Nick & Ben of Sigs Kitchen BBQ: Built on Brotherhood | Ep. 55

They quit their jobs -- one of them literally two days before we sat down together -- to run a BBQ food truck full time. Nick and Ben of Sigs Kitchen BBQ out of Fremont, New Hampshire are two brothers who turned a pandemic cooking hobby, a gaming username, and a leap of faith taken in memory of their mom into one of the most talked-about food trucks in New Hampshire right now. In this episode, we get into all of it: • Where the name "Sigs" actually comes from -- a gaming alias, a firearms manufacturer near Nick's house, and a skull-and-crossbones Discord logo nobody expected to see on a food truck • How their mom's love of pigs ended up permanently on the back of the truck -- and why BBQ felt like the right way to honor her • The wing competition they entered just to get their name out -- and accidentally won • What it really looks like running a BBQ business with your brother -- the good, the disagreements, and why it took longer to name the truck than to pick out the trailer • The olive potato salad customer who ate two servings of a food he hates, their home base in Methuen Mass, and why their award-winning habanero jerk wings are outselling everything in Massachusetts This is the kind of episode that is Beyond the Plate all the way. FIND SIGS KITCHEN BBQ: • Facebook: Sigs Kitchen (their main platform -- follow for weekly schedule) • Instagram: @sigskitchenllc • TikTok: @sigs.kitchen • Home base: 224 East Street, Methuen, MA -- Thursday through Sunday when not on the road • Events booked April through October 2025 -- check Facebook for weekly locations SUBSCRIBE & FOLLOW BEYOND THE PLATE Find us everywhere: linktr.ee/BeyondtheplateNH New episodes every Tuesday -- hit the bell so you never miss one 🔔 SPONSORSHIP: This episode is sponsored by Red Arrow Diner. 4 NH locations: Manchester, Concord, Londonderry, and Nashua -- open 24/7. redarrowdiner.com | Instagram: @redarrow24diner | Facebook: Red Arrow Diner ABOUT BEYOND THE PLATE WITH CAROL: Carol Erickson, owner of Red Arrow Diner since 1987, sits down with the people behind New England's food and hospitality scene. It's not just about the food -- it's about the journeys, the community, and what drives people to go beyond. Follow Beyond the Plate -- find us everywhere: linktr.ee/BeyondtheplateNH Follow Carol: Instagram @carolsew24 TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Intro 0:11 - Welcome: two brothers show up in Sigs Kitchen gear 1:13 - Find them on socials 1:29 - Life right now at Sigs Kitchen: chaotic. Good chaotic. 2:00 - Before the truck: 20 years retail, 15 years fabrication 2:27 - A pandemic, a smoker, and a YouTube channel begin 4:45 - Mom passed -- and the leap of faith changed everything 5:09 - Custom trailer built in Georgia -- 8x20 with smoker on the back 6:18 - Officially full-time food truck owners (last day: two days ago) 6:30 - Where does "Sigs" come from? 8:35 - Why BBQ -- and the pig tribute on the back of the truck 10:37 - The wing competition they didn't think they'd win 11:29 - "You guys don't think you're as big as you really are" 14:37 - The smoker IS on the truck -- pellet vs. stick debate 16:42 - Carol's Red Arrow consistency weave-in 17:53 - "We fight a lot -- but that's what brothers do" 😂 18:02 - Half Dominican, half Italian -- two different roads, one truck 19:50 - Real business disagreements: the great name debate 😂 26:22 - Walk up to the truck -- full menu breakdown 28:27 - The brisket melt: their top-selling sandwich by far 32:27 - The olive potato salad customer 😂 34:08 - How a rain-soaked Taco Tour led to NH ComicCon 38:22 - 332,000 Facebook views in 90 days 40:32 - NH vs. Massachusetts: wings sell twice as fast in Mass 44:31 - "We bought a new truck yesterday" 46:51 - Home base: 224 East Street, Methuen MA -- Thu-Sun 55:42 - They sold rubs before they even had the truck 56:54 - $3k in rubs at Christmas -- shipped across the US 58:46 - ⚡ LIGHTNING ROUND 1:01:33 - Booth or counter: Mission Impossible 😂 1:01:45 - Red Arrow at 2am -- three very different answers 1:02:05 - They have an actual theme song 1:02:44 - One word. Sigs Kitchen. Five years from now. 1:03:47 - "We set out in remembrance of our mother"