We are a locally owned and operated food truck in Colorado Springs. We moved here in 2012 from Texas to enjoy the beautiful Colorado weather and to comeback to the city in which Katie was born. At the time, we were caring for my husband's Grandmother who was 93 and was suffering with dementia. Due to the fact that we were bound to the house for several years, our only outlet was to smoke meat, cook up some delicious sides, and invite the neighbors over for a BBQ and some adult interaction. The day she passed in January of 2013, we decided to try yet another local barbeque place here in town. Once again, it just wasn’t the same as the Texas-Style barbeque that we were used to and loved. As we sat there eating, trying to figure out what our next adventure would be in life, we both agreed that we were not going back to our prior professions. Because our neighbors thoroughly enjoyed our barbecue, they strongly encouraged us to do something professional with it, so we decided to make a go of it.
We had just started the process of having a custom food trailer built when ran into a great opportunity in November of 2013 to cater daily to Willowstone Antique Mall. However, after a year of catering, we decided we wanted to go mobile, so we went back to building our food trailer and prepared to hit to the streets of Colorado Springs.
We started in August of 2014 serving lunch at a local corporate office, which was our first and only gig for 6 months and served them for four years. One of our regular customers from that location owned Jives, a local coffee shop and invited us to set up there once a week. Those were our only two regular locations for months. However, when summer arrived that year, the business exploded, as we were one of a very few trucks here in town.
In early 2016, the brewery’s discovered our delicious Texas BBQ and by the end of 2016, we had set up with just about every brewery in town. We quickly realized that working seven days a week was not so much fun after all, so we decided to settle down with only a couple of the breweries and we visited them once a week for several years. Over the last 4 years, we have done just about every kind of event you could ever think of; Netflix Movie Sets, The Pikes Peak Hill Climb, Air Force Academy Cadet Jamboree, The Patriot Fest, The D20 JROTC State Championship, The Lantern Fest, The Spartan Race, NORAD, The National Lacrosse Competition, Poker Night at the Air Force Academy, tons of weddings and many more fun adventures.
In 2017, the demand for our Texas BBQ was at an all-time high. However, after several years of 17 plus hours a day, 7 days a week, we weren't feeling as young as we had, so we decided to slow down for a bit.
In 2018 we decided to minimize our set up locations to lunches at a couple of our regular corporate offices and Friday nights at couple of the local breweries’. We felt we wanted to focus more on drop off catering and catering with the truck, as we really loved the thrill of extremely high-volume eventsand the relaxed pace of drop off catering. Basically, not “booking” all the calls that came in and hoping we would fill those dates with some of the high- volume catering events. It was a scary move, as we were essentially turning down business and not sure if more would come. However, this process ended up working out great for us and in 2018, we were finally able to work smarter and not harder.
Between my husband’s demand for nothing but the best quality of food and my demand for excellent customer service, we have managed to build a great following in Colorado; from Pueblo all the way Denver, but most of all here in Colorado Springs. We now have customers all over the United States that make it a point to get their Rocky Mountain BBQ "fix" every time they are in town.
We are very thankful for the support that this community has shown us, as they have allowed us to grow and prosper as a small business. We are looking forward to continuing to provide our mouthwatering Texas- Style BBQ to the folks here in Colorado, as well as around the nAtion.
We had just started the process of having a custom food trailer built when ran into a great opportunity in November of 2013 to cater daily to Willowstone Antique Mall. However, after a year of catering, we decided we wanted to go mobile, so we went back to building our food trailer and prepared to hit to the streets of Colorado Springs.
We started in August of 2014 serving lunch at a local corporate office, which was our first and only gig for 6 months and served them for four years. One of our regular customers from that location owned Jives, a local coffee shop and invited us to set up there once a week. Those were our only two regular locations for months. However, when summer arrived that year, the business exploded, as we were one of a very few trucks here in town.
In early 2016, the brewery’s discovered our delicious Texas BBQ and by the end of 2016, we had set up with just about every brewery in town. We quickly realized that working seven days a week was not so much fun after all, so we decided to settle down with only a couple of the breweries and we visited them once a week for several years. Over the last 4 years, we have done just about every kind of event you could ever think of; Netflix Movie Sets, The Pikes Peak Hill Climb, Air Force Academy Cadet Jamboree, The Patriot Fest, The D20 JROTC State Championship, The Lantern Fest, The Spartan Race, NORAD, The National Lacrosse Competition, Poker Night at the Air Force Academy, tons of weddings and many more fun adventures.
In 2017, the demand for our Texas BBQ was at an all-time high. However, after several years of 17 plus hours a day, 7 days a week, we weren't feeling as young as we had, so we decided to slow down for a bit.
In 2018 we decided to minimize our set up locations to lunches at a couple of our regular corporate offices and Friday nights at couple of the local breweries’. We felt we wanted to focus more on drop off catering and catering with the truck, as we really loved the thrill of extremely high-volume eventsand the relaxed pace of drop off catering. Basically, not “booking” all the calls that came in and hoping we would fill those dates with some of the high- volume catering events. It was a scary move, as we were essentially turning down business and not sure if more would come. However, this process ended up working out great for us and in 2018, we were finally able to work smarter and not harder.
Between my husband’s demand for nothing but the best quality of food and my demand for excellent customer service, we have managed to build a great following in Colorado; from Pueblo all the way Denver, but most of all here in Colorado Springs. We now have customers all over the United States that make it a point to get their Rocky Mountain BBQ "fix" every time they are in town.
We are very thankful for the support that this community has shown us, as they have allowed us to grow and prosper as a small business. We are looking forward to continuing to provide our mouthwatering Texas- Style BBQ to the folks here in Colorado, as well as around the nAtion.
