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

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

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

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

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!

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

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!

- 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?

Really we are having a great time with great friends! 

One thing Mitchell and I always talked about is that if you leave The Q Company patio hungry or before you have some new friends your just not trying.  Although Mitchell has a way to go in his customer service training, ha ha, he really doesn’t appreciate that some folks like salt.  Seriously comical to me.  Something like the Soup Nazi. 

 Anyway, lots of new faces trying The Q Company this week, and with no sign out front we’re happy that folks are taking the time to seek us out!  Tell your friends that coming back behind the bar isn’t scary and you’ll be pleasantly surprised what you’ll find!  The largest, coolest and most fun patio in the panhandle!

Hopefully we’ll have the sign up this week and we’ll see a whole new crowd!

In the meantime, I’m looking for groups, charities and businesses that want to come in and check it out. 

Two articles should be coming out in the next couple months too, so that’ll help as well. 

Looking forward to seeing you at The Q Company!  If I can help with anything, even directions – just call!

Sara 540-450-6710

Please put it on your calendar that WEDNESDAYS ARE RIB NIGHT!

Get on by tonight and visit with Mitchell, check out the awesome patio and enjoy some of his fantastic RIBS!  We’re starting to see some great business, loyal customers that come back week after week (some day after day) and we couldn’t be happier about it!

The smoker is rolling each Wednesday for RIBS, Thurs, Friday and Saturday for Pulled Pork, Sausage and of course our famous Brisket!  We’ve been told we have some of the best sides around too!

For those just joining us, we make everything fresh, nothing frozen – EVER!  We season and smoke for 16-18 hours to get just the right flavor that we know you’ll love!

If you haven’t been by the Dirty Dawg Saloon, get by and check out the patio, it’s a truly casual, fun and welcoming place to hang out!

Sorry no kids   We love our kids, but we think that adults love a cool place to hang out too!

See you soon!

- Mitchell & Sara