After almost nine years in beautiful Castle Rock, CO, cutting our teeth in catering and food truck services, we moved back to KC in 2019, only to be faced with the harrowing challenges of Covid.

 

It took three years, but in July of 2023 we finally found a building to lease, opening our restaurant in Lawrence, KS to share and spread more BBQ love! Unfortunately, insurmountable ongoing infrastructure repairs and expenses to meet city and health department codes, along with spiraling food costs, sent us packing.​​

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Lessons Learned in hand, facing layoffs and hiring freezes due to whiplash economic conditions along with massive numbers of IT professionals competing for the same few jobs and compounded by the rise of Artificial Intelligence automation, our goals and priorities have shifted. It is no longer financially or physically feasible , practical, prudent for us to try managing the demands and overhead of running a catering, food truck and restaurant business while juggling full time jobs and our family.

 

That said, the knowledge and skills we've gained still need to be put to good use, so we're making a transition from both the Corporate America and Food Service industries, into providing private and public online and in-person classes, as well as personalized coaching and mentoring  for those who are looking to upskill!

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With our new private, personalized, in-person and online Consulting and Cooking Classes, FCBBQ is extremely excited to provide chefs, pitmasters, and everyday people in KC and beyond with the knowledge, skills and confidence to create delicious, craveable, Insta-worth culinary dishes to be proud of!