The Fast Lane

Why a restaurant… and why now? (Part 1)

It’s always hard to write when it will be public forever. Especially when it’s about something that I’ve wrestled with for a long time now. Hands down, the number one question that we have received...

Cooking with Riley Series

Been working on a new video series called “Cooking with Riley” that we are very excited to share with y’all. To be honest, I have felt a bit convicted lately as Riley is about to head off to colleg...

2023 Wrap Up and Plans For 2024

What a year!! I absolutely love this team and what we get to do every day. 2023 proved to be a wild year for the Lane's BBQ team filled with lots of joy, some huge wins, and some pain sprinkled in ...

Fear & Business

Fear and business go hand in hand. I have had to overcome lots of fears over the past 9 ½ years. The fear to start, outgrowing current spaces, finding new space, purchasing, and learning to operate...

Meet The Team

Growing up around team sports there was always something that the coach said… yeah…I know, you can hear them now, “There is no I in Team". However, being in the catering and seasoning business, we ...

Meatstock - Sydney, Australia

I have had the opportunity to travel to beautiful places and share so many incredible experiences with friends and family over the past 9+ years since I started Lane’s BBQ. I could sit and type out...

Let’s Put Another Rub on the Barbie

It’s 5:00 am on Wednesday morning and I just ended my bi-weekly Zoom call with Brett Stokes in Australia. Brett has owned and operated Lane’s BBQ Australia for the past 6 ½ years. I’m feeling super...

The Story of the One-Legged Chicken

Let’s take a quick break from the history of Lane’s to talk a little about a One-Legged Chicken. This is one of my favorite stories and it came about before I stepped away from insurance to pursue ...

Part 7: Connections & Community

Now that the design was complete, and I had mixed up and bottled the first batch of seasonings, it was time to roll. The timing was perfect. Memorial Day weekend was days away and we made plans to ...

Part 6: The Main "Rub"

The saying I always hear is “find something you love, and you will never work a day in your life”. Well…I must have missed part of the message because it sure felt like work. I absolutely love what...

Part 5: The Fast Lane

Now that I had the perfect pickup location it was time to introduce The Fast Lane… I knew that growing the catering was going to be essential for survival. However, it was going to be tough and cos...

Part 4: The Shack

Catering requests really started flowing in around the time we were shut down at the stand. That’s when I knew we had something special, and it was time to find a place to call our own. That’s when...

Part 3: The First Official BBQ

Failure was no longer an option. I needed to prove to Stacey that this could turn into something special and generate some income for our family, and I wanted to show David that we could not just b...

Part 2: Convincing Stacey

Now the hard part…convincing my wife that this was something I needed to do. I really felt deep down that this could be my calling. This is probably the best time to mention to y’all that my track ...

Part 1: How It All Began

This is a story I’ve been wanting to tell for years! I have always had a love and passion for cooking and sharing a meal with friends and family. For me there is nothing like spending hours grillin...