FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 15, 2007
CONTACT: Cayley Armstrong at 580-765-3669
2304 North Ash Street
Ponca City, OK 74601
c_armstrong@cookshack.com
http://www.cookshack.com
PONCA CITY, OKLAHOMA, USA – May 15, 2007 It’s a dilemma faced by
many barbecue restaurants and caterers: How to get that big pit into
the building. The new Fast Eddy’s by Cookshack Model FEC300, with a 300
lb. capacity, solves that problem. The 100% wood burning pit is is
49.25” wide and 80.5” tall and will roll right through a double door.
“We know that most people are working in existing buildings and how
impossible it is to move big pits in and out, so we came up with this
solution. By placing two of the FEC300’s side by side with left and
right facing doors, the restaurateur has a 600 lb. capacity without
tearing out part of the building,” says Ed “Fast Eddy” Maurin, inventor
of the FEC line of 100% wood burning smokers and championship barbecue
cook.
Kansas City Meat Processor Praises FEC300 as Economical
Bichelmeyer Meats has been a Kansas City meat institution since 1890,
and have been using FEC100’s since they bought an original model from
Eddy in the late 1990’s. They recently added the first FEC300 made for
sale to their arsenal of smokers, and they are enthusiastic about the
results. Says Matt Bichelmeyer, “The FEC300 is great, in it we do the
meats that we’ve always produced, but we now can do them better. It
produces a nicer product in color, tenderness and taste. We do Slim
Jims, Beef Jerky, and 12 kinds of Sausage in it, as well as smoked pork
loin and pork chops. It’s proved to be a very valuable piece of
equipment. It’s actually put more money in our pocket, especially when
you look at the cost of fuel. The cost of burning gas vs burning
pellets has been unreal. It’s much more economical to smoke with the
pellet burners.
Put It On A Trailer And Take It On The Road!
Cookshack’s competition and catering customers have made the FEC line
of custom trailer configurations their choice for moving their smokers
from place to place. The FEC300 is no exception. In addition to the
usual trailer features, the FEC300 trailer has room for an optional
65x12x12” Delta toolbox. The toolbox will easily hold two 20 lb. bags
of wood pellets, three 5 lb. jars of Cookshack barbecue spices, and a
gallon of Cookshack barbecue sauce, with room left over for other
supplies for the caterer or competitor.
The FEC300 has five rotating rotisserie racks, with three removable
shelves per rack. Shelves can be configured for slabs of ribs or larger
cuts of meat by removing one or more shelves.
Meets or Exceeds Air Quality Standards
As urban areas crack down on smoke, the FEC line continues to gain in
popularity because of the smokers’ ability to add perfect smoke flavor
to meats without putting a large volume of smoke in the air. The food
grade heat-compressed wood pellets used by the FEC smokers produce a
clean smoke that gives excellent flavor and meets standards imposed by
health departments.
Fast Eddy’s Smokers Take Teams to the Winners Circle
Like its big brothers Fast Eddy’s by Cookshack Models FEC100, FEC500,
and FEC750, the FEC300 turns out a superior product. Just look at the
winners on the competition circuit. Two of the reigning world champion
teams cooked on a Fast Eddy’s to win. Team cancersuckschicago.com took
Grand Champion at the prestigious Jack Daniels contest in 2006, and Hot
Knots, cooking for the first time on an FEC100, walked off with the
World’s Grand Championship at the 2007 Houston Livestock World
Championship Bar-B-Que Contest. Britain’s Mad Cow team won the 2004
Jack Daniels Grand Championship cooking on an FEC.
Where to See the FEC300
The first public showing of the FEC300 is scheduled for the National
Restaurant Association Restaurant Hotel-Motel Show held in McCormick
Place, Chicago, IL,
May 19, 2007 - May 22, 2007, Cookshack exhibit booth #1585. Inventor Ed
"Fast Eddy" Maurin will be on site as will Cookshack CEO Stuart Powell,
National Sales Manager John Shiflet, and Frank Terranova, MCFE, of
Johnson & Wales University.
The FEC300 will appear during the summer at the Texas Restaurant
Assocation trade show in June and the Florida Restaurant Assocation
trade show in August. Call 1-800-423-0698 for details.
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competition use under the brand names of Cookshack and Fast Eddy’s by
Cookshack. Cookshack has an industry-wide reputation for its high
quality products and exceptional customer service. The company has been
in business for over 40 years and ships its products worldwide.
Cookshack is privately held and is located in Oklahoma. Commercial
equipment is NSF approved and UL listed; most stainless steel models
are USDA approved. Residential equipment is UL listed. Made in the USA.
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