I'm in the process of starting up a BBQ business having been messing round with smoking for some time now. Although there are a few businesses out there doing it I believe there's room for a few more and there certainly aren't any in my area. Having looked at the various options such as trucks, trailers etc I've settled on the option of a pop up kiosk with a smoker mounted on a trailer.
The kiosk and other stuff has been fine to sort out however the smoker is causing me some issues. I've found a couple of businesses in the UK that build custom smokers however none of them have replied to my enquiries! Having scoured these boards I've read a couple of posts about importing trailer smokers from the US. Has anyone done this and if so, what has your experience been? Does anyone know of someone in the UK that builds/imports trailer smokers and whose presence on the internet is not so obvious and who I may have missed (britpits and BBQ mates I have seen).
In terms of the smoker itself I originally had an idea in my head of the traditional barrel smoker however I've recently seen some cabinet ones on a few US sites, does anyone have any experience of these in respect of commercial smoking?
Appreciate any feedback, thanks.