When Josh Blankenship opened his meals truck, Yo Canine Wieners, final October, it was the end result of a long-held dream.
Blankenship, an entrepreneur from Kansas Metropolis with a advertising background, stated he and his spouse initially moved to Nice Bend about 5 years in the past to assist begin a advertising firm. However finally, he bought bored with looking at a pc display screen all day and determined to observe by way of on the concept which he’d held for about 10 years.
Blankenship stated he likes to grill at dwelling for household, however considers himself extra of an entrepreneur than a chef. So when he began up a meals truck, he wished to take a reasonable, fundamental grilling meals and up the ante. The recent canine offered the right avenue as a result of it may be cooked rapidly and since, “In my view, virtually something goes good on a scorching canine.”
As a result of a scorching canine is so versatile, he stated, it permits a buyer to place their very own spin on it. To date, they’ve performed every little thing from a Chicago-style loaded scorching canine to a taco scorching canine.
Blankenship stated one factor that at all times appealed to him concerning the thought of a meals truck is the flexibleness of with the ability to do enterprise wherever, as an alternative of being tied to a single bodily location. As a result of he likes to journey, sooner or later, he stated, he would really like to have the ability to tow the meals cart behind his RV and take the enterprise throughout the nation with him.
Because the climate warms up within the spring, and into the summer time, their aim is to be out locally three to 4 instances per week. It additionally permits him the flexibleness to take orders from and cook dinner from the consolation of his personal driveway and have his spouse ship to prospects across the metropolis on days they don’t seem to be out locally. That’s particularly handy throughout cooler months in Kansas.
Along with Nice Bend, they’re additionally touring to different space communities, comparable to Hoisington, Larned and Lewis.
A meals truck is inexpensive to function than a bodily location, he stated. As soon as the truck is purchased, there is no such thing as a hire or utilities to pay, so the primary prices lay merely within the meals and in sustaining the cart.
He sees the long-term way forward for the venture as about excess of simply himself, although. As a veteran who served 5 years within the Military, he sees it as an eventual probability to present again to those that serve.
“My aim is to have the ability to purchase scorching canine carts for veterans throughout the nation, to (share) the recipes and the advertising experience to have the ability to launch their very own,” he stated.
The entrepreneurial spirit can also be one thing he hopes to go on to his two sons, ages 13 and 9. “They’re an enormous half the enterprise. It’s one thing I wished to do to assist present them learn how to work and learn how to run a enterprise of their very own.”
Companies in Nice Bend, he stated, have been extraordinarily supportive of the enterprise, offering each assist and area to function his meals truck.
“The quantity of individuals right here which can be keen to present and to assist and to be there for you if you begin small companies has been actually cool for us, and so we hope to do the identical for small companies,” he stated.
Right this moment, they are going to be within the rear car parking zone behind Dry Lake Brewery within the 1300 block of Predominant. To be taught extra about Yo Canine Weiners, they are often discovered on Fb at https://www.fb.com/YoDogWieners, or go to the web site, yodogwieners.com.
