Tony Lackey of Food Giant, Sikeston, MO, is shown picking up one of two fully loaded trailers that they recently purchased to place in stores in Mississippi and Alabama. Food Giant, which is headquartered in Sikeston, MO, operates nearly 100 stores in the Midwest and South. Tony said they needed to add these pits to their fleet of Ole Hickory Pits smokers because of the increased volume in their Deli Department.
"We’ve made enough to pay for the pit in less than a month of use. We do $9,000 - $10,000 in smoked meat sales each week."
Food Giant, You Rock!
From: Michael Crowder [mailto:michaelcrowder1955@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 7:52 PM
To: Margaret Wiggins
Subject: Ole Hickory Pits in Nixa, MO
Chain Gang BBQ opened their serving window on New Year’s Eve serving ’cue from our Ole Hickory Pits Tri-Convecture. Without a dime spent in advertising, we actually sold out of product on our third day in business. So despite deep freeze weather and the New Year things went great.
Hats off to you guys at Ole Hickory Pits for making a cooker that really does let you do "barbeque at your best" and our customers love that juicy, tender and smoke kissed BBQ we’re serving up.
Next time you and David are in my neck of the woods, stop by for lunch or dinner.
Congrats Michael & Thanks For Your Kind Words!
...And The Son Becomes The Teacher!!!
Happy Holidays!!! Enclosed is a picture of my son, Todd, and youngest grandkid, Jenna, after winning a Rib Award at their very first BBQ contest - this year’s BBQlossal in DesMoines.
In fact, his ribs beat my ribs - which really made me even prouder. Not much experience and cooking for the first time on a CTO. Thanks for building such a user friendly cooker.
:-) JJ (Jumpin Jim Woodsmall)
Congratulations Urban Q Boys. Can’t Wait To See What You Do At Your Next One!
YOU CAN’T BEAT THIS WITH A STICK!!!!!!
Contact Name: Mike (Stick) Herring
Company Name: General Porktitioners
Email: ppsticky@netscape.net
Address: 27 Patrick Rd., Fayetteville, Tn. 37334
Phone: 9314384463
Where did you hear about us? Competitions
Type of Business: Vending & Catering
Comments: David & All Employees,
To begin with it was Great seeing you and meeting Bill at Jack Daniels Cookoff this year. I also made good use of the gift you dropped off with me. Thanks very much!
I’m writing today to again let you know how pleased I am with your product. I never knew when Margaret sold me my cooker why I had purchased the cook and hold feature. I’ve had my pit for 6&1/2 years and had never used it. Well Thanksgiving morning I found out it was well worth the money.
I had a load of Turkeys and Hams on and at 3 am all was well. I decided I would take another short nap until 5 am when it would be time to pull everything off. Well at 5 when I opened the door to go out I immediately knew something was wrong. Sure enough when I got to the pit my temp was dropping like a rock. Now I started to panic where was I going to find a pit on Thanksgiving morning at 5 am. Which one of my friends was I going to wake up? Then it hit me. I’ve got cook and hold that operates off of a different thermostat. I hastily switch to cook and hold and the burner started immediately. I pulled the side panel off and gradually changed the factory pre-set from 150 until I reached my desired cooking temp. In 45 minutes I was back to temp and all was well. My customers never knew how close they came to eating fast food for their holiday.
Your cookers are without a doubt the best on the market. Your service department (if you should ever need it) is second to none. It’s Great to know I can call Kevin and he can immediately look on the computer at my pit and know exactly what parts were used on my pit. He has always been able to answer any questions I’ve had even though I am not asking them, but in a laymans way.
My pit has always been used as a mobile operation. I have drug it all over the southeast in 6&1/2 years and never replaced anything until last month. My rotisierie motor which was damaged because of dirt dobbers and know the thermostat which I’m sure was because of weather exposure.
I think every American owned business should adopt your business model. Great products built by World Class Employees backed by World Class Service and Sales. The American public would not be dealing with bail-outs if other businesses were to operate on your model.
Thanks again and hope to see you soon. I’m saving my pennies to buy a CTO for my competition cooking.
Stick
Thanks, Stick, for your glowing testimonial. We truly appreciate it!
I just want to drop you a quick note of appreciation for such a fine product I recently competed in the American Royal BBQ Invitational & Open division, Thanks to Ole Hickory this was my first year competing at the Royal. I have been using the ultra Que for about six months now and have consistently improved each time.
I was able to place 29th overall in the Invitational and in the open division I place 8th in Ribs and 51st overall, Thank you for building such a fine product.
Regards,
Glenn Jarrett
She Thinks My Slabs R Sexy BBQ Team
Tomball, TX 77375
We Think Your Ribs Are Sexy Too, Glenn! Congrats!
Contact Name: Big Tom
Company Name: Performance Sales and Marketing
Email: bigtom@bigtom.org
Address: PO Box 684
Wake Forest, NC 27587
Phone: 919 349 7874
Where did you hear about us? internet
Type of Business: fundraising
Comments:
My Ole Hickory EL-ED Barbecue Pit ran nonstop from 9AM Thursday to 5PM Friday. Temperature stayed on 225 degrees for 32 contineous hours! I smoked 1065 pounds of pork and had some record breaking chopped barbecue. Thanks Ole Hickory for a wonderful pit. See all the details at http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/tprice1?ref=name
Customer Service Survey
Great effort in trying to resolve (the) problem. - Butch Russell - EL Owner
Excellent Service - Jubilee Creations - CTO Owner
Your rub is killer!! Thanks guys. - Wild Bill (Bill Agne) - CTO Owner
Excellent communication with factory technician. Knew how to address the problem - Rock River Ribs - CTO Owner
This is a great pit. I have always wanted a small commerical pit. - Donny Jones - CTO Owner
It has been very easy to call and ask questions to resolve issues. - The Chef Hog BBQ Co. - EL-IB Owner
Good professional service. Thank you. - Art Alba, Village Market - CTO Owner
Kevin has always helped me with all three of my cookers. Thanks - Wayne Abrams - Wayne’s Body Shop - CTO Owner
Kevin took care of this matter for me and was very helpful explaining things over the phone - Rue Johnson - CTO Owner
You guys are wonderful. Thanks for your prompt assistance!! - Smoke & Spice - EL-ED/X Owner
Kevin did a great job. Give him a pay raise!!! - Cowboy’s Kitchen - CTO Owner
Thanks so much for all of your wonderful comments!
We just competed in the Cattlemen’s Ozark BBQ Challenge, a KCBS sanctioned event and received our first call in Ribs using our Ole Hickory Pit Convecture cooker. We came in at 9TH Place breaking a string of finishing outside of the top 10 so far this year.
I can also tell you that this cooker was like a classic Corvette at the cook-off. A ton of people and competitors alike were wanting the low down on my stainless steel beauty. And that included two teams that already own larger models manufactured by Ole Hickory. You might even get an order out of the deal.
The Convecture cooker works GREAT!!!
Kind words from another satisfied customer. Thanks Mike!
Hi Margret,
Thanks for getting my pit ordered and delivered so quickly, I met Bill & Barbara Milroy of Texas Rib Rangers at the New Mexico Pork & Brew. He saw how I was staying up all night cooking the old and hard way. He showed me his (Ole Hickory)Pits, the EL-EDX, and I could not believe what I saw. The ribs he cooked were the best I ever tasted. I quickly placed my order and my life started to change when Penny called and said Lynn was on the way with the pit. I had the pit loaded with Pork two hours after it was delivered for a event I had scheduled. Three weeks later I had the pit on a trailer and the Rib Shack was built and life is so easy, I get sleep at night while the pit is smokin’. Thank for helpin’ out a Carolina Boy.
Chef Charles
chef1chaz@aol.com
407-744-2656
Contact Name: Craig Olson
Company Name: Ray’s Grocery & Market
Email: raysgrocery@gmail.com
Address
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1117 W. Walker St.
Breckenridge
Texas 76424
Phone: 254-559-2341
Where did you hear about us? Current Customer
Type of Business: Retail Grocery / BBQ Take Out
Comments:
I just want to send out a big "thank you" to Margaret and the rest of the Ole Hickory Pits crew. We’ve been running our SSG 14-20 hours a day, 6 days a week since we rolled it off the truck, and it hasn’t missed a lick yet. Our BBQ is better than ever and our customers are loving every bite! Our SSG is by far one of the best investments we have made in our business! Keep up the good work!
And They Just Keep Coming!
Contact Name: Marv Tuter
Company Name: Marv’s Marvlus Pit Bar-B-Q Inc
Email: marvsbbq@marvsbbq.com
Address: 3244 75th AVE SE, Olympia, WA 98501
Phone: 360-459-7729
Where did you hear about us? current customer
Type of Business: Catering
Comments: I just wanted to say that I have had my EL/EDX tralier mounted unit for 2 seasons now and wonder how in the world I ever got along without it for so many years.
MY other pits (Brand X) are of absoutley no comparrison to the quality of pit, quality of food and ease of use that my Ole Hickory Pit gives me.
I have had my EL/EDX loaded at diffferent times with 30 huge 26 lb turkeys, 40 Prime ribs weighing 30 lbs each, 22 fresh 25 lb hams and many, many other items that all came off the Ole Hickory Pit tasting smoky & moist like no other pit could produce.
With only a couple of minor issuses in the begining of ownership, I have had absoutley no trouble with my EL/EDX...it ran flawlessly.
Thank you to the entire team at Ole Hickory Pits...you make an OUTSTANDING pit!!
Marv
Thanks so much, Marv, for your glowing comments!
Contact Name: Bryan Schaerer
Company Name: Smoke’n B’s BBQ
Email: cherylschaerer@yahoo.com
668 3rd Street, Tracy City, TN 37387
Phone: 931-924-7383
Where did you hear about us? bbq magazine
Type of Business: bbq
Comments:
We would like to take this opportunity to thank Kevin in svc and the rest of the staff at Ole Hickory Pits to say a big THANK YOU for all the help we have gotten with our new smoker.....
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Contact Name: Chad Lewman
Company Name: Iron Pig Inc
Email: ironpiginc@yahoo.com
Address
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1421South Dewey, Wagoner, Oklahoma 74467
Where did you hear about us? Internet
Type of Business: Restaurant
Comments:
Nothing but perfection in the cooker. Quality is second to none. Staff is something most companies only dream about. thanks for all the great service and outstanding product
Cullen Case Sent This Great E-Mail
From: Cullen Case [mailto:cmcase@johnsonsales.us]
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 10:12 AM
To: swigcds@bellsouth.net; Beverly Looney; Penny Bowers
Subject: Convectioneer Tri Cooker
Hi all ,my smoker arrived Friday (3 minutes late by the wayJ). It is now mounted on my trailer and I’ve smoked 18 racks of ribs in it and it is great! Thanks for all your good service! You did everything you said you were going to do and you did it on time with a great piece of equipment! What more can I say!!
Thanks for the kind words!
Randy Robinett of R Butts R Smokin’ had these kind words to say after winning Grand Champion at this year’s 2008 Great American Barbecue Contest In Kansas City!
...I just wanted to let you know that since we bought the CTO last year we have cooked in four competitions and have placed in the top 10 in each competition. That also includes winning the Great American BBQ Open Contest held this past weekend in Kansas City. We beat out 224 other teams from across the nation. Just wanted to say thanks for everything.
Randy Robinett
Congratulations R Butts R Smokin’! Way To Go!
Mike Emerson of Pappy’s Smokehouse was featured in this month’s issue of Sauce Magazine
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Sonny Bade Wins Grand Champion With UltraQue
April 23, 2008
Ole Hickory Pits
333 N. Main St.
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701-7205
Dear Margaret:
In the BBQ competition world, we are always looking for that little nitch which hopefully will give the edge over our competition. I believe the cook is 40%, the pit 40% and the other 20% is pure luck that the judges like what you cook.
When the two 40% factors do not exist then the luck factor greatly increases. I firmly believe that the recent purchase of my UltraQue is reason to believe the pit factor exceeds the 40% and hopefully increases the luck factor.
I have built my own pits, have bought pits made in Indiana and Texas, but nothing compares to the UltraQue.
I did extensive research before this purchase to hopefully find the pit that was compact, efficient and attractive. The propane only option allows us to cook competition desserts. The gas and wood combination allows patio grilling and the charcoal basket for competition.
With the addition of the larger charcoal basket, this extends the cooking time for some ten (10) hours at 210° with only the fan and charcoal. I have added an 800-watt inverter to my toy hauler, which allows me to operate the blower for some 6 to 8 hours without starting the generator.
The most amazing thing about the UltraQue is the consistent cooking temperature. I have had meat on all three racks and monitored with my Pro-Com 4 Guru and the temperature only varies 2 to 3 degrees between all four probes.
The third time I used the UltraQue, I won Grand Champion and hoping the first two times were learning curves.
I would like to thank Ole Hickory Pits and their employees for a fine product and a job well done.
Sincerely,
D.E. “Sonny” Bade
Cactus Flat Cookers
San Antonio, Texas
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My pit has made my job so much easier and your service is second to none. Keep up the excellent work.
Thanks, Marshel Gray,
Pack Saddle BBQ, San Angelo, TX
Thank you, Marshel, for the "AAA"s on our Customer Service Survey!
I bought a Legend in July. Strange sounds started coming from the motor prompting me to call your service department. I received immediate attention, with your service replacing the motor. Your Service Manager is absolutely super, and the service at home was something to brag about. With other service departments, as they are now, it is really something to get actual wonderful service such as I received. Sevice after the sale is important, and is wonderfully alive at Ole Hickory. This is very important to me. Thanks for being quick to respond, and for being absolutely super. It is appreciated.
Bob Yeates, Principia School Teacher
Dardenne Prairie, Missouri
Thanks so much, Bob! You’re A+ in our books too!
I want to thank Ole Hickory Pits for making The Wood Pit a big success here in the NJ BBQ wasteland. We have been open since October 5th with much fan fare; I want to especially mention Kevin Kessel, who has given a level of customer service not seen much anymore. Our two smokers make us taste GOOD,
Again thank you OLE HICKORY PITS
Lawrence Hackney
Montclair, NJ
Check-Out the reviews
http://www.nj.com/starledger/stories/index.ssf?/base/living-0/1198215318239380.xml&coll=1
http://www.baristanet.com/food/2007/10/bbq_all_the_fix.php#more
http://www.baristanet.com/2007/11/not_your_typical_turkey_run.php
Thank you, Lawrence! You’re A Gem!
I wanted to show some ofour smoker pictures here in california. We currently own 3 of the SSE Models. Two in house and one on a trailer. We couldn’t have done it without you. Thanks.
Frisella’s Roastery,
La Verne California
Frisella’s Rocks! Thanks For The Compliments!
We at The Blu Pig are very happy and appreciate the great service! Very fast & professional service.
Keith McAnally
Mountain Home, AR
Thanks, Keith. We Appreciate You Too. Thanks For The Kind Words!
Kevin has been very helpful with our warranty issues.
Santa Fe Station Casino/Salt Lick
Glad To Be Of Service!
Hi, Happy Monday;
Well, the competition is overwith, and we managed to place with our pork and rib turn-ins - which were the two meats we cooked on the Ole Hickory! What a great cooker! We are very impressed, and have already started talking about next year’s competitions using this great cooker!
Please let Margaret and Kevin know of our success with the CTO, and our great pleasure in using it for the first time!
Looking forward to advising you of future wins - with the help of the CTO!!
Have a great day,
Adrienne & Aaron Ross
Smokin’ in the Igloo BBQ Team Canada
Hi Margaret,
I just wanted to say THANK YOU for all of your help in making my purchase of my new Ole Hickory Pit a VERY easy one.
I have my new pit for 3 weeks now and have used it many times for my catering business. The quality and consistency of the end product is without a doubt...outstanding!!
I have yet to use it to it’s full capacity but I have certainly enjoyed what it has done for me thus far.
Thanks again for all of your help.
Marv Tuter, Owner/Operator
Marv’s Marvlus Pit Bar-B-Q INC.
Olympia, WA 98501
marvsbbq@marvsbbq.com
www.marvsbbq.com
Marv, We Think You’re Marvulus Too!
Thanks to all of the Ole Hickory personnel that came to the L.P. Que in Mt. Pleasant Iowa. I enjoyed visiting with you and your service guys helped me get a few extra degrees out of my CTO. We are already looking forward to next year’s event, where I may have to add a second CTO and mount them permanently on a trailer.
I was really pleased with the cooker, getting 1st place brisket, 3rd overall, and winning over $5k on a pit I’ve only fired up prior to the contest 3 times is testament to how easy it is to use.
Thanks Again
Mike Wozniak
QUAU
Champions, Champions...Everywhere You Look! GO QUAU!
Just wanted to say thanks for all the support shown and all the gifts that were given at the LP Que contest. Kevin was helpful as always with tech questions and it was good to chat with Margaret and David. Although we didn’t do to well as a first time competitor it was nice to be able to compete the way the cooker was designed cook.
Again Thank You
Bill Sr.
RiverCity BBQ
Bill Hansen, Sr. - Pit Master
Glad To Be Of Service, Bill! Thanks For The Kind Words!
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A Joy Wallace Catering Company At The Super Bowl!
Dick Wallace of A Joy Wallace Catering e-mailed in the following:
We thought you would like to see your smokers in action. We threw 2 tailgate parites for the Super Bowl this year, one for Cadillac for 600 people and one for the Super Bowl Host Committee for 2,200 people.
I am happy to say we received rave reviews and your smokers added greatly to our success.
Tell your crew that our crew loves their equipment!
Congratulations Dick! Those Ribs Look Fantastic!
Texas Rib Rangers
Denton, TX
Everyone who knows us, knows what bbq-aholics we are.
We need equipment that will hold up to the workload we put it through.
We love our Ole Hickory Smokers, they keep up with us and all the BBQ lovers who wait in line for the great product they product. Our Ole Hickory Smokers produce the product that holds true to our motto “The best taste you’ll ever put a lip to”
We couldn’t do it without our Ole Hickory Cookers.
Our hats off to you, thanks for a superior product and outstanding service.
Bill and Barbara Milroy
Texas Rib Rangers
Barb and Bill, You Are Champions Through & Through. Thank You!
Amanda’s Mexican Restaurant
Ramiro Ramirez
710 S. Broadway
Premont, TX 78375
Since I got my pit (CTO) and started cooking with it, my sales have increased by 30%.
Thanks
Best Wishes For Continued Success, Ramiro!
I just wanted to tell how much I love the pit.
Here in Nova Scotia Canada there is no BBQ at all and your pit has made it easy for my staff and I to produce great bbq. We smoke with apple wood here because it’s abundant and affordable. I’m very sure this is not the last pit I will purchase from you.
All the best,
Scott Geddes
The Woodshire Inn and Cocoa Pesto Bistro
Thank you, Scott. We wish you continued success!
Pack Saddle BBQ
Marshall Gray
217 Tyler Terrace
San Angelo, TX 76905
My EL-ED/X is one of the best investments I have ever made.
Thanks.
We are happy to be of service, Marshall!
The Cackalacky Classic Condiment Co.
H. Page Skelton, President
PO Box 4901
Chapel Hill, NC 27515
919-967-4992
page@cackalacky.com
www.SpiceSauce.com
"We used an Ole Hickory Pit when we catered the NFL’s Official Super Bowl Tailgate Party. And, as you might imagine, Cackalacky’s reputation as ’America’s Best Zest’ was on the line. Only an Ole Hickory could stand up to a huge job like that! Yep - it’s the best commercial pit money can buy. And, everyone knows that Cackalacky only uses the best. Thank you."
No, Page. Thank you! We appreciate your comments and your support!
Mike’s Pig Out Catering
Mike & Gina Nagle
Virginia Beach, VA
It seems Mike Nagle has friends that travel in wide circles. On a recent visit to Cape Girardeau, Mike’s neighbors stopped by the Ole Hickory Pits office to drop off pictures and sing Mike’s praises. Besides taking his EL-EDX on its Fully Loaded Trailer to the marina, VFW and other fund raising events, Mike also treats his neighbors to weekend cookouts.
Way to go Mike!
It looks like you’re really enjoying your smoker.
Phat Phil’s BBQ
Phil Beisiegel
208 E. Jefferson
Marshfield, MO
phils@fidnet.com
Congratulations to Phil Beisiegel of Phat Phil’s BBQ for winning Grand Champion at this years’ Rock’n Ribs BBQ Festival in Springfield, MO, April 23, 2005. This was a KCBS sanctioned event.
Phil, with his Ole Hickory Pits EL-IB, also won 2nd in Chicken, 3rd in Ribs, 4th in Pork and 7th in Brisket.
WAY TO GO PHIL!!!
Tom Higdon
Morganfield, KY
“If you want the best in smoked/barbecue meat, you have to get an Ole Hickory Pits cooker/smoker. The competition can’t even touch Ole Hickory’s cookers.
If I had an Ole Hickory BBQ Pit when we were in the BBQ restaurant business, I would have never retired and sold out.”
Sincerely,
Tom Higdon
B’s Hickory Smoked B-B-Q
1455 South Lamar Boulevard
Oxford, MS 38655
(662) 234-2230
233 Hwy 7 North
Coffeeville, MS 38901
638 Hwy 6
Batesville, MS 38606
“There is no other pit that will smoke meat, if learned how to use it, as well as the Ole Hickory Pit. It will give you the new taste of the south!”
Phillip Byrd
Music City Pig Pals / Music City Catering
6573 Marauder Dr
Nashville, TN 37209
(615) 356-6444
pigpals@charter.net
Dear Margaret,
Over the past 15 months the Music City Pig Pals have been overly blessed, in part due to our Ole Hickory Pit. Equipment is very important in this competitive business. Cooks need every advantage; it’s nice to know that you can count on the reliability of Ole Hickory Pits. Consistency each and every time makes the duplication process easier to achieve. Whether catering, competing or just cooking for friends, product duplication is the number one goal of every cook. There were 3300 teams that cooked in 100 KCBS contest last year. Listed below are some of the achievements Ole Hickory Pits & The Music City Pig Pals have accomplice since September 2000.
United States BBQ Championship
Grand Champion 2001
Tennessee State BBQ Championship
Grand Champion 2001
Louisiana State BBQ Championship
Grand Champion 2001
The Fall Fun Festival
Reserve Grand Champion 2001
Finished 3rd 5 times
Finished 4th
Finished 7th
Finished 10th
4 perfect 180 scores (that’s duplication)
KCBS Team of the Year 2001
2nd Runner Up
KCBS Chicken Category
Team of the Year
2nd Place
Thanks Ole Hickory,
Bobbie & Lee McWright
Three Little Pigs
5145 Quince Road
Memphis, TN 38117
(901) 685-7094
Hours: 8:00AM - 9:00PM (7 days a week)
“Ole Hickory Pit smokers are the finest thing since sliced bread. I can’t say anything bad about the company. The people at Ole Hickory Pits are as good as the equipment they sell. I ordered parts from the Service Manager yesterday and received them today. What more could I ask for from a company?”
Charlie, Three Little Pigs
