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MEMPHIS BBQFest > 2023 > 1 Month Away - $100,000 budget due to inflation! (1 Viewer)
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Koya
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Moxie's is a new dallas hot spot - first US location of the Canadian chain of highish end bar/restaurants known for decent food, good tunes and well stacked bartending talent.
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MIriam is 22yo hooters girl. A Tommy referral. Getting details on personality and his thoughts on her holding up for two days behind that bar.
Ashley has 7 years tending experience in downtown/midtown so I have zero doubts she's capable on a skill level.
sbonomo
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One lucky guy got a few of our team shirts last year!!!!!Those are fresh. Are you participating in the t-#### exchange this year?
It'd be awesome to get a shirt that Miriam has rubbed over her chest.
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glvsav37
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I'll start the bidding....$100 — and I want a certificate of authenticity that she didn't wear a bra.....or panties (just because).
DA RAIDERS
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plus tips?
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Sadly naw, team budget still leans on tips a bit so the rate is $250 flat per night + a bonus (prob $100-150ish) after Friday assuming all went well.
Got your PM, Gb. Crashing now but will holla back in the morning
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Turns out an inside source has expressed doubt in miriam's ability to keep pace behind the bar. Thinking she may be out of the running.
Ashley is looking like a lock after digging a little deeper and talking to some references.
DA RAIDERS
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almost all hooter girls will wilt under that kind of volume. a buddy of mine is a big wig in the company and let's just say a superior work ethic isn't a common theme.
Captain Quinoa
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You can still rub shirts on her chest and sell them to desperate FBGs.Turns out an inside source has expressed doubt in miriam's ability to keep pace behind the bar. Thinking she may be out of the running.
I'll take 2.
Captain Quinoa
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How many roadies for Cheap Trick do you think Emily has banged?
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The best submission we got was this super nice old lady that bartends events at the Orpheum theater.
It's great because while she might keep pace with a light drinking theater crowd, anytime a band plays and the crowds get thick/thirsty, she is NOTORIOUS for being slooooooooooooow. I'm talking "lines wrapping back and forth through the lobby like you're waiting to ride Space Mountain" caliber of slow.
It's great because while she might keep pace with a light drinking theater crowd, anytime a band plays and the crowds get thick/thirsty, she is NOTORIOUS for being slooooooooooooow. I'm talking "lines wrapping back and forth through the lobby like you're waiting to ride Space Mountain" caliber of slow.
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Somehow I've never seen this thread before. Might have been the recent thread title change that caught my eye. @[icon] You need to update the Twitter link in the OP. Facebook link still works, though.
Sounds absolutely awesome! I was on a team in Houston back in the '90s for about four years in the Houston Rodeo And BBQ Cookoff event. Pretty similar deal; 400 teams, ranging from small group of friends to massive corporate teams (e.g. Continental Airlines, Jose Cuervo, Budweiser, etc.). If you didn't have an invite to a tent, there wasn't much in the way of partying, although walking around during the early hours can be fun, talking to the teams and such.
Sounds absolutely awesome! I was on a team in Houston back in the '90s for about four years in the Houston Rodeo And BBQ Cookoff event. Pretty similar deal; 400 teams, ranging from small group of friends to massive corporate teams (e.g. Continental Airlines, Jose Cuervo, Budweiser, etc.). If you didn't have an invite to a tent, there wasn't much in the way of partying, although walking around during the early hours can be fun, talking to the teams and such.
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No.
The reason for this is for the last 15 years this team has self funded through bar tips. Our guests, some of which come in once a year from across the country, are conditioned to the fact that the team gets tips. These tips are often $50-100 and perceived as a unofficial/voluntary cover charge to help fund the booth. These people aren't meaning to tip $100+ for a pint of beer. We taking in thousands in tips as a result. This is commonplace at this festival.
We thought long and hard about it and decided a flat rate was the best way to go. We consulted with bar owners, bartenders, and posted a thread on the local ABC board and the range of a fair flat rate was deemed 200-250 a night. So we went for $250+bonus that is based on the basics (showing up time, having a good attitude) and more for kicking ###, bringing in large number of tips, etc).
Everything was disclosed up front (Flat rate + bonus) and everyone is cool with it, as anyone who goes to this festival knows the unwritten rule of tips going to the team in most cases.
James Daulton
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I bet you Junior from Road House would keep his own tips. And take your $250.
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Binky The Doormat
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I am kinda the unofficial team organizer / cat-herder. I have my hands in everything I guess. How the team is basically structured:
Pitmaster: Troy Black
Unofficial Team Lead/Captain: Me (not so much a leader as an organizer. On all matters my vote counts the same as everyone else's)
Kitchen Team: @sbonomo, his brother, and another guy who's is head cook for my comp italian cooking team (who rakes in hardware there).
DJ's: Two guys who are among the best DJs in the city.
Everyone else: 10 other guys are "all purpose" guys.
We have IT guys, construction guys, scaffold guys, marketing guys, liquor reps, radio personalities, restauranteurs, Finance guys, Pilots, etc..... We tend to gravitate to our strengths, but everyone contributes in all ways. Grunt work (cleaning/load in&out/etc) is shared among the team.
In the kitchen, the kitchen guys have lead and know they have assistance as needed during crunch times.
For comp entries, most every guy on this team is at least a solid cook if not an excellent one. Everyone is encouraged to submit candidates for the ancillary entries (beef, seafood, poultry, exotic, wings, sauces), with the kitchen team making the call on what we enter.
As far as my role in particular, I manage the budget/finances, spearhead the fundraising/sponsorships, try to keep meetings on topic, design booth layout, design and order all branded goods (cups, plates, koozies, banners, some shirts, etc). Also generally handle all the festival related stuff (ordering potties, refrigeration, PODS unit, electical, tables/tents/chairs/etc. I work closely with the kitchen team to make sure they have the budget they need and assist where needed with meal planning and whatnot. The kegerator and bar are mine and I generally lead on getting them stocked and set-up.
It's a LOT of work, but we all bust our asses. I know Sbonomo and his brother work their asses off in the pit, and are very active leading up to the festival testing recipes (their own and those submitted by the team) getting ready for the event. Many others are very active as well. Hell, we meet every month for all but 2 or 3 months a year, which is pretty much unheard of. Many teams are just now getting started and we've been in high gear for months.
I like to think the work shows in the results of what we do.
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So about Sam...
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LOL. Cool chick. 27yo. Hmong/Thai decent. Speaks 4 languages. Met her when she showed up at our booth 4 years ago with 5-6 other asian chicks asking if we had any food. We were done serving, but @tipsy mcstagger's yellow fever kicked in and he cracked out a fresh butt for them to gnosh on back in the kitchen area. Recently divorced. Makes a mean batch of Pho.
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Available for sale at the booth. $20 or 25 (I forget) with a koozie. Any FBGs who are coming down are welcome to inbox me with sizes and QTY's and I'll get them ordered and set aside for ya to pick up.
I owe Kee one (as well as one from last year) that I'll be shipping up when they come in.
sbonomo
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We actually did a duck dish for poultry last year (7th out of 117). Classic French preparation finished in the smoker. Sauced with a zinfindale port reduction sauce.Rich Conway said:
going to make the same dish again this year. Also in the works smoked lamb chops, porterhouse salmon and octo#### or squid.
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Chrome Stanchions with red velvet ropes arrived yesterday (to help with crowd control)
Booth access wristbands (4 different types with different access) arrived today
Inflatable Pigs arrived today (
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Ordering Banners Thursday (artwork to be sent later) to capitalize on 15% off promotion
Shirts being ordered next week most likely.
PODS storage rental being told they won't be able to drop units on lots until after scaffolds are up. Obviously that won't work. I've been on phone with regional director of PODS and the Director of Operations for Memphis in May trying to straighten this out. This is a problem with underpaying staff at Memphis in May... high turnover, meaning little tribal knowledge or experience.
Yesterday on the phone with MIM director of Ops:
ME: "This is your first year, correct?"
HIM: "At memphis in may, yes"
ME: "I've been organizing at this festival for about 15 years now..... I'm going to need you to trust me that you have NO idea what those grounds will look like on Tuesday and you will have an absolute ####show of complaints/chaos on your hands if you don't give PODS access to the park to drop storage units before the Scaffold companies start on Thursday or Friday the week before."
Kinda scary that I have to make those kinds of calls. I think they're listening to me though... being told they are looking into the schedule and will call back today.
Booth access wristbands (4 different types with different access) arrived today
Inflatable Pigs arrived today (
)Ordering Banners Thursday (artwork to be sent later) to capitalize on 15% off promotion
Shirts being ordered next week most likely.
PODS storage rental being told they won't be able to drop units on lots until after scaffolds are up. Obviously that won't work. I've been on phone with regional director of PODS and the Director of Operations for Memphis in May trying to straighten this out. This is a problem with underpaying staff at Memphis in May... high turnover, meaning little tribal knowledge or experience.
Yesterday on the phone with MIM director of Ops:
ME: "This is your first year, correct?"
HIM: "At memphis in may, yes"
ME: "I've been organizing at this festival for about 15 years now..... I'm going to need you to trust me that you have NO idea what those grounds will look like on Tuesday and you will have an absolute ####show of complaints/chaos on your hands if you don't give PODS access to the park to drop storage units before the Scaffold companies start on Thursday or Friday the week before."
Kinda scary that I have to make those kinds of calls. I think they're listening to me though... being told they are looking into the schedule and will call back today.
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Custom Etched Charred oak aging barrels are in. Time to fill with water for a few days to seal them up, rinse them out well... then fill with Old Fashioneds and wait....
Off to New Orleans tomorrow to hang out and cook with @tipsy mcstagger at Hogs for the Cause.
Off to New Orleans tomorrow to hang out and cook with @tipsy mcstagger at Hogs for the Cause.
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Hu-Tang Clan
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Go to the Hooters in Augusta during Masters week and recruit from there. They work crazy long days and that place is at capacity all day/night.
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Without further ado... I present the Bartending Contest Winners.....
Ashley & Miriam
In celebration here are some bonus pics of Ashley:
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Biker Girl
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Ashley & Miriam
In celebration here are some bonus pics of Ashley:
F U
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Biker Girl
Side
Keyhole
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