Mike Made $800 In His First 7 Hours In Business!

Hello Steve, I am just writing to tell you how excited I am to have started my hot dog business. I live in a small town of about 3500 people called Grande Cache nestled in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta Canada. This past weekend I took delivery of my Willy Dog Hummer and got right to work. I set up outside the local grocery store without any notice or […]

From Chiropractor To Hot Dog Cart Business Owner.

Larry Helveston just sent me an amazing email. Here it is: Steve, Well I finally finished my cart. After over a year researching the business, I decided to go ahead and make the plunge. It's been a labor of love to build my cart, because by no means am I a carpenter. I'll never be [...]

Ketchup Fest 2010

I worked a birthday party recently and served a bunch of really nice kids and their families. It was a great day. Hot, but still a lot of fun. Tip: When you’re working a kiddie party bring a lot of ketchup and napkins 😉 After lunch was over the ladies […]

Sweet Pop Up Trailer Hot Dog Cart Conversion!

Awesome, awesome, love it, love it, love it!!! Bob and Susan Darr purchased my E-Z Built Hot Dog Cart Video and Plans Package (now included in my HotDogProfitsPremium.com membership) and learned how to build steam tables, make sinks, run plumbing and electric, and everything else they needed to build their own hot dog cart. Except they [...]

Daily Hot Dog Cart Log

Do you have a log on your cart? O.K. Not that kind of log. Although my E-Z Built cart did start life as a tree... Dave writes, Does anyone out there use a Daily Cart Log? Something that records product sold by type, $ sales, weather conditions or other events that may have had a [...]

Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner!

OK you don't really get a chicken dinner. I just like saying, "Winner, winner, chicken dinner!" Try it, it's fun... See? Michael has decided to stay with his own name, "The Green Weenie". But don't worry, he picked a runner up and I've decided to award a prize to the person who came up with [...]

Happy 4th of July!

Contest: Help Michael Name His Hot Dog Cart Business.

Holy smokes! This is the “greenest” cart I’ve ever seen, and I mean that literally. The first step in the sales process is getting folks to notice you and Michael Lane’s newly finished E-Z Built Hot Dog Cart is guaranteed to stop customers in their tracks. I think it’s gorgeous! But what should he call it? Here’s Michaels email… […]

Could This Be The New Hot Dog Cart?

This just in from HDCN reader Martial Purdy: On the Fly, Washington, D.C. On the Fly offers quick healthy bites served from SmartKarts — zero-emissions, plug-in, American-made trucks. The menu features a wide variety of natural, organic locally produced food for $5 or less including veggie tacos, turkey chili and mac and cheese. Find the [...]