effective. (if you don’t have the truck to pull a trailer) • Easier to drive around.
Truck Cons: • Can’t detach to get more product. • More of a challenge to build. • Uneconomical gas mileage.
The tools for the job: • Remember you are in a remote location. • Do you have everything you need? • Tongs, Spatulas, Knives, Towels, Aprons, Pans, Wrenches, ETC…..
Not cheap to produce: • Can cost anywhere between $20,000 to $150,000. • What do you want it to do? • Make sure everything is legal.
Thank you! • Thank you for listening to this presentation and hope you enjoyed it. • Are there any questions you may have?
Thank you again! • We brought you our designed trailers for some ideas on how to set up yours. • Let’s go see the trailers!