ProRodeo Sports News - April 17, 2020

COWBOYS & BUSINESS

Photo courtesy Shane Hanchey Shane Hanchey, 2013 world champion tie-down roper, in his food trailer, Bo’s Boil N Geaux. Hanchey and his fiancée, barrel racer Taylor Jacob, run the business, which specializes in crawfish. Hanchey runs food trailer with rodeos on hold Bo’s Boil N Geaux

BY TRACY RENCK R odeos are on hiatus due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, so tie-down roper Shane Hanchey has found something else to do. The 2013 tie-down roping world champion and 2019 reserve world champ is taking advantage of his free time to run his own business. Hanchey is operating a food trailer called Bo’s Boil NGeaux with his fiancée, barrel racer Taylor Jacob. Hanchey is from Sulphur, La., but he and Jacob live in Carmine, Texas, 15 miles east of Giddings. “I named (the food trailer) after her (Jacob) good barrel horse that she set the (Thomas &Mack Center) arena record on,” Hanchey said. “We do boiled crawfish, boiled shrimp, étouffée, seafood gumbo, chicken and sausage gumbo, and a fried shrimp basket,” Hanchey said. “It’s a Cajun food

trailer. “We strive to have an efficient mobile food trailer that proudly serves the best Cajun food west of the Sabine. We will be set up in Giddings, Texas.” Bam’s Special is Hanchey’s big seller – four pounds of crawfish, a half- pound of boiled shrimp, four potatoes, two corn cobs, two sausages and four dipping sauces. Hanchey’s trailer will be situated in the parking lot of Taco Chihuahua, 1935 East Austin St., in Giddings. Hanchey’s opening weekend was April 3-5. “We’re going to be there every Friday through Sunday through the end of April in the same location on Highway 290, which is the only highway that connects Houston and Austin,” Hanchey said. “We killed it that first weekend. We sold over 2,000 pounds of crawfish. We’re excited to put a little spice in y’alls lives during this tough

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