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Streety Treats, a mobile food chain run by Bangalore-based
student Arun Varma and his band of friends, led to the creation
of something uniquely quaint. After successfully running
three food trucks across the city, they decided to work
on the BBQ Bullet — or the ‘BBQ Ride India’ as they like to call
it. The custom bike was conceived to take their business to places
they previously couldn’t reach out to. Further to that, the novelty
factor of having a unique contraption to serve food from had its
own charm and would in many ways be a self-marketing tool.
The BBQ Bullet is a neat contraption with a sidecar which is
really where the story lies. Designed and developed by Arun and
his friends from scratch, the sidecar houses the main BBQ pit, an
additional gas stove powered by a 5 kg cylinder, two boxes for the
chef ’s tools and three food grade storage boxes complete with dry
ice. There is also the option of attaching a garden umbrella once
the bike is parked and set up for business. The structure and frame
of the sidecar is solid, while the two mounts that attach it to the
Bullet have been fabricated using a thick slab of sheet metal, along
with four strong bolts holding each mount in place. The Royal
Enfield Bullet 350cc was chosen for the job, thanks to the low end
grunt that the engine generates. The BBQ Bullet is fairly easy to
ride around at slow speeds and allows the convenience of quickly
setting up shop in an empty lot or outside a mall.
THE BARBEQUE BULLET
86 march 2017 www.crememagazine.in