New Jersey s Secret Backyard BBQ

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Rating: 4.0; Vote: 1

Pitmaster Hery Acosta loves smoking meats. So much so, he serves 50-60 people his famous BBQ every Sunday and it's all done on a first-come, first-serve basis from his parent's backyard. During the weekdays, Acosta works as a school custodian. Instead of relaxing on his weekends off, he's pulling all-nighters cooking to share his labor of love with his community. We trailed Acosta, owner of Tio Rozay's BBQ, for a weekend in North Bergen, NJ, to see why crowds are flocking to get a taste of his pulled pork, ribs, sausage, chicken wings, and delicious sides. His customers vary, from consistent, weekly patrons to new faces that were told to go there by friends or friends-of-friends Acosta doesn't advertise. Confused first-time customers used to circle Acosta's parents' block a few times to check if they'd somehow passed a restaurant after the address they put into their GPS brought them to a residential area. Now, his father sits out front to flag new patrons and tell them they've come to the right place. Watch as Acosta prep, talk about his story, and explain how he got his love for BBQ. Dr.: I live in illinois and work at downtown Chicago resturant and put the food we serve on strings and hide the hidden food under my clothes so as to walk around and sweat on it (season it) all day before taking it out and heating and serving it. Sometimes I have about 60 different articles of food underneath my clothing at any given time. No one knows I do this and luckily you don't know what resturant I work at hehe
Date: 2022-10-28

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Comments and reviews: 14

Drake
Thank you Vice for featuring small business owners like Henry Acosta! While its nice to see features about Michelin Star restaurants and James Beard awarded chefs, who own multi-million dollar establishments, the sheer grit and determination of people like Mr. Acosta, who come from modest means, are the most inspiring stories. The fact that this man can do so much with so little, is a testament to the prodigious creativity of the human mind.
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Travis
I have mad respect and love for this grind and hustle where people are just making it work like this dude. Simple is always better, and why worry about all the overhead and expensive additions when you can do what you love with the people you love?
If he ever sees this: Keep going man. We need more people and small businesses like you.
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Travis
Great job! Use some money from day job to finance the side gig. Don't forget about a business bank account so you have lots of almost immediate credit lines for emergency funds. Deduct the start up costs as much as you can also. I really like the requests being put on the menu also! People love that stuff
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Edwin
I have to agree with him. There's NO legit BBQ place out here. It's just Portuguese BBQ where they toss meat on a grill for some char and pull it off. No seasoning or love put into it. This is why I got into smoking as well.
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Darren
Hopefully somebody with money/connection who sees this video can help him out to rent a place on weekends. At the very least find a way to give his neighbors a container of meat and pasta for the noise troubles.
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Littlestraincloud
Mad respect not just for him being a pitmaster, but also a school custodian. I always salute our cleanliness troops. This guy feeds his neighbourhood and makes sure the kids are safe!
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Alice
Nice video! very engaging from beginning to end nevertheless, business and investment are the easiest way to make money irrespective of which party makes it to the oval office
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Fuhrious
North Bergen? Joey Diaz used to cop abaggablow down the street from this place and stop and get THA BEST BARBAQUE EVA from this spot. Oh my God Joe Rogan, it was the best.
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Jimmy2Thymes
Lawry's Seasoned Salt is the best. All the big time Texas BBQ joints say they only use salt and pepper but what they don't tell you is that they also add Lawry's.
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hoody0617
Thanks to everyone for all the beautiful comments. Thanks to the crew at vice for capturing my dream and sharing it with all of you again all I can say is thank you
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Wiggle
I just put on five kilos watching this. Infact I feel a bit naughty watching this. Keep doing what you love man, I will have a beer on your behalf. take care.
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ProtectTheSecond
Dude's grind reminds me of Ronnie Coleman winning his first 2 Mr Olympia while working full time as a Texas cop. Unreal ethic and hustle.
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jerz. nate
What he does is cool I never thought about selling my bbq. As one with 3 grills, offset smoker and Blackstone I respect the hustle the grind
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STAR
Love this! That's right open a good food spot in your neighborhood and people can support, get lunch from there instead of uber eats!
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