Finishing up the trailer portion of the build, after getting the contrary hub assemblies mounted on the axle, and some help from Windle’s pup Bear, the rest of the build went to pretty smoothly. All that was involved to finish up the trailer Read more
Well, a significant amount of time has passed since I posted about the cart build. Many things, including “life” simply got in the way of consistently building (and as a result posting photos of) the cart. The work picked up on Sunday January Read more
I waited the whole month of December for Harbor Freight Tools to put their Haulmaster Trailer Kit on sale.(That’s the trailer kit that a lot of DIY hotdog carts are built on.) About 50 new coupons came out every single day before Christmas, Read more
Today I did a Chili Taste test between 2 “readily available” canned chilis. The first one (the cheaper of the two), had beans and was not terrible. The second one, claimed to be an “authentic” Texas recipe from 1895 it had no beans Read more
One of the most trying and difficult things to do in the whole journey of becoming a licensed hotdog cart was meeting the requirements of the Elmore County Health Department. Today, I received a phone call from the Elmore County Health Department to Read more
So after getting our commissary letter and turning in 5 pieces of required paperwork, just to get our plans approved on Monday, I got a call from the health department on Tuesday asking me if I had received their “packet?” Well, I showed Read more
According to the Elmore County Health Department, a Commissary is: “a permitted food establishment to which a mobile food unit (in our case, our hotdog cart) returns on a daily basis for such tasks as discarding liquid and/or solid waste, refilling water tanks Read more
The brand spankin’ new logo is here! After many hours on the phone with the appropriate legal entities to make absolutely positive that we didn’t step on any toes, and many more hours on the internet with a graphic artist, I can now Read more
Had a couple of dawgs for supper tonight. These all beef, bun length Ball Park Franks were nuked in the microwave for 42 seconds (the buns, were nuked separately for 14 seconds) and have ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, chili sauce, sweet pickle relish, raw Read more
I have been working closely with the legal entities to make sure our logo and business name didn’t violate any trademark or copyright laws. Having spent hours upon hours dealing with all those legalities, we have now have the legal go ahead to Read more