Food Truck Podcast_Episode_8-7-23_O'Henry's Food Truck

Food Truck Podcast_Episode_8-7-23_O'Henry's Food Truck

Episode Transcript

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Nicodemus Sugar Vermont, Talito's Drag Queen, Kelly Lentz, the Princess of Property
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Side. Yeah Yeah, and wegot a special guest in studio Lay specialist
of guests. Demetrius is so excited. Demetrius loves Henry. Doesn't know how

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much you love him. I don'tthink it's gonna be a little weird,
but I'm like fangirling out over here. Demetrius loves Henry from O Henry's Barbecue
food Truck. He likes to postup there. Jackman in Sylvania for those
who I saw him there over theweekend. He didn't see me, but
I was watching him. I waswatching watching cook barbecue. I was watching

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him cook barbecue. Then the restrainingorder came. Now I just watched a
little farther away. So oh,Henry, Henry is here. He was
also the winner of the people's choice, which is huge for the local category
of best barbecue over at the ribOff this couple of weeks ago. That
happened, Henry, congratulations, agood morning, good morning, good morning.

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Thank you. Hold back all thatenthusiasm. Come on telling we're talking
about barbecue. Bro Come on,get excited, get excited. Get that
mic right up to you too.So Henry first, good morning, man.
So how did you get started?When were you can start cook?
When did you start cooking barbecue?Man, I've been cooking since seven?
Seven? So where did you getthe rescues from? Like? Was it

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passed down from your from your parents? It was your dad a cooker,
your mom moved my grandma, yourgrandma. Grandmas have the best recipes.
Yes, So tell me about experience, like what at seven? What are
you doing? Or what what gotyou so interested in seven? Why were
they letting you just around an openpit of fire and handling meat? But

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explain to me why your parents didn'tlove you? Man? I was cooking
age or seven brothers and sisters.I was the oldest in the house of
how many at that time? Maybefive or six? How many you have
total brothers? Is sixteen? Oh? My lord, No, that's not

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possible. Brothers and six sisters.Who that's an old school to lead a
Catholic. My dad was the youngestof thirteen, and that was an old
school to lead a Catholic back inthe day. Yeah, same mommy and
daddy's same mom same okay, sixteen, yes, Jesus good, no wonder

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you had. You were the onlyone gonna feed you, man, man
brother, So so you started doingwhat? Did you cook everything? Or
barbe Where did you get into barbecue? Why did that become your thing?
I don't know. Because God choseyou to make barbecue for the people.

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I think I got into barbecue becausewhen I do like Fourth of July parties,
I always grilled out and then tookover from there. And then when
how many seasons have you been?We call them seasons? To me?
Every year is a season. Yeah, how many seasons have you been?
Food? Trucking? Does your thirdseason? Yes? Okay? And what

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made you go from doing it athome to be like, all right,
I think I'm gonna I'm gonna.I think people other people want my food.
Twenty nineteen. I used to cookand take it to work, and
anybody aspired me to open up afood truck. And that's right around when
I opened mind too. So thatwas like the rona right, yea it
was. And then how did youdid you have money saved? Or how

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did you get your truck around Corona? Uh? Huh was? We was
allowed to take money out our fourone kate. So the job that I
was there for twelve years, Itook that money to invest it to food
truck. Nice. That's gambling bubble, I know. I can't tell you

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what That was a hell of agamble because you was so good, make
you leave your mama good. I'mnot kidding. I'm not kidding Henry.
When it comes to your bike beans, Like whenever I see Henry, I
haven't put some smoke sausage, cutit up and put it and put it
into beans. I love beans,so smoke sausage and beans is my thing.

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From Henry, I might want totry that with the greens, because
your greens are really would get me. But some smoke sausage and some greens
sounds good. I remember the firstwords Henry ever spoke to me were they
we don't open until one. Iwill never forget that. It was twelve
o'clock and I went home and waitedfor fifty five minutes and then drove back

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and then sat in my car foranother three Well, it's funny because I
had never had greens before, neverin my life, and Henry was the
first one I had ever eaten eatengreens, and they were so delicious,
it was. It was amazing changeand experience life change, it was,
and I had never had them before. Us, as poor white children,

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did not get the experience of growingup with greens. And the first time
you have greens, you're like,oh, greens, that sounds weird,
that sounds dumb, and you haveYou're like, what is this? Wonder
cocks? Not so good. Thelast time I had greens, I said
it was gonna be my last timeI ever have them, because I haven't
liked any. But now you're temptingme that I need to try yours.

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I know, I know you,I know your taste buds, you would
like you would like his greens.How long do you simmer that I'm all
up in this greens business. LikeI love your grains of stupids sometimes six
to eight hours six Now, Henry, So you what recipes did you end
up using? Like did you useyour grandma's recipes or did you come up

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with your own recipes? Or you'refor all the food that you cook?
What recipes do you use? Both? Back in twenty I started switching up
some things and trying new items,and I ran with that. Yeah,
not much more to that story.I love, I love. I love

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how Henry you you give interviews likeyou're testifying in court. There is no
longer answer. You know your attorneyhas told you yes and no. Do
not give them more no, yesand no. So how do you pick
where you're gonna go? Because likeme and Andrew both have food trucks,

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and I know that's one of thehardest things. And you're always up around
my house, which makes me happybecause I get grains, But like,
so, do you just stay atthat one spot or you're like go around
a lot. I used to goaround a lot. Customers told me to
stop it moving, we can't findyou. I was tired of flattening tires.
I was like, I ain't doingthis no more. They told me

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I was hurting myself more than Iwas better than myself. When they look
for barbecue, they know they goto Jack Pennsylvania. Right, see,
I really love like literally you area block and a half from my house,
so you might see a mac andcheese truck roll up, be your
friend, like, get some gradesfrom all Henry's, and then Sugar's gonna
be over here with some sequence becauseI will be joining me over at Jackennsylvania

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store or something's by Jackmennsylvania that Ican punch in my jeet. Right across
from General used to be a familyvideo and right and Caddy Corner is a
speedway, and then there's a churchright across the street. There's there's there's

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an old man who holds a signthat says we'll do anything from barbecue.
And it's a lot like but partof that signs a lie because it's not
anything I think I did get atext message in at four one nine,
three, four five, three threeseven five he's talking like he's part of
the witness protection program, Like hisname is Alan and he's got to remember

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it's Henry. So when we're doingfood trucks, like it's it's hard to
find a spot. But even justat jackmenn Sylvania, Like I remember,
like last year, for a whilethat was a spot at the Dollar General
and then they kicked all the foodtrucks out. Then you went across the
street to what's that like Glass andVape shop whatever that was called. But
now you're next door to that.So did you get kicked from the Glass

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and Vape. No, they chargedyour fee of sixty five all of us
a day, and then if youadd that up, that's about two grand
a month. Yeah. Right,And my friends next door to him like,
hey, come park over here forfree. Okay, free wins.
I like that wins, free wins. I mean you gotta think just that
one move right there, just thatsmall move, just say three thousand dollars

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a month. All this stuff addsup, Like, man, that that's
so smart, because like in myhead I was like, well, sixty
five dollars a day isn't bad,But then you did the math for me,
I'm like, oh, thinking everyday you're there, what what what
is the number one seller? Yournumber one seller? We're talking to Henry
from Oh Henry's Ribs. Yeah,ribs, Yeah, rip tips? How
many ribs did it? Rib racks? Do you go through in a day?

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On? Every really got some?Right now? Now? With with
the cost of food going up,and obviously ribs are very expensive, has
that hurt you at all or youhad to raise your prices or anything?
Yes, prices wise, it's hard. Yeah, you know, I'm gonna

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keep them in the same because Idon't want to chase somebody away. That's
a good idea. The idea I'mjust on anybody, on behind anybody?
Can I give you my price proposal? We and a couple of other people
have been working on what we thinkyou should be charged. What is that?
Uh? Well, for a handfulof us, it should be free.

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I'm totally kidning, but oh mygod, yeah it really is.
What is your what would you say? Your secret and greedy is what puts
you above? What did you justask him to do? Secret? Give
me your secret and greed? Yoursecret? He won't get it. Tell
me what you sprinkled on it thatmakes it so good? Cocaine? What

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do you think sets you apart fromthe other food? The other barbecue?
There's a lot of barbecue trucks.Man, What sets you apart from the
other ones. You think. Itake my time. Okay for us,
that's there anything like you are thee or barbecue. I take my time
on life, I take my timeon words. I take my time on
barbarue. My mama always told me, I can be out there for eight

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hours and I still want to openuntil I'm right. Really, how long
does it take for you? Like? How long do they call it?
So it's slow and slow and lowor fast? Yeah? Those are different.
Okay, so it takes me aboutfour to five hours. I try
not to rust. When I dorust, I'm overseason. So I just

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moved at my own pace. Okay, good for you. I'm the opposite.
I'm so like time sensitive. I'mlike, oh my god, it's
been half an hour. Noodles shouldtake seven minutes. Do we have to
bring cash or do you take creditcard? Both? Yay, that's awesome.
Well man, it was like cashfor you and for those who have

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never been to see Oh, Henry'sa jackman and sylvania. We talked about
ribs, talked about baked beans,sausage, talked about green What else do
you have that we didn't you?Don't you make some dessert? You make
a dessert, I don't make it. One of my friends to make it
for me. What is carmel?What is a caramel cake? What?
What is that? It's like apound cake, would milting caramel on top

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of it? Oh my lord,yours come and see me. You don't
get my diabetes kicking? What aresome of your other specialties that if people
get carbend, mac and cheese,candy, dams, salad and potato salad?
Do your ribs come in multiple sauces? Like? Can you choose just

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one so there's no dry rub?Or you can oh, you can do,
but it's it's dry rub. Oryou have a barbecue saucers or hot
barbecue or hot barbecue you like aspicy Oh my god, do not try
to ruin barbecues for me. Iwill not allow this to happen. All

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right, Well, oh Henry fromHenry's congratulations to win? What was that
like? Man? Being there withall these rib They've been doing it for
years, their whole lives and youcoming in and winning the rib off?
What was that like? It wascool? Okay, I went out the
money. Don't show too much excitement, Henry? Are you married? Are

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you no? Like because I canimagine they probably walk away while you're asking,
will well you may you leave heralone? Not a great personality.
I was out there last year.Last year, I went out there to
try to win, and last yearwas crazy. So this year I went

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out there to try to make moneyand you want to win it? Well
my head. Once I don't win, it was just like, uh huh,
make money, honey. But itwas slow. This year really wasn't
How much slower do you think thanlast year? Slow? Are you from
Toledo Chicago? How did you?How'd you up Toledo? Man? Man
people? Uh? I want toLima that stay in Lima for a little

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bit. Met a girl move toToledo. Been here twelve years now twelve
years? The girl kept the city, the city. So what is up?
Lost our game? Now? Whatis up with you in? Uh?
In like relationships? Situation? Areyou looking or you No? I'm

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in a happy place. Food truckright, I say, I am like?
No, I'm like the food truckis my lover. Like the food
truck takes my time, my energy, and my attention. I got nothing
left over for anybody, period,me and my period. He got spicy,
he's got some dry r Yeah,we need, we don't need.

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We need in our business. Alot of rubbing go on. All of
a sudden you come back and somebodyelse is in your food truck. Truck
who you've been stepping out with me? All? Well, check out,
Oh Henry's food truck. Go sayhi to Henry. You're there every time.
You don't like no one else.You don't form that out right,

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if your truck is out, youwere there, like there's nobody else that's
running it for you sometimes. Ohyes, my uncles cousin. But that's
if you're but you're not, likea full day like someone else won't take
your truck out and stuff like that. You like, if you're if you
see, oh, Henry's Henry gonnabe there, Henry, Henry's put his
hands on your ribs. Yeah,right, is Henry gonna be out today?

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No tomorrow? So what do youtake Mondays off? Yes? And
what do you do on Monday's?Clean? Prep and clean. It's a
lot of guys do. It's hardwork. So you're out Tuesday, Tuesdays
through Sunday. Then ye, Tuesdaythrough Sunday. Check out, Oh Henry
at Jackman and Sylvania. Thanks forcoming in brother, appreciate you.