Scotty Masters opens BBQ restaurant with Australia's second-largest smoker
Former radio host Scotty Masters opens an almost 200-seat restaurant in December with a four-tonne smoker, the second largest in Australia.
Scotty Masters was fired from breakfast radio five years ago and started smoking meat in his driveway. His Sunday night dinners grew so popular he moved to a food truck, then a small café in Fyshwick.
The dinners moved to a food truck and then a small café. Now he is opening Smoke Masters BBQ at Majura Park Shopping Centre in early December.
The restaurant has a custom-built smoker named after his father Geoff, who is now in a nursing home. Masters expects to cook up to 40 tonnes of brisket a year.
He will run the almost 200-seat venue with his wife Cheree and their son and son-in-law. The Fyshwick café closes November 21.
- 5
- Years since dismissal
- 4 tonnes
- Smoker weight
- 60
- Briskets per load
- 40 tonnes
- Annual production target
Why it mattersA concrete example of someone rebuilding their life after job loss, turning a home hobby into a thriving local business.
AustraliaCreates jobs in Canberra and adds a dining option for 22,000 office workers in the Majura Park precinct and broader community.
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