Just a quick update: Final electrical inspection is on the way!! Plumbing will wrapped up this week and ready for final inspection also. Building inspection should be soon after and then the fire inspection and the health inspection. <so many inspections> We did break down and used the smoker this weekend and had 22 people there ages 18 to 81 <my mom being 81> again no pics but a positive feed back. We cooked a 15lb brisket, 8 racks of ribs, a 10lb shoulder for pulled pork and 2 chickens, The oven performed well. When I give a tour of the kitchen I show off thye smoker, opening the door and let them smell the elft over aroma <such a tease I am> We also leave the front door open and folks walking by stop in and ask when we are going to open all we can say is in a 2 weeks. We have the banner up and a phone numer, we have the credit card processing company so we take mastercard, visa and amereican express. The kitchen is looking great lots of stainless steel on the walls. The ceiling is almost done. the bar is just about completed and the beer lines are run they just need to be hooked up this week. We decided to nix the stage too many problems <handy cap ramp and handrail for a 4" high stage so it's not worth the trouble> and will speed our entertainment license through. Folks are telling me I'll have to expand already. We have 60 seats and would like to stay that size I guess it could be worse and have nobody show up. I've interviewed 2 cooks and hopefull a few more this comming week. We'll be over staffed the first month or so but better to be prepaired than to have the patrons wait long for thier meals. We started ordering and got our first shipment of paper goods as well as take out containers. Sooo it's a comming. Got home early last night I was over tired and left at 6pm, fell into bed and slept a few hours, woke up had a small dinner and off to sleep again. <I need a vacation already> maybe I'll get to have 2 days off before we open. When we do open we'll open on a monday so we won't get stampeeded with the folks who dine out on weekends and we can get a handle on things before the weekend crowd. A lot of thought has been given to this project so it will have the best chance to make it. I concider the smoker my baby seeing how it will be the center of attention <I mean what's the use of having a bbq joint without a smoker> so she gets special attention.. anyway .. I'll have the wife upload the pics and will post some this week..
Yours in Smoken'
Joe aka "Smoken' Joe"
