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Used hot dog carts are a great way to get started in the hot dog vending business. These are just a few of the carts that are listed on HotDogProfits.com.
If you have a used hot dog cart that you want to sell, I will list it for free as a service to my readers. Just email me your info along with a picture of your hot dog cart.
Yes, the cart below is a rare used Willy… Better jump on that one quick!
Today you’re going to hear an interview I did with Joel Goetz, owner of DreamMaker Hot Dog Carts (formerly known as American Dream Hot Dog Carts) in St. Petersburg Florida.
Joel has a long history in the manufacturing sector, including RVs, custom vans, and now mobile food vending carts. If it has wheels under it, Joel has probably been involved in some shape or form.
After retiring, Joel got a hot dog cart and fell in love with the business. This naturally led him to dust off his manufacturing mojo and he started producing his own line of carts.
DreamMaker is now one of the largest hot dog cart manufacturers in the US, shipping carts all over the world. Joel is always available to take your questions and he makes his staff available as well, so you can be assured of getting the answer you need.
Whether you need a small cart to get started with, or a full walk-in mobile kitchen, Joel can set you up.
Visit his super pretty web site at www.DreamMakerHotDogCarts.com or better yet, give him a call at (800) 408-1802 and please tell him Steve sent you.
Click the link below to listen online or right click to download the MP3.
Hot Dog Cart Radio – Special Edition
Interview With Joel Goetz of DreamMaker Hot Dog Carts
This gentleman sells hot dogs, sausage, chips, juice, soda and sno cones on a mobile hot dog cruise that takes him to multiple locations around Miami, Florida.
As you can see in the pictures above and below, he’s parked in front of different factories in an industrial park.
Here’s how I would work this: Continue reading “How To Make $100K a Year With Your Hot Dog Cart”
Hot dogs. The all-American food, right?
Well, just like nearly every other aspect of our culture, what you put on a hot dog reflects where you come from.
Luis Echeverry came to the U.S. from Colombia in South America, spending his teen years in New York. He moved here to work for Windstream. On the side he runs a hot dog cart at Plaza Fiesta, the Latino-themed mall next Continue reading “Hot Dogs with Honey and Quail Eggs?!!!”
By Carlo V, Boston
The Wall Street Journal called Speed’s hot dogs the best in the country. They are as good as advertised.
While $7 might seem a bit steep for a cart hot dog, the loaded dog (special sauce, mustard blend, onions) is a steal considering the massive size and how damn delicious it is. Service Continue reading “Speed’s $7 Hot Dogs Voted #1 Hot Dog Cart in the Wall Street Journal”
Chicago centenarian and long-time business owner Harry Heftman talks about surviving the Great Depression, and the secret to his longevity. Hint: It’s not his world-famous hot dogs, though he eats them regularly.
Thanks Cindy for letting me know about this!
-Steve
Oscar G. Mayer, the retired chairman of one of America’s best known hot dog and cold cut producers, Oscar Mayer Foods, has died at the age of 95.
Founded by German immigrant Oskar Ferdinand Mayer in 1989, Oscar Mayer were one of the first cold cuts manufacturers to start branding their products in 1904, and in 1906 amongst the first companies to voluntarily submit to the newly created Food Safety Inspection Service for testing the purity of their products. Continue reading “King of Hot Dogs Oscar Meyer Dead”
By Morgan
Portland, Oregon
I’m not a foodie. My palate has all the refinement as that of a rhino. Or perhaps a giraffe. Like the one that thought my brother, about 4 at the time, would be a tasty treat.
But that doesn’t mean food isn’t an important part of my life. And as a transplanted New Yorker, there are foods that are iconic in my memory.
Yeah, I’m talkin’ hot dogs.
From the cart, on the sidewalk, from a guy who’s gruff and cranky and a sweetheart underneath the rough NY exterior. It’s been ages since I had a honest to goodness New York hot dog.
And I’m not gonna get it from Chad, the Whipple Beef Cart guy. Because he sells Chicago hot dogs. But it’s SO CLOSE!
See, the quintessential New York street cart-style hot dog is a Hebrew National All-Beef Kosher Frank, boiled with your choice of condiments; preferably deli mustard and sauerkraut. And that’s exactly what the new Whipple Beef cart serves up. They specialize in the Chicago version however – poppyseed hot dog buns, with radioactive neon-green relish (really? that’s edible?) and these things called sport peppers (read: hot). They also serve Italian beef sandwiches, which I have yet to try. But the prices are great, and so is the service and the food. I mean, Hebrew Nationals!
Run by Chad, a guy who grew up outside Chicago, who left his job framing pictures for something a little more appetizing. I asked him why the switch to hot dog man? “I wanted to be outside, and I always liked the comfort of the Chicago lunchtime”, he answered. Look for Chad in the middle of Holladay Park right by Lloyd Center, just a few steps from the Lloyd Center MAX stop.
All I know, is that the quintessential New York hot dog cart he uses attracts displaced New Yorkers like fire attracts bugs. And this bug got burned, and is totally going back for more.
Reprinted from Our PDX.com
