TheQCompany

It’s official and we’re under construction!

mitchellm — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:35:17 +0000

Wow, it’s been a long time coming – and we’re certainly not there yet then next several months will be a bear, then we start the fun part, smokin’ up some Brisket! I can’t wait for the first day will fire up that Smoker and load up with Brisket, Pork, Sausage, Baby-back and Beef Ribs…awwwhhh, and the beans and mac and cheese, seriously I can not wait! We have all sorts of other fun stuff in store, with such a big space we can finally make our famous fried bacon, our hand rolled cheese sticks with raspberry habanero sauce, hand cut sweet potato fries and more and more and more traditional BBQ.

You’ll never find chicken wings, you won’t find chicken fingers, you won’t find anything we buy pre-made or that has ever been frozen, you’ll only find the best, freshest, finest BBQ and good friends around…and we are so looking forward to tipping a cold Texas Shiner with you!

Just a quick note to the Town of Leesburg, Thank you to all that have stopped by, that have reached out to say “Welcome” and wish us every success – it means a lot to us! Thank you!

And with that – grab your red solo cup and cheers to great BBQ coming to town!

South Beach Wine and Food Festival!

mitchellm — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 04:39:03 +0000

We had a truly awesome time in South Beach – we just took time away. I didn’t even pick up my blackberry – crazy! I know many of you follow us on Facebook, a much easier place for me to upload and keep you all posted. Really need to make it easier on myself, but haven’t done the work to make it easier, I don’t have time. Funny.

Anyway, we did get some feedback that some didn’t realize that we had closed Martinsburg, yep, we did. Just in case you didn’t realize that that location is outside, it is, and it’s winter. So we’d planned to close – guess it just wasn’t as clear as it should have been.

Now we’re complicating the situation by opening the new location in Leesburg, VA! Hopefully by early spring 2012, but stay tuned for more information.

I will also update with some pictures and the like from the South Beach Event later this weekend!

Keep those smokers smokin’!

Cheers!

XOXO – Sara

How come you guys aren’t giving me a hard time?

mitchellm — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:12:15 +0000

Yeah, Yeah, I know ’cause it’s not your job to keep me writing posts – I really need a copywriter! You know, someone who spells correctly, writes compelling blog posts – knows what you want to hear – you know, that guy.

In the meantime, your stuck with me. The girl that lets forever go by before updating the blog. Well, it’s not ’cause I don’t love you – or because we don’t have anything to say. Completely the opposite, it’s been very busy few months!

We’re off to South Beach in a few weeks to cook with lots and lots of your favorite chefs! We couldn’t be more excited about that! No idea what to expect, except not that much sleep!

I hear it’s quite a party!

I’m hoping that I can update facebook/twitter and our blog with near real-time pictures of the happenings – we have a photographer that will be along for the ride and help us to capture some of the best parts of the weekend!

Okay, so what else…..Oh, yeah, you might want to know where we are in opening a new location? Well….I still don’t have a lease signed, but I do have a spot that we love, we’ll update you all as soon as we have absolute agreement! I’m hoping to have a banner up on the building letting people know that we’re in South Beach, so trying to get the details done before next week! Stay tuned!

Join us on FB – www.facebook.com/TheQCompany

XOXO – Sara

2012 South Beach Wine and Food Festival Website it up!

mitchellm — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:13:41 +0000

Well, the fun and excitement are just beginning for us as the SOBEFest gets ramped up for this years epic event! Mitchel and I are SO excited to be participating in Thursday nights premier event the Moët Hennessy’s The Q presented by Allen Brothers, sponsored by Miami magazine, hosted by Emeril Lagasse and Guy Fieri.

We will be cooking along side some of our absolute hero’s in the BBQ community, like John Vergos of Rendevous, Memphis, TN – their ribs are unbelievable and we know how hard business is and this joint has been in business since 1948! Check out their “staff” page it’s a very cool story. www.hogsfly.com

Not to mention our favorite Food Network guy Scott Conant will be there!

Check out the long list of cool events, fun parties and remember to put Oct 24th on your calendar to get back to the site and buy your tickets, we’d love to see you there – we’ll sure be living it up!

XOXO – Sara & Mitchell

Have you been keeping up with us on Facebook?

mitchellm — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:10:23 +0000

I know I really should be here everyday – I mean what if the site is down, would I even know about it? Seriously, my main complaint with businesses is that their sites are always wrong, not updated, no one ever posts to the blog…yadda, yadda….funny huh. I mean, big red truck (from a joke I can’t remember, but thought it was funny – saying like pot calling the kettle black)…I don’t know….no excuses.

So what’s going on at The Q Company, well…we have been serving up some great BBQ all summer (which has been hot, btw) to some of the best customers on the planet. We are enjoying the simple things – like having a place to cook But ready also for the next step. We are currently working on a marketing campaign to bring new choices to the businesses of Jefferson and Berkley counties – we know that there aren’t that many lunch spots in town and we want to make sure that we’re in the mix when folks are around the water cooler asking “what do you want to get for lunch”!

This will mean getting the delivery van fixed up and new logos on it, ordering some great to-go packaging and getting the word out. I will also be looking at some online ordering software that will allow our customers to order on line or through facebook and come pick up their order, or ask that we bring it to them! Awesome huh! Well…it’s also a survival tactic, it’s going to get cold soon and we want to make sure that BBQ continues! So, get ready for that and stay tuned.

And of course we are always on the hunt for the perfect full service restaurant location. We have looked at a few and we’re considering how we could make that happen.

The 2012 South Beach Wine and Food Festival is going to be here before we know it and we’ll be traveling to Miami Beach to work with Emmeril and Guy to bring some amazing BBQ to that crew! Can’t wait for that – but for now can’t think about that, adds too much stress for day to day

Okay, so quick and dirty post today – but I’ve been missing you guys so had to get back here and say hi! Make sure to follow us on FB and Twitter for the most up to date info!

Also wouldn’t be a bad idea to sign up for our newsletter – I’m gonna get that out this weekend too!

XOXO – Sara

Big day at the meat shop!

mitchellm — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:59:36 +0000

Well, last week was a good one, we sold out every night! So we’re going above and beyond this week, in fact a little out of my comfort zone to tell you the truth – this stuff takes lots of time, it takes lots of patience and bottom line, it takes a lot of money! So with the forecast calling for great weather and some great feedback over the past several weeks – I’m in. Let’s see if we can make it happen. Lots of meat on the smoker all week this week. Lots and lots and lots of ribs on Wednesday, lots of Brisket and Pulled Pork all week – make it or break is as they say!

So with that, are you having a party, get together or just don’t want to make dinner? Grab take-out! You can call us, and we’ll make sure we have what you ordered saved just for you and we’ll package it up nice and tighty for you to bring home. Or you can enjoy it right along with us at the Q – we’re looking for you, get in here!

XOXO – Sara

It’s been HOT

mitchellm — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 03:09:00 +0000

We’ve had such a great July so far, we have met some really amazing people, we have had the opportunity to share some of our BBQ and even better some of our ideas for fun stuff we wanna try in the kitchen!

Last weekend we had a tremendous turn out for the live music on the patio, we had lots of new faces and lots of compliments (which I never get sick of). Only two guys asked for crazy things like Cheese and salt – clearly they are northerners Real TX BBQ takes some time to teach people to enjoy. You definitely don’t need cheese or salt with our BBQ folks. Just eat like we give it to you, you won’t be disappointed!

We met a really lovely lady from WRNR radio, we talked to Mike Hornby of Around the Panhandle Magazine, we have an article coming out in the Martinsburg Journal this week – lots of fun stuff going on.

Have a great day everyone, enjoy the week and we hope to see you sooner than later!

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY TO YOU!

mitchellm — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 20:12:51 +0000

Well, so far we have just been having a great time…we have such awesome faithful customers and we are growing our facebook family by leaps and bounds too! Couldn’t be better!

So with that the 4th of July is upon us and BBQ is a staple for every family (most anyway) and we are busy busy, busy! I hope that next year our catering business will be through the roof!

I’m going to work on getting registered for Pickin’ in the Panhandle in the next week or two, finalize our permit for using our trailer for events and just in general growing the business. We know that many folks just don’t know where even in town. I’d also like to do that Great American BBQ festival and the Blues, Bourbon and BBQ series for 2012!

Around the Panhandle magazine comes out this week, and I’m thinking that the issue of the Journal newspaper might have a little blurb about us soon.

I’m also going to work on some fun stuff, like really cool t-shirts, hats, aprons, etc that folks can start wearing around proudly. And to get our sauces and rubs done so we can produce those for sale in the area.

The beans will take a bit more work – but I’m dedicated to getting those into some local/regional gourmet shops.

All that and we are still 100% focused on raising our beautiful daughter Parker – all this is really for her, hope she doesn’t decide to be a vegetarian LOL

Have a happy 4th everyone, remember to say the pledge of allegiance, or sing the star spangled banner like no-body’s watching!

Happy 4th of July America!

XOXO – Sara

Biker rally coming to town and transforming the Dirty Dawg into a biker haven – Makes for a fun RIB night!

mitchellm — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:12:22 +0000

Well, this week there is an event going on in town that will take over the Dirty Dawg Saloon. Rumble in the Valley (http://www.wvrumbleinthevalley.com/), a local motorcycle rally will take over the town for a few days and we expect the Dirty Dawg will be no different. We love the bikers, we love having them to enjoy some great BBQ, especially on Wednesdays for Bike night – so we just expect a few more this week!

So the Dirty Dawg will transform into a true Biker joint, with a mechanical Bull, a bikini contest and lots and lots of awesome bikes to check out! We will of course still have our famous BBQ on the patio all night, with Mitchell’s famous RIBS, and lots and lots and lots of them! But, if Bikers aren’t your thing, don’t fret – we can make RIBS just for you and have them ready when you want to pick them up! Just call us at 304.616.6604 to pre-order!

So what’s going on with you?

mitchellm — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:58:48 +0000

Let’s hear from you, what fun are you getting into this summer…yep, I’ve decided it’s officially summer after several days of 100+ degree sunshiny weather! Here’s what we’re up to:

- Continue to make the best darn BBQ anywhere and trying to make sure folks know where to find us – still debatable, how:

Well, I figure a sign out front will help

We have an article coming out in the Journal (local newspaper)

We have a great article coming out in the Around the Panhandle mag

You saw that we were featured in WVLiving Mag as one of the best BBQ joints in the state! Whoot! Whoot!

I figure when the sign goes up I’ll have a ribbon cutting ceremony, that should be fun!

Let’s see, we’re hosting local BNI groups, local Chamber groups, anyone that will listen to me…..LOL

Every Saturday we host live music – really great time!

What else would you like to see us do this summer?

- Mitchell is going to do the Hoka Hey Challenge again – a 10000 mile+ motorcycle ride through all 48 states, how:

Well, number 1 is that he has the coolest wife on the planet , yep me.

2, if you know Mitchell he is a ultra distance motorcycle rider, and this is what he does

3. He’s crazy.

What are you doing?