/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Hopefully not. Just what the world needs, more fried foods.

If you could get high enough volume, it probably would be profitable. But it won't make you rich.

Also, are there a demand for fries and nothing else?

Get some inspiration:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW4dmXrrwIY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpny0WP8sYw

>>16804538
only french fries? prolly not. if you offer toppings you'll be successful. there's a food truck in colorado springs called Potato Potato. he does ok and offers some tasty poutine and such.

>>16804538
it could. if you wanted to offer variety but still stick with the simple french fry idea while not getting bogged down in poutine gravy or chili and cheese you could go with sweet potato fries, or turnip fries ect

>>16804538
it'd do alright, but working in a greasy food truck all day would suck. a mashed potato food truck would be more unique.

>>16804538
Congratulations, you discovered "Boardwalk Fries".

>>16804576
What is this? I see no potatos, I see no fryers, I see no customers. s
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Do they have fries in a freezer and a tiny fryer? Seems very shitty.

>>16804584
Yep, they have all those things. They're on every boardwalk, amusement park, and tourist spot on the East Coast. We even have them in mall food courts.

belgians and d*tch have plenty of those and are great. you could have couple different aioli style sauces too

I'm not sure, but if you parked outside my house I could probably take care of you.

>>16804611
That's nice and all but would you buy fries too?

>>16804538
>Potatoes are cheap in bulk so I feel like I could offer people more fries for less money than any other fast food restaurant
>waking up at 6AM to peel and cut potatoes til noon every day
i could see a fry stand being a successful business but i dont think you'll be able to compete with the big boys just because you can get a sack of potatoes for a few bucks, they are probably paying less per lb for machine peeled and cut pre-blanched fries than you would be for whole potatoes
i think having a good selection of sauces or toppings would basically be necessary, i dont think having basic condiments like ketchup mayo etc would cut it

>>16804538
French fries and chicken maybe. Need a protein option, unless you desserts. Problem with chicken though is that it’s hard to source good chicken, which is why chick-fil-a own their own chicken farms. But everyone likes fried chicken. And I think the extremely minimalist menu is a very good idea for simplifying the overheads of the business

Canadians will get it.

>>16804553
Fat is good for you. It’s the 64oz coke you slurp down with it that gives you the beetus and makes you fat. You can drink 3000cal of soda way easier than eating 3000cal of fried food

>>16804538
Nigga you could add tendies for zero overhead and dubba yo profits. You are a business failure already.

>>16804538
Could be cool. I can't speak for others, but it's something I'd go for. Maybe different seasonings and/or toppings can attract a wider range of people.

>>16805215
If he is going to do this, he has to forget trying to compete on price with the big guys.

The big guys can underbid and lose money until their competitor can't afford to continue anymore.

Anon has to offer something big corporations can't provide, and that's mom/pop-feeling, hand cut fries, fresh fries that aren't frozen, non-corporate atmosphere etc.

The question is, do people want it?

At the end of the day the prices should be competitive, but crush big corporations on price seems unlikely.

>>16804538
Ever heard of a poutine truck?

The Belgians do it, so why not?

>>16804538
Sure. There’s a very popular food truck turned restaurant near me called Friskie Fries.

>>16804538
So you want something like this then? There’s a huge potential for profit, but you need offer malt vinegar in a spray bottle for the authentic experience.

It could only succeed if you're doing variations of 'sloppy fries'. One dish could be plain fries, another dish could be classic poutine, next chili cheese fries, next hot cheeto dust fries with chopped chicken or something. Yes it could succeed if you used well seasoning, a proper cut of fry, and prepared most orders fresh and hot.

>>16804538
It would have to be a very good location and I would highly recommend offering chili and cheese sauce. Stuff like onions, bacon bits, jalapenos and sour cream can all be sold in 2oz cups very easily.

ive seen a buiseness like these on a main rail station.
Their gimmick obviously was 50 different sauces, some homemade and some known brands store bought.

If you aim for true high quality fries i would not bother with convenience frozen nuggets and bites, their mediocrity would dull the experience.

>>16805248
this

>>16804538
>even a bucket like KFC style

>>16804573
>a mashed potato food truck would be more unique.
Selling broken glass on a bun would be "more unique".
Think before you post.

>>16805215
location could make a big difference

>>16805248
Maybe he'd rather sell food to white people.
They DO have more money, right?

>>16805504
>malt vinegar in a spray bottle

>>16804538
Add churros and your good to go.

>>16805659
>churros
see:
>>16805637
>Maybe he'd rather sell food to white people.

>>16805244
They also do hotdogs and poutine and butter chicken etc though

>>16805553
True I think a chili cheese fry stand could be good money, especially if you sold it at a decent price near a school when they get out.

>>16804538
The good news is you can probably find a great deal on a food truck

The bad news is you'll eventually be giving someone a steeper discount on the truck when your business fails

You'd make more $$$ if you also had toppings.
Keep a hot bucket of gravy, one of cheese sauce, one of green chili, prep some bacon crumbles, sliced green onion, vat of ranch, vat of buffalo, vat of honey mustard
4$ for a ladling of the hot stuff, 1.50 per topping, 1.00 sauce.
Hipsters might eat kookier combos, I bet those fucks would eat an "Elvis fry" with bacon, banana, and peanutbutter, charge cunts 12$ for that bullshit.

>>16806959
"greek Fry-losopher"
Tzatziki, that frozen mass-packaged gyro meat, some olives, raw onion, tomato and lettuce - make an asshole pay 16 for that shit

>>16804538
someone opened a fries speciality restaurant in my college town, went bankrupt in under 6 months.

Open a pelmeni food cart.

>>16806979
"Fries-giving"
Gravy, cooked turkey breast, french fried onions, a dollop of cranberry relish. 16$, fuck you.

>>16806997
>>16806979
These got me excited, I'd probably pay for them

>>16806959
"Fisherman's fry"
Some oil-packed sardines, simple slaw, capers, lemon aioli
14$

Now I'm craving fries.

>>16806993
What's the difference(s) between pelmeni and other dumplings?

>>16804538
>If I opened a food truck selling only french fries would it succeed?

If you know what you are doing. My city has had at least two french-fry specialty shops, one with a food truck. But fries are just the beginning, no matter how high-quality and well cooked. You need to offer a variety of popular toppings; to start: chili-cheese, currywurst-style, and poutine. Of these two restaurants, the only one remaining open also also does hot dogs and sandwiches as a sideline. Be honest: few people are going to go out for fried potatoes alone.

Of course, there are speciality food trucks like this filling hundreds of niches. The main thing to note though is you're usually going to have to pay fees to get a good location. Stadiums, carnivals, outdoor cinemas, stuff like that.

>>16805451
Hand cut fries do taste about 10 times better than the vacuum sealed pre cut ones because the preservative chemical they use to stop the potatoes browning tastes like complete shit.

Buying the right kind of potatoes makes a big difference too, the different species have big flavour differences.

Everyone knows 5 guys have extortionate prices anyway, so competing for the quality fries market is viable To really up the game and set yourself apart from restaurants you should cook the fries in beef dripping, I had these at a chip shop in England and the difference was astonishing, best fried potato I ever ate. Vegetable oils don't even compare.

People only pay so much for fries alone, offering plates of loaded fries with cheese melted, chilli and bacon bits etc. Will justify sellling what is essentially the same product at a higher price

>>16805215
>peeling and cutting
Well sure a small operation can't complete in volume to an industrial setup but these do exist. But I guess your point still stands

>>16804538
fries, gravy, vinegar and soda. maybe some parmesan for the experts.

could work

>>16805244
I'm from New York and we don't specialize in fries. I've never seen a dedicated fry stand.

a frietkot can make a fortune if you add some snacks and several sauces. But you must use animal fat to bake the fires, vegetable oils are a joke.

Frankly op I can sort of tell that you don’t have the will or the passion to stand out. Something like a hotdog stand or an ice cream stand is probably more effective and cheaper investment than a truck for you. There’s nothing wrong with that either, if you think about it you’re probably making more money with less overhead if you open up at Home Depot or something.

>>16809323
>Frankly op I can sort of tell that you don’t have the will or the passion to stand out.
No OP, but you sound an awful lot like a holistic life-coach. I bet you're a blast at parties.

>>16806959
yeah I agree with this guy

>>16804538
I opened a similar food truck, but with nachos. Just two basic nacho varieties, one with a rotating meat, basically whatever's cheap at the market, and one that's just chips, cheese, salsa, jalapenos etc. It's called Nacho Business. Pretty much just work a few hours at night, hanging outside of bars, making a fucking killing. OP, if you did something to jazz up the fries just a touch, like chili fries, cheese fries, etc, and just stayed near bars and colleges, you'll make a fucking killing.

>>16804538
>They would be cooked in peanut oil like Five Guys
You already lost me as a customer, brah.
Their fries are absolute shit. You should not emulate them in any way.

>all these posts saying op ain't original
So fucking what? There's a hundred fast food joints that are wildly popular, and they're all the same, burgers, fries, and pop. He's not trying to win a Michelin star, he's trying to make a buck. Op I don't care if there's fifteen other trucks in your town doing the exact same thing, go for it. I compete with like four taco trucks that also do nachos, all truckies go to the same places to hawk our food, don't be afraid of competition. Like you always see a burger king right next to a McDonald's, burger king is still making their money.

>asks for ketchup

https://thrashersfries.com/web-cam/
LOL

You gotta have an attitude and it doesnt matter what you are serving. Just insult the customers but be snarky about it and you'll soon be praised as a local legend with good tasting food while you are just throwing cheap bulk fries in a deep fryer.

Oh and dont forget to never change your frying oil and pretend that this is important for the flavor.

>>16805244
>the virgin shopping mall vs. the chad roadside chip stand

>>16804538
Perhaps, particularly if you have a bunch of different styles and toppings you could get away with only serving French fries. Places like this >>16804576 >>16804590 >>16805504
As mentioned, they are popular in theme parks, fairs, and tourist locations
If you have plenty of toppings (cheese, chili, poutine, gravy, onions, as well as malt vinegar, and other sauces you don't need hot or fresh) and can do different types of fries (waffle, curly, shoestring, wedges, tornado, etc) I could see it being something quite popular with hipsters who want super special fries and normies alike. There are industrial machines with various attachments that can be changed out for different cuts pretty easily, so really all you'd need is a few pieces of specialized equipment on top of that for weirder cuts like the tornado, for which you can also buy an industrial slicer.

My family runs a food truck that sells pretty standard fried fare (burgers, chicken, fish fingers, fries, etc) and is constantly booked for private events. I don't think a specialist truck like this would probably see the same kind of requests for catering, but if you're taking it out and parking it in some downtown area with lots of people, I could see it people popular with, again both hipster foodies who will want tornado fries drizzled with cojita and gochujang, and normies who want just want fries with cheese. Because you really only have one main ingredient, as long as you have plenty of potatoes, all the more obscure toppings you can reasonably sell out of without causing much annoyance. The depth of variety is something you need to consider as too much gets intimidating for customers, but you can test the waters with more specialized toppings and see if it's worth carrying the ingredients.
Actually, the more I think about it, the more I think the idea is viable in an average-sized food truck, OP. Good luck.

>>16810260
>Their fries are absolute shit.
What's up with this meme? Is this a massive inside-joke troll thing?
Or are there really people out there that don't like Five Guys in general?

I know, I know, regardless of which answer is true, I'm about to get flooded with Anons telling me they "genuinely" don't like Five Guys.

Poe's law?

>>16810386
whenever i order fast food, I'm always secretly hoping the person behind the counter will say "here's your food, fat fuck" just to shame me for making them serve me unhealthy food instead of making my own food. I think you're onto something here.

>>16810467
What the hell is a potato tornado

>>16810521
It's just a potato run through a spiralizer. I think they got popular as a street food originally in South Korea. It's basically a way of eating potato chips on a stick

>>16810481
>anything I disagree with is a meme
Fuck off, faggot.
I love the burgers at 5 guys.
But their fries are indeed shit.
They’re at my table within literal seconds of being fried, and yet they’re already somehow limp and soggy.
Just because their burgers are good doesn’t mean everything else they make is somehow automatically good.

>>16810538
That looks really good.
Related story: the absolute best Thanksgiving dinner I ever had without being stoned, my BF's brother was deep-frying a turkey, then decided to deep-fry a spiral cut ham.
HOLY FUCK, it was like we suddenly had pounds and pounds of Canadian bacon out of nowhere.
Still recommend getting stoned before "November Carbfest™".

>>16810576
>limp and soggy.
Sorry, no.
That's just a lie.
I could understand an ignorant fool mistaking "greasy" for "soggy" (God have mercy on your soul).
But "limp"??? That's fake news.

>>16810538
I think it's also fair food for awhile. I've been seeing them at state fairs for as long as I can recall.

>>16810467
>industrial machines
these machines can cost thousands and space is probably a concern in a food truck, also where i live at least id need to remodel my kitchen to pass a health inspection or else it would be illegal to prep anything at home so that's probably not an option

>>16804538
I don't see why not OP? Pittsburgh's Kennywood amusement park has the following:
>https://www.kennywood.com/dining/restaurants/the-potato-patch-
The only issue is having a wide selection of toppings available.

>>16810295
This has to be fake. No one is wearing masks.

>>16804558
Where’s is at? I’m from the springs and never heard of it.

>>16810828
Where’s that at* oops

>>16810823
>I've lost all track of reality, and still have some delusional hope for humanity.
*sigh*

In my town 2 restuarants opened up just selling fries... closed within 5 months

>>16804538
get this:
. excellent fries
. excellent sauces
and you're golden

>>16811145
>closed within 5 months

Plenty of posts like this ITT.
You crackers DO understand most restaurants of any kind fail in the first year right?
And yet there ARE successful restaurants all over the place, right?
Do the math.
OP is likely to fail, but getting over that hump is the only path to success.

Flame ON, OP!

>>16805451
>fresh fries that aren't frozen
This is an ironically how you make an inferior fry. Good fries are parfried, then frozen, then fried again. That's how you get a nice crispy skin with a tender interior instead of ending up with a greasy soggy mess with inconsistent texture.

if you want to make it look special, cut it into a shape that you can't buy.

>>16805451 #
>fresh fries that aren't frozen
This is unironically how you make an inferior fry. Good fries are parfried, then frozen, then fried again. That's how you get a nice crispy skin with a tender interior instead of ending up with a greasy soggy mess with inconsistent texture.

if you want to make it look special, cut it into a shape that you can't buy.

>>16810295
top zoozle

>>16804538
Only if you offered various toppings for them.

>>16804538
go for it OP. make sure you do something to set yourself apart like frying in duck fat or crazy toppings and loaded fries. make sure you build relationships with businesses or shit so they’ll invite you to their place. talk to people at your local chamber of commerce

>>16811591
and also serve high class tater tots dood

>>16804538
>french fries
You failed from the start.

>>16804538
Cook them in beef fat and you'll blow five guys out of the fucking water.

>>16805244
First thing I thought of. I miss them.

>>16804538
My mall has one of these https://www.potatocornerusa.com/menu
though looks like they want you to buy the chicken more

>>16804538
french fries are toxic and eating more than 5 fries within an hour will kill a 200lb man

>>16810066
restaurants are a shitty investment, if you don't love food you can get the fuck out. The stats bare with me here too, over 50% get BTFO within a year so you may as well sell t-shirts or something else if your business strategy is literally selling potatoes.

>>16805247
>gets a gallbladder attack

>>16811613
Based. They're called chips for feck's sake

>>16804538
Marketing + branding would be vital, you'd want to be a god at Instagram and twitter

>>16804557
>Also, are there a demand for fries and nothing else?
People just can't resist plucking at least one fry for a chew. You could probably manipulate that urge. Sell overpriced "super small" packs of fries just to sate the urge of wanting to quickly bite a french fry, and then the regular sizes/portions are far more evenly priced.

>>16810538

>>16810295
30 minutes, i'm gonna knock the trash can over

>>16805244
Yup, I was just about to say, it'd be like one of these on wheels.

>>16804538
Most likely.
You would need to get location right though.

>>16809102
>Hand cut fries do taste about 10 times better than the vacuum sealed pre cut ones because the preservative chemical they use to stop the potatoes browning tastes like complete shit.


You have no idea what you're talking about and you are likely a 'tard in real life

kimchi fries are tasy

>>16809102
Also, your grammar is atrocious

>tard confirmed

>>16804538
Just sell tendies too, obviously
If you're smart sell them on a bun for easy eating with fries on the side.

>16810643
What a colossal faggot

>>16806997
why dont just call one
>"fuck you"
you get bits of everything and fuck you. hipster cunts love to be humiliated

>>16805247
the absolute opposite . my gosh how can you get it so wrong

2/3 eating establishments fail over time (this includes small-time ones, as well as the three michelin star ones)

t. Daniel Kahneman

To gamble on something that is so obvious to fail makes you the fool

>>16804538
>They would be cooked in peanut oil
KYS

>>16804573
why is this not a thing? eating a bowl of mash would be amazing lol. just offer different flavors

>>16804538
Cook them in beef tallow. Vegetable oils are full of PUFAs.

>>16813686
>omg a bowl of mashed potatoes would be so like totally AMAZEBALLS!!1!

>>16813686
totes amaze, right

>>16805247
if he fried them in fat then i'd agree

>>16804576
those are frozen bananas

it's already a chain in uk and they're doing pretty good

>>16804538
>If I opened a food truck selling only french fries would it succeed?
There is a store in my hometown called Frisky Fries doing precisely this, and actually now I'm upset because I was home 2 weeks ago and didn't even get any. They have awesome food bros. I miss it. But anyway yeah they do fine from what I can tell.

>>16805491
New Englander? I JUST posted about them lol, I miss those guys. I was just home 2 weeks ago and forgot to check it out. I have no idea when I will be over there again.
>>16814757

In Ocean City Maryland there's a small chain like what you described called Thrasher's. Think they only serve french fries and soda. Best fries you'll ever have though

>>16804590
>They're on every boardwalk, amusement park, and tourist spot on the East Coast.
>only in MD, VA, and DC
Are you being trafficked by a politician buddy?

>>16804538
There's a dude in Brazil that does this and he's quite successful

>>16814987
>only in MD, VA, and DC
And Pakistan & Canada

>>16815102
>Pakistan
Not him, but...
Jesus Christ, I've got better shit to do than Goggle this shit. How rude.

>>16815138
p.s.: Get yer shit together, Anon
http://www.boardwalkfries.com/locations
>California
>Georgia
>Maryland
>Michigan
>Virginia
>Washington DC
>Canada
>Pakistan
>Qatar