JACKSON COUNTY, MI – Smash & Dash Smash Burgers has a different take on traditional hamburgers.
The food truck was started by Chad Farquhar after he decided to quit his job last September and embark on a new career in the food industry. His friend Kasey Ousley told Farquhar he was a good cook and should start a food truck with smash burgers.
“(Ousley) loves food, so we went to Detroit, and we had some smash burgers,” Farquhar said. “I didn’t want to be the normal food truck, like everybody who serves burgers and fries. I wanted to have a different take on it, so I went with the smash burger.”
Farquhar prides in himself in offering fresh, homemade ingredients. He also recently partnered with Lane View Farm in Cement City to offer Black Angus smash burgers.
Smash & Dash Smash Burgers’ specialty is the Smash Bacon Mac N’ Jam Burger. The burger comes with two patties topped with American cheese, bacon, macaroni and cheese and bacon jam. Farquhar even makes the bacon jam himself.
“Everybody sees it and it piques their interest,” Farquhar said. “I usually offer a little sample. And as soon as they try (the bacon jam), they’re like, ‘I want it.’”
A bacon, egg and cheeseburger is also on the menu. People can also find a traditional smash burger, an olive burger and a blue cheese burger.
Sides include macaroni and cheese, fries, potato salad and baked beans. Farquhar makes the baked beans himself as well.
“I use my grandma’s recipes I found in an old recipe box years ago,” Farquhar said.
While Smash & Dash Smash Burgers’ is run by Farquhar, he receives a lot of help from Ousley, along with his wife and other friends, he said.
Locations, schedules and updates on where to find Smash & Dash Smash Burgers can be found on its Facebook page.
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