Perfect barbecue spread from Smokey Mo's

Whether it's a Saturday or Sunday tailgate, maybe a holiday gathering, we've got plenty of those coming up. There's an art to putting together the perfect barbecue spread. That's right. Joining us this morning with some tips to help you get it just right. Leslie Smith, Christian Northrup with Smokey Moe's Barbecue. Thank you so much for coming in. Thank you, guys. First of all, you're local to Austin, Central Texas. About how many locations do you have and what makes Smokey Moe's what it is? In Austin we have 11 locations, but total we have about 22. But Smokey Moe's, really what makes it what it is, is it's Texas smoked barbecue to its core. Best smoked barbecue. We use post-oak wood, fresh every single day. That's what our goal is. So the idea is when you get out of the car walking up, you smell it. Correct. That's right. If you don't smell something way before you see something, I don't think we're in the right place. That's right. And you've got a great spread out here. Where do you want to start? Yeah, let's definitely start with this tailgate pack over here. There's no wrong place to start. No, no, no. It's very good. So we have a tailgate pack right here, which is about three pounds of meat. This is definitely for your meat-heavy options. We have one pound of turkey, one pound of brisket. And one pound of sausage with four sides of your choice, mix and match it the way you want it. Very cool. And this is just such... Making tailgate easy. And if it's an early kickoff, you have the breakfast tacos. Correct. Yeah, we're doing a lot more of these party packs and folks are loving them. It's such an easy way to get the right amount of food for your group. We give you a recommended party size, you can come and grab a box or we deliver it all over Austin. So the tailgate pack is one of our party packs and then our tacos and toppings box. Is another party pack that exactly to your point, this breakfast tacos, we're doing tons of these. This time of year, I love it. It's my favorite time of year. But it can be overwhelming for the person who's responsible for the, hey, we've got a tailgate. Hey, now we've got family coming in. One thing after another, we're going to look up. It's going to be early January. Sometimes when you want to make a gathering nice and easy, but still do it, it's nice to call some. No, no, definitely let us take all that responsibility on you guys. Like, the real easy part about Smokey Moe's is just let us know how many people are showing up. We can handle the rest. Every bit to it. You said some of your favorites are what? Can we talk about pork butt? Yeah, so this is going to be our pork belly. It's going to be, yeah, no, it's going to be so, so good. It's like sweet and fatty. Really good, almost like candy. Yeah. So we call it our meat candy. Meat candy. Oh, it's delicious. We've been having Porktober all month this month, introducing this as our smoked pork belly bites to our guests. They're loving it, we're keeping it on the menu, they've loved it so much. We were just talking, a lot of people have maybe experienced pork belly in a different setting. This smoked pork belly is so easy. We're doing it as appetizers for weddings, we're doing it as a side add on. So the pork belly plus the tailgate pack is an amazing tailgate option, game watching or just family get together event. Did you say you have some specials for this month? So Porktober is, the last day is tomorrow, but the pork belly bites, six bites for $9.99 is staying on the menu. Correct. Folks are loving it, and it's such an easy way to add on to any meal. Yeah, he was mentioning the desserts. Desserts? Mm-hmm. Oh, no, very good. So these are going to be our two house-made desserts that we have. So it's going to be our banana pudding and our Oreo pudding. Super, super good. Easy to do. We even do big pies. Pans for tailgate packs or parties or even group packs that we would even do. Do you still have availability for Halloween if someone wanted to order for tomorrow? We 100% do. You just stressed them out. Do it the same day. Yeah, I'll be like, sure, sure. But as a rule, I would imagine, especially as we get close to Thanksgiving or bigger deals or the holidays, the earlier we call the better is probably an idea. The earlier the better. But as Christian said, we smoke all our meats in-house. We always have availability. Last minute is our specialty. You've got family who just shows up or you realize you need something. Keep in mind. Smokey Moe's. We'll be there for you. We will make it happen. You know what? I'm not using a fork. You don't need a fork. I mean, it's so good. You're right. It is like candy. I could just eat that as my meal. The other new item for us is our slider trays, and these have been a huge hit this season. Correct. Yeah, we have been doing big slider tailgate packs for UT games. I think we sold over 86 slider packs for them in the last few weeks. It's been amazing. Full of meat, you can customize it all yourself with the pickled onions, very, very easy. Easy to describe. This is delicious. Correct. You taste the smoke right away. Right, yes. Thank you. Guys, thank you so much for coming in. Yeah, Leslie and Christian, thank you all. Thank you, guys. Appreciate you. We're going to get busy in the commercial. No, no. I hope so.