So I met a guy who had his food truck built by the same company who put a new engine/transmission/brakes in Black Betty and volunteered to work on his food truck occasionally so I can get an idea of the space, layout, constraints, likes & dislikes as I design the kitchen of my food truck.
He makes organic fried chicken, gluten free, fried in coconut oil and avocado oil for his gravy so it will be interested to see if the folks screaming for this type of food step up to the plate because it ain't as cheap as Popeyes/Canes/KFC
He has a big Freightliner rig with plenty of room, ceiling height, etc. A HUGE 3 phase generator on the roof to run his high end pressure fryer. The cool thing is its connected to his gas tank so he can fill the main tank and it supplies the vehicle and the generator.
Here's an article about his chicken:
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Dallas-Patrick Gibbons creates guilty pleasures without feeling guilty. He has curated an organic fried chicken recipe that will satisfy your cravings but get you on track for those 2021 goals.
The Dallas native created the concept because he couldn’t find anything like that himself. He wanted to change the game for a clean meal.
Cooking for a friend is what Gibbons often does, and after noticing one of his friend’s developed allergies, he created a recipe for fried chicken that she could eat.
“She was allergic to gluten, dairy products, soybeans, corn, and even chicken, but she’s allergic to chicken cortisol,” he said.
He began to buy chicken without the stress hormone cortisol and skin without gluten or dairy products. His main goal in the recipe was that it could be what he really wanted to eat.
“I cook for me,” Gibbons said. “When I came up with my recipe, my standard was that it had to be very good.
Gibbons says he can eat chicken recipes several times a day and still feel good about what’s happening to his body.
He does not use traditional oils like vegetables and peanuts to fry chicken, but uses coconut oil.
“Coconut oil is full of omega-3s,” Gibbons said. “It’s healthy, it’s good for you. Not everyone understands this concept. Many people really don’t care about the quality of their food.”
After completing the recipe nine months ago, he is excited to make his food public.
“Everyone needs organic fried chicken,” Gibbons said.
The Gibbons food truck is parked in the Full City Rooster parking lot on Acard Street, just south of Downton, Dallas.
Dallas Entrepreneur Creates Organic Fried Chicken Food Truck
Here we are slinging chicken last Saturday:
Black Betty is moving along slowly, took me a couple of weeks just to find someone to change the tires on her because she still has the original wheels. I like them and want to keep the, especially because the previous owner recently had them powder coated but they're split rims AKA "Widow makers". The got this name because they have maimed and killed many who didn't know how to work on them. Fortunately I found a good ol boy who's been doing this for decades, knows how to change them and even comes to the house to do it. Hope to have them on tomorrow but I said that this morning and got a no show, so we'll see...
I water blasted the interior paint off as best I could and got the inside gutted and put some half inch plywood for temporary flooring so I could mark the aisle space, lay out equipment and get a sense of the space before I commit to permanent stainless steel counters, cabinets, etc
I decided to get a cheap fake plate that said what I wanted vs paying the state of Texas $100 plus/year for the privilege and not getting the plate I really wanted. I'm just going to snap this one over the legal one and ask forgiveness if I get pulled over and tell the cop we place that plate temporarily when we're parked (which will be most of the time) and forgot to remove it when we drove off