Hot Dog Cart News

Renee Crenshaw owns Renee’s Dogs in Clover, SC. In addition to being a dog slinger extraordinaire, Renee is also heavily involved in animal rescue. She often combines these two passions and does hot dog benefits to raise money for various animal rescue organizations. Very nice!

In her spare time, Renee likes to travel with her husband and when at home she just loves to mow the lawn. Can’t get enough of that. 😉

Thanks for the shirt Renee!

-Steve

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This is awesome!

Hi Steve,

My Hot Dog business Firehouse Dogs is located on a road that people drive fairly fast on and it is a county road so there are a lot of curves on it.

I had signs made that say Steamed Hot Dogs Ahead but was trying to figure out what to put on the back of them if people drove by us.

I have attached the sign and it has worked; I routinely have at least a dozen more customers a day because of it.

JP
www.nhfirehousedogs.com

This just in from “Get Grilled Foods” owner Tim VanDusen:

Hey Steve what’s new?

Well we are back. The Strawberry festival was a blast. We got in about 6 pm at the site the day before the show. Set up and took the night off to meet and greet the other vendors. Met a few real characters there.

We had the spot just to the left of the stage. The only real negative was that we had to set up on a drastic incline. new vendor at the spot so no complaints. I knew we were going to be in a less then ideal spot, but turned out that a huge crowd would gather right there when the bands started playing so it worked out. Coordinator said he would move us to a better spot next year. But I am thinking if there is better spots then what we had they must have made their house loan this weekend.

And we got to hear some really good music.

We were the only polish sausage vendors there and that rocked. I sold 25 lbs. on Sunday. We went through just a tad over 60 pounds of hot dogs up against 3 other dog vendors. You couldn’t have knocked the stupid grin off my face with a hammer. Nachos rocked.

All and all a good weekend. We had a couple of rain events but they came and went and the people came back.

We were draggin ass by Sunday night and were glad to be home. But it was well worth it. Good event coordinators real easy to work with and they had their act together. The only time we really had time to take pictures was when the crowd thinned out in the hottest part of the day but they came back soon enough.

I can’t wait to get back next year.

Have a couple of weeks before the next show so I get to go out tomorrow and see my people again. In the words of the Grateful Dead, “What a long strange trip it’s been”. I know every event will be up and down at times. but I am lovin the moment.

Tim

I just love to hear these kinds of stories from my Hot Dog Biz 101 graduates. I’m really proud of you Tim!

-Steve

Steve,

Wondering if you can put this out to your readers.

We have a 20ft hotdog trailer and i’m not sure what brand of generator to buy.

I know with everything running I will be using about 6600 watts.

I know the honda’s are the best but cost a lot does anyone use another brand that they can recommend?

Thanks
Mike’s Mountain High Wieners

Gasoline or propane? Two stroke or four stroke? Best brands?

What are your recommendations? This is a subject that should generate a lot of comments. (Sorry, I couldn’t resist ;-))

-Steve

Esteban Guzman and his E-Z Built Hot Dog Cart (More pics at the end of the article)

Just got an email from a guy that I’m especially proud of and I thought you would like to read it. Esteban bought my E-Z Built plans and video package a while back and did a really great job putting his cart together.

I had the opportunity to talk with Esteban and what really impressed me was his extreme Continue reading “Stevie’s Red Hot Weenies – Chicago Dogs in TX!”

Now here’s a happy guy…

Steve,

I finally made the move after 3 years of research and then purchasing your “Carts of Cash.” I’m 62 and will continue working full time.

The plan is to do some events and estate auctions while building the business.

I just did my first “gig” which was an employee appreciation luncheon for 98 people.

Thanks for the push.

Jack Clark

Good luck Jack!

-Steve

Creative is an understatement. You gotta see these pictures… Bradley, you’re a genius.

Steve,

I just wanted to write and thank you for the wonderful website and plans.  The wealth of knowledge freely available on your site is truly amazing.  I also wanted to shamelessly brag about my brand new hot dog cart that I built myself.

I’m a software developer and consultant for a huge corporation that everyone would recognize if I named it.  However, 15 years ago, I Continue reading “Wholly Cow Hot Dog’s E-Z Built Hot Dog Cart”

Selling hot dogs at the beach sounds like a dream job to most folks. Listen to how my guest Robin Delancy made it a reality.

After suffering through two years of unemployment and challenged by the rising cost of formal education, Robin was forced to think outside the box.

She emerged as a business owner and now spends her afternoons slingin’ hot dogs and pulled pork at a pristine lakeside location. Nice!

Life is good again for Robin. She is finally in control of her own destiny – and keeps all of the profits!

Let’s hear it for Robin in the comments!

Enjoy the show!

-Steve

Hot Dog Cart Radio – Interview With Robin Delancy
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Hot Dog Cart Radio – Interview With Robin Delancy