Grand Opening Date Set

The official date for our Grand Opening is Saturday, May 2nd. Come on out and help us celebrate. The first 100 people will even get a free gift!

Picnic Table

We now have a picnic table set up by the trailer. You can now sit outside and enjoy the nice weather while eating some good Que. The weather is supposed to be awesome this week, so stop by for some food and try out the new table!

Facebook Group

You can now check us out on Facebook. This will be another outlet for news and events, as well as a forum for our customers to give us feedback and suggestions.

Twitter

Southern Smoke BBQ is now on Twitter. We will be using Twitter to provide our you, our customers, with real-time news, specials and other information. Our Twitter handle is SouthernSmokeQ. If you aren't a Twitter member join now to get real-time updates through email and text messages about what's going on at Southern Smoke BBQ!

Official Grand Opening

Even though we have been open to the public for almost 4 weeks now, we are planning an official Grand Opening. We are still deciding on the date, but it will likely be the first week in May. We will be running specials and other promotional offerings during that time, so be sure and stop in and take advantage of it all. Once the date is set in stone I will update this blog.

Closed Today

We will be closed today due to the less-than-ideal temperature. We have to leave the door open on our trailer and with the exhaust fan running it gets pretty cold in there when the temps are like they are today. We will reopen tomorrow. Thanks for understanding.

Website Content Changes

I will be changing the content of the website in the coming weeks. When I first built the site I was only doing catering, so this is currently the main focus of the site. Now that we've opened the vending side of the business I will be gearing the site more towards that.

The first order of business is getting our vending menu and prices up. I plan to get that done today, with the rest of the changes to follow in the next few weeks. Here is a preliminary list of changes to look for:

• New home page content describing our vending operation
• Location map with ability to get directions for out-of-towners
  
• Catering packages and pricing
• Anonymous comment box. This will be your chance to give your comments and suggestions while remaining anonymous. We have a testimonials section currently, but this was originally offered more for catering clients.

This is all I have planned at the moment. Feel free to post any ideas you might have and I will take them into consideration.

Second Week

Our second week in business is now behind us, and it was absolutely great! We had some of our busiest days this week. We are meeting and some days exceeding our sales goals so I am excited. Our lunch crowds have been awesome, with the line 10 deep at times. Thanks to everyone for being so patient! We are working as quickly as we can.

People are going out of their way to give us positive feedback on our food, and word is starting to spread. While waiting in line, friends have overheard others talk about how they heard all about our food and had to come try it. This is what it's all about!

For those of you who have come to eat and we are sold out, I apologize. We smoke our meat fresh everyday to make sure it is the best it can be. Some of the meats take 12 or more hours to smoke so when its gone, its gone for the day! I am still trying to figure out how much to cook everyday without having too much waste at the end of the day. The best advice I can give anyone is to come at lunch. We tend to start running out of certain items around 2 PM. Until I can dial in the amounts to cook everyday, coming at lunch is the best way to ensure you have your choice of the full menu. Thanks for understanding and I'll see you next week!