Spotlight on Fat Daddy’s Smokehouse

How would you describe Fat Daddy’s?

It is inspired by traditional American BBQ, specialising in smoked pork and beef brisket. I have a limited menu available including pulled brisket and pulled pork burgers, loaded fries, brisket or pork plates with smoked corn and beer bread.

What services do you offer?

I hold a restaurant-style service at the Tieri Golf Club and also a catering service for events and functions. We just had one of our events at the golf club in August. It was a huge success. I still can’t believe the response from the town. There were about 70 meals sent out and the response was awesome. Thank you everyone for the support! Next year we would like to hold these events more often at the golf club so stay tuned Tieri.

Eventually, it would be my dream to introduce Taco Sunday and maybe have someone playing the acoustic guitar for a couple of hours, but for now I am focusing all my energy on the smokehouse events until the end of the year.

What would you like to say about the business?

I feel the main idea of Fat Daddy’s is to bring people together and I’m looking forward to providing a service for this town and surrounding suburbs which I think everyone will really enjoy. We have a limited number of T-shirts available for purchase (which have almost sold out) but taking pre orders for the next batch of shirts. I am also working out a way to bottle Fat Daddy’s Famous BBQ Sauce, pickled jalapeños and pickled red onions and sell this as another avenue for the business. These will be made to order.

How did the concept of the business start?

I have been smoking meat as a hobby for around 12 years. I really enjoy cooking and smoking meat for my friends and I’m not shy of entertaining and having people over for a few beers and a fire. Someone said to me one night that I should start doing it for the town, so here I am having a go.

How did you come up with the name?

It took me ages to come up with, but when it came to me it just stuck. I think it is definitely a name to remember!

What drives you and inspires you?

Seeing people smile and enjoying the food I cook.

How do you make the ultimate smoked pork or brisket?

Low and slow! Low temperatures and slow cooking. A good brisket should take a minimum of 14 hours from start to finish, which usually means getting the meat in the smoker at 3 in the morning.

What do you like about living in Tieri?

I like that everyone is so friendly and I know that my mates and I can turn up at each other’s houses at any time to have a beer and a chat. I think it is an awesome place to bring up your kids from the way the school is run to the town being quiet enough for the kids to be free.

What events do you have coming up?

There are a couple of dates that we have confirmed at Tieri Golf Club including Friday 14th October and Saturday 26th November, which will take us to the end of the year. I also have a couple of catering events in the mix which I am really looking forward to. I would welcome anyone to get in touch if they have an event that they would like Fat Daddy’s to cater for or for those BBQ sauce, T-shirt and pickle orders!

You can get in touch with Shay via Fat Daddy’s Facebook, mobile 0417 605 610 and email shay.martin82@outlook.com