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Helpful BBQ Tools

February 14th, 2009

I just added a few barbeque-related resources to my website under BBQ Tools.

We are working hard to make the website informative and helpful for people who are looking for a new BBQ cooker, ways to enhance their cooking skills, or grow their catering business.

If you’re still in research mode for a new BBQ cooker, check out my handy little charts I just added today:

Please leave a comment to let me know if they are useful for you.

I also posted a really amazing BBQ catering planner that helps you price large or small catering events. If you do any catering events, you need to check this out.

This entry was posted on Saturday, February 14th, 2009 at 8:06 pm and is filed under Great News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

22 Responses to “Helpful BBQ Tools”

  1. Randall Says:
    February 22nd, 2009 at 3:01 pm

    This is a great resource. I would like to share pics of my cooker that I just built where I send.

  2. Matt Gannon Says:
    April 17th, 2009 at 6:03 pm

    Thanks for the great resources!! very useful stuff here!

  3. sushi Says:
    May 5th, 2009 at 10:06 am

    I follow your blog for quite a long time and should tell that your articles always prove to be of a high value and quality for readers.

  4. JusGoodBBQ Says:
    August 25th, 2010 at 12:25 pm

    Not only is your website fantastic for anyone interested in BBQ but it’s a wealth of knowledge for those looking to go into business like me. I just downloaded your catering planner spreadsheet and I must say this is a fantastic tool. Keep up the good work. Don’t be surprised if you see my name on one of your invoices soon. I desperately need a pit but so afraid to purchase from an non trusting source.

  5. Lavern Says:
    September 8th, 2010 at 2:14 pm

    I’m glad to hear that it’s helpful to you. You can enter your name and email in the sidebar to join my email list and stay up to date on new videos, products, news, etc.

    Thanks,
    Lavern

  6. Swine and Dine BBQ & Catering Says:
    October 23rd, 2010 at 12:29 am

    Very structured and interesting spreadsheet on the catering planner. I built one my self but not this intense. Hope you dont mind me using this one rather than the one that I created myself. I was really impressed with this one as I built one that was very generic compared to the detail of your food options when catering and determining your profit! That is the fun part to see it on paper but even funner when you see it in your bank account!

    Thanks
    Again,

    Jeff

  7. Janeen Says:
    March 13th, 2011 at 6:13 pm

    I down saved the BBQ planner – someday…we are going to add this to the farm business!

  8. Richard Says:
    March 14th, 2011 at 7:40 am

    Terrific spreadsheet! It’s very generous of you to share your hard work like that. Thank you very much.

  9. Lavern Says:
    March 14th, 2011 at 1:37 pm

    Hey, you’re welcome. Thank the folks that made it. I just polished it up and passed it on. 🙂

    Lavern

  10. Ulysses Says:
    March 14th, 2011 at 8:05 am

    Thanks for the info. I find all the info you send very helpful.

    Thanks again

    Ulysses

  11. Lavern Says:
    March 14th, 2011 at 1:37 pm

    You are very welcome. Thank you!

  12. Randy-SugarCain's BBQ Says:
    March 18th, 2011 at 8:02 pm

    Thanks for the info. I hope to put it to use.I’m a novice at competiton but have already been ask and took a couple of “jobs”. I love grilling/smoking so it’s not work but the chart will be a handy tool.Thanks again

  13. Lavern Says:
    March 19th, 2011 at 9:57 am

    Glad you like it. 🙂 I wish you the best.

    Lavern

  14. Nico Fourie Says:
    May 24th, 2011 at 1:50 pm

    I have just downloaded your BBQ planner but have one problem…..in South Africa we are working on the decimal system as far as weights are concerned. Obviousely we have the ZAR (South African Rand) as our currency whitch equates to the USD to the tune of +/- 1USD = R 6.98. How can I modify you spreadsheet to suit ?

  15. Lavern Says:
    May 24th, 2011 at 8:49 pm

    Sorry, Nico, I don’t think I can help. You should contact the original author of the planner. Try the email address in the spreadsheet.

    Nice to hear from you though!

    Thanks,

    Lavern

  16. dan Says:
    August 21st, 2011 at 12:06 pm

    This seems to need a password to modify the fields. What is it?

  17. Lavern Says:
    August 22nd, 2011 at 3:09 pm

    Dan, the fields you need to modify in order to enter your amounts are not password-protected.

  18. stony Says:
    March 19th, 2012 at 3:53 pm

    i downloaded open office so that i could download you catering calculater.
    it wont work. keeps opening up word pad, what do i do?

  19. Lavern Says:
    March 26th, 2012 at 5:20 pm

    I don’t know what is wrong. Maybe it doesn’t work in OpenOffice Calc. I will need to test it on another PC. In the mean time, open Calc and from File > Open, choose the xls file, and see if it opens it then.

  20. Lavern Says:
    March 30th, 2012 at 10:24 am

    I tried the Calculator in Open Office Calc. I downloaded it and it opened right up in Calc. However, it did open in Read-Only mode, which will keep you from adjusting the numbers. If you save it on your Desktop and then right click on the file and uncheck the Read Only box and and click OK, it should fix it. Let me know if you still can’t get it. –Lavern

  21. Charlie Says:
    June 22nd, 2015 at 8:36 am

    Thanks for the Planner! A really great tool that has already been such a great help for our Mission trip fundraiser and used it to get ready for my homecoming preparations too.
    Again, Thanks!

  22. Ray Says:
    July 7th, 2018 at 7:48 am

    Thanks for access to your BBQ planner. It will be a great help in planning family parties as well. Thanks again!

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