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AUGUST 2, 2019, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A9 Betting it all on his BBQ BY LAUREN MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Despite growing up in Ore- gon, a state not exactly known for its smoked meats, Keizer resident Troy Campbell is no stranger to barbecue. His grandparents owned and operated a restaurant in Port- land called Campbell’s BBQ for almost 20 years; they taught their children and grandchil- dren the family recipes. “Barbecue, barbecue sauce, backyard barbecues, all that has been part of our lives for a long time,” he said. When his grandparents moved to Portland to open their restaurant, the rest of the family slowly followed. “He (Camp- bell’s grandfather) moved here from Oakland to Portland to do barbecue for a living and then gradually the rest of the fami- ly slowly started to make their way north to Oregon,” he said. For the last fi ve, years Camp- bell was working for Coca-Co- la and doing barbecue on the side. “Eventually, my wife en- couraged me to just take it full time,” he said, which is when he opened his food truck Un- cle Troy’s BBQ. “I’ve been in the service industry for a long time but the barbecue aspect of it is new.” The issue he had with his previous careers was a he never Keizerite Troy Campbell shows off a boxed meal at a Wednesday Market booth in downtown Salem. Campbell stepson, Darius (right), assists in the business regularly. KEIZERTIMES/ Lauren Murphy identifi ed with the products he was selling. “Whether that product was good or bad, it wasn’t my prod- uct. I didn’t believe in it whole heartedly,” he said. The business consists mainly of Campbell, his wife, his step- son, Darius, and his stepdaugh- ters; although, occasionally oth- er family members will lend a helping hand. “He’s (Darius) the only one who’s willing to wake up in the morning with me,” Campbell said. Part of running a family business is relying on one an- other’s strengths. Campbell’s wife, for example, is good with the money, his stepson is good with organization, and so on. The food truck model is working well for them, Camp- bell likes the mobility, “I can go places, I can be where the peo- ple are,” he said. Although there’s proba- bly barbecue sauce running through his veins, if he decid- ed to settle down and open a restaurant it wouldn’t be bar- becue. “It would be an accumu- lation of all the things I’ve learned since I started doing barbecue and since I got into the restaurant and food indus- try,” Campbell said. His top goal would be mak- ing it a place for everyone, “it would be a place for people to just come and relax and hang out,” he said. Despite being in a competi- tive industry, Campbell encour- ages anyone with an interest to give it a shot. “There’s defi nitely room for more,” he said. “It only makes MAN CODE Barbecue, barbecue sauce, backyard barbecues, all that has been part of our lives for a long time. — Troy Campbell it better.” Campbell derives his passion for his business from customers. “My favorite part about all of this is probably the interac- tion with the consumers,” he said, then he pointed to where Darius was working behind him. “Having him here with me is a huge plus for me.” Campbell is excited to teach him the things he won’t learn in school. As a college drop out himself, he’s no stranger to the things the world teaches that can’t be learned in the class- room. “I get to teach him how to be an entrepreneur,” he said. Campbell headed off to col- lege after high school gradua- tion, but he never settled in. “College just isn’t for every- one and I realized early on it wasn’t for me,” he said. Instead of school, he entered the work force and began to work on his skills as a salesmen. “The things I didn’t get in col- lege the hard work will make up for,” he said. He’s a fi rm believer that the community should sup- port each other, “Support your neighbors and your friends; they’re your schoolmates, your kids are on the same football team or baseball team, you go to the same church. Every- where you live, there’s a local market, a farmer’s market, some sort of local trade show, there’s a showcase for local business somewhere near everybody.” Currently, Uncle Troy’s BBQ can be found at the Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday markets in Salem “We’ll try to be more places as time goes on but that’s where we are right now,” he said. To book Uncle Troy’s BBQ for catering, email Campbell at uncletroysbbq@gmail.com or call 503-505-8504; they post barbecue pop up’s on In- stagram and Facebook as Un- cle Troy’s BBQ. 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