Fire Suppression Hood, Part 1
The food truck build continues, but at a slower pace than what I had hoped.
I started the installation of the fire suppression hood and posted a video to my YouTube channel with the progress.
The Smoked Craft BBQ food truck is currently being built. Progress has been slow and is dependent on Mother Nature cooperating. You can follow the build process on Instagram and I’ll be posting more in-depth videos on the Smoked Food Truck YouTube channel.
I’m hoping to be ready for my DHHS inspection and permitting process in mid to late May of 2024 with a target opening date in early June of ’24.
Smoked Craft BBQ will be a fully mobile kitchen serving wood-smoked, Texas-style barbecue. I’ll start scheduling events closer to the time the truck will be ready to go. I don’t want to make any commitments just yet until I’m a little further along in the process.
Smoked’s “Home Base” will be in New Portland, on RT27 adjacent to Sugar Leaf Co. (Click link for Google Maps location.)
The food truck build continues, but at a slower pace than what I had hoped.
I started the installation of the fire suppression hood and posted a video to my YouTube channel with the progress.
I’ve been planning this for the past six months. It’s a great feeling to get started. I’ll be posting build videos to the Smoked Food Truck YouTube channel Hopefully the things I learn during the process can help someone else that might be thinking about converting an old UniFirst step van (2009 Morgan Olson WorkHorse W42) into a food truck.
As I’m waiting for Mother Nature to cooperate so I can start the truck build, I thought I would take a little time to share some thoughts about the past 5 month’s worth of planning. There have been a few surprises that I wasn’t expecting that could have led to serious logistical problems trying to run a food truck in rural Maine.
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