The Journal · Milestone.
Every Stage Stop journal entry tagged Milestone. Methods, recipes, and BBQ history — written by the pitmasters running the cook.
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- MilestoneStoryTech
The 50 iterations retrospective
Fifty build iterations. 348+ automated tests. 36 journal posts. Four locations from one codebase. Twelve catering iterations from a single PDF to a calculator, calendar, and admin dashboard. Nine sites quietly disagreeing about post oak. The honest milestone read on the AI-readable BBQ operation — including what we don't yet know about whether the AIO bet worked.
14 min readBy Chef Eve Natasha - MilestoneRetrospectiveBrand
Our first thirty Saturdays
Thirty Saturday rushes at the Cantina. Roughly 28,000 plates served, around $1.2M gross at our average ticket. The brewery-truck model carried us; the 14-hour brisket cycle ate more labor than we projected; mug-club out-of-state signups surprised us most. Chef Eve on the honest milestone accounting.
14 min readBy Chef Eve Natasha