Today we’d like to introduce you to Rick Ford.
Rick, let’s start with your story. We’d love to hear how you got started and how the journey has been so far.
I have always enjoyed cooking. After a bout with Stage 4 cancer, I lost my job in the corporate world and my wife and I decided that it was time to step out on faith and pursue my dream of cooking for a living. After three years, I have established myself and I have a faithful following of customers who most of them now I consider friends. I continue to expand my horizons and look forward to opening a physical location in the near future along with the mobile food service
Overall, has it been relatively smooth? If not, what were some of the struggles along the way?
It has not been a smooth road. I have never operated a business much less a food service business. Through a lot of trial and error, I navigated the very complicated world of foodservice permits and inspections.
Please tell us about Rick’s Ribs a Smokin’.
My primary focus is on BBQ and Southern Cooking. If I said, I had to be known for something, it would be my Brisket and Brunswick Stew. The things that I am most proud of is that I consider the business secondary to my Christian Faith and that the business allows me to interact and fellowship with people that I would have probably never met.
What I feel that sets me apart from others is that I do not take shortcuts when it comes to my food. BBQ is an exercise in patience each time you set out to cook. I cook all of my meat in the traditional way of using only wood to cook with and everything is done low and slow so that the meat is tender and juicy.
If you had to go back in time and start over, would you have done anything differently?
Hindsight is a funny thing. There some struggles that I went through starting up, but without the struggles, I would not be where I am now.
Contact Info:
- Address: Fayetteville, GA
- Website: http://ricksribsasmokin.com/
- Phone: 6785881264
- Email: ricksribsasmokin@gmail.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ricksribsasmokin/
Image Credit:
Buck Lanford
Ron Gantt
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