Yikes! My Power Cooking Clinic....

[chefmeg]

lordy, lordy! I have cooked 2 whole chickens in the roaster today AND cooked chicken tenderloins in the skillet USING THE MIX 'N CHOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

amazing!

now I am planning to make and freeze the Power Cooking recipes as well as the chicken recipes I posted above! I can't wait until my clinic next week! Now I just have to wait for those #$%^ postcard invites to show up!

 

[ChefBeckyD]

lordy, lordy! I have cooked 2 whole chickens in the roaster today AND cooked chicken tenderloins in the skillet USING THE MIX 'N CHOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

amazing!

now I am planning to make and freeze the Power Cooking recipes as well as the chicken recipes I posted above! I can't wait until my clinic next week! Now I just have to wait for those #$%^ postcard invites to show up!

LOL - with that kind of excitement, you are sure to have a successful Clinic!

Go Meg!

 

[Chef Kearns]

Becky - what were your surprises throughout the day and your great giveaways? I used your wording for my invitations and kinda would like to know what you did.

So far I only have 4 people confirmed, but I'm mailing out invitations this weekend and will begin making calls late next week to hopefully get that number closer to 10 or 15. I hope it won't be that hard since I have over 120 on my evite list.

 

[ChefBeckyD]

Becky - what were your surprises throughout the day and your great giveaways? I used your wording for my invitations and kinda would like to know what you did.

So far I only have 4 people confirmed, but I'm mailing out invitations this weekend and will begin making calls late next week to hopefully get that number closer to 10 or 15. I hope it won't be that hard since I have over 120 on my evite list.

I had a bunch of stuff I bought off from the outlet....and a bunch of stuff I've earned or gotten free from hosting my own shows. I had a salad chopper, a couple large serving spatulas, mini serving spatulas, veggie peelers, scissors, a measure-all cup,......etc.....plus, I had a ton of twixits, paring knives, and old SB cookbooks.

I gave away recipe cards also to everyone. I have some I've made on Vista, and then also some from PC...

 

[Chef Kearns]

So, did you just have random drawings throughout? Sorry, but I need specifics. Yours was so successful I want the same kind of results.

 

[ChefBeckyD]

So, did you just have random drawings throughout? Sorry, but I need specifics. Yours was so successful I want the same kind of results.

I did a drawing when everyone got there, and a couple throughout the evening, and then, at the end, I did a drawing for the meals. (I included the starch that went with each demo recipe - so taco shells, hoagie buns, and egg noodles) & one more random drawing. Once their name was drawn, they didn't go back in the "pot" (salad spinner! ) for the rest of the drawings.

I had 3 baskets - one with gifts to choose from if they brought a friend (smaller gifts - paring knives, SB, veggie peelers, etc....), one with gifts if they booked a show (stuff from the outlet - mini spatulas, pkgs of twixits, silicone hot pads, etc...) and one to do drawings from (large serving spatulas, scissors, and other things I had extras of).


Also - my guest list was to all of my past hosts and best customers.....so I had a pretty targeted audience. Amazing - 3 of the bookings were with people who had never had a show before! 1 was a friend that a past host brought, one was my neighbor - an excellent customer of mine, and the 3rd was another mom from my son's preschool, who was invited last minute...and one of the people there that I didn't really know. The 4th booking was a past host who is signing at her show!:thumbup:

 

[merego]

I am not brave enough to try the power cooking clinic yet, maybe this fall.

 

[Chef Kearns]

Thanks for breaking it down for me Becky!

 

[ChefBeckyD]

Thanks for breaking it down for me Becky!

You're welcome! Hope it goes well for you, Sandra!

 

[Chef Kearns]

Well...I'm not sure what it was due to, but NO ONE showed for my power cooking clinic. Four people RSVPd (low, but I still prepped for it and was pretty excited). About an hour after it started someone finally showed up. I did not do the "show", but she signed up! So at least that happened!

Sales=BUST!

 

[Chef Kearns]

It was a great idea and I hope to try it again in the future. My husband HATES it when I have parties in our home and this just gave him more ammunition.

 

[legacypc46]

Thank you for this great thread! It is saving my life today.

My host tonight is doing the power cooking show...and our sense was maybe she'd have 5-8 guests. As of this morning, she has over 20 rsvps and five outside orders. Holy toledo...even if a third don't show, it will be a larger group than we planned for.

We're actually completing three recipes so folks can taste them. Definitely having to think thru the planning to keep it simple. Your outline is great.

 

[StacieB]

Thanks for all the great tips. I am doing my Clinic on Thursday. I have 10 confirmed guests so am hoping they all show up.

 

[heat123]

Wow, how the heck did I miss this one! What an awesome idea and great thread Becky! Thank you soo much for sharing your ideas, success story and tips-suggestions! How fantastic for you! This sounds like something I should do this winter, instead of doing my usual host appreciation party!

 

[ChefBeckyD]

Wow, how the heck did I miss this one! What an awesome idea and great thread Becky! Thank you soo much for sharing your ideas, success story and tips-suggestions! How fantastic for you! This sounds like something I should do this winter, instead of doing my usual host appreciation party!

A follow up to this - 2 of my past hosts who were at my Power Cooking Clinic are now consultants! They came with me to my clusters Fall Kickoff, and there were some other consultants there asking questions about power cooking - and they were telling them all about mine and how great it was! THAT was the best! It was fun to hear about the show from their perspective as guests at the show. One of them is a teacher/guidance counselor, and she is signing specifically because she needs quick, economical meals, and wants to teach others how to do them too!

 

[heat123]

A follow up to this - 2 of my past hosts who were at my Power Cooking Clinic are now consultants! They came with me to my clusters Fall Kickoff, and there were some other consultants there asking questions about power cooking - and they were telling them all about mine and how great it was! THAT was the best! It was fun to hear about the show from their perspective as guests at the show. One of them is a teacher/guidance counselor, and she is signing specifically because she needs quick, economical meals, and wants to teach others how to do them too!

That is awesome Becky! Congratulations! GREAT Success story!

 

[peichef]

awesome Becky! How big is your team now??

 

[ChefBeckyD]

awesome Becky! How big is your team now??

2 active - but one is a recruit's recruit who has been reassigned to me.
2 inactive - but one is turning in a show sometime this month.:thumbup:
2 just signed

I'm getting so close!

 

[Ann F]

I'm so glad to see this thread. I've been wanting to do the Power Cooking, but I was too chicken (no pun intended...). Thanks so much for the detailed info.

 

[heat123]

2 active - but one is a recruit's recruit who has been reassigned to me.
2 inactive - but one is turning in a show sometime this month.:thumbup:
2 just signed

I'm getting so close!

Whoohooo, Go BECKY!:chef:

How does the recruit's recruit get "Reassigned to you", shoudln't that recruit go to your director???

 

[ChefBeckyD]

Whoohooo, Go BECKY!:chef:

How does the recruit's recruit get "Reassigned to you", shoudln't that recruit go to your director???

Nope! As long as I am active, and I have a recruit who recruits, but then goes inactive - the recruit's recruit becomes part of my first line. However, they don't count towards accepting directorship...although, once I become a director, they count as part of my active first line.:thumbup: So, I treat her like a personal recruit, because one day she will be.

 

[heat123]

Nope! As long as I am active, and I have a recruit who recruits, but then goes inactive - the recruit's recruit becomes part of my first line. However, they don't count towards accepting directorship...although, once I become a director, they count as part of my active first line.:thumbup: So, I treat her like a personal recruit, because one day she will be.

WOW, I did NOT know that! That's awesome! GO BECKY! You can and will do it!:chef:

 

[heat123]

I'm soo nervous for my PCW tomorrow! :O I have 15-18 rsvp's. I have to review all of Becky's notes today and tomorrow! Wish me luck! I hope it's 1/2 as successful as yours!

 

[ChefBeckyD]

Bumping For Stacy!



And Heather - we want to hear how yours went today!

 

[heat123]

See my Thank you Becky Thread! Two thumbs up Becky!

 

[stacywhitlow]

Bumping For Stacy!

Thanks so much! I can't wait to try this out.

 

[aPamperedBride]

Excited for the "extra" chicken recipes here and for Becky's attachment that Lori originally made. I make the Shepard's Pie from the Main Dishes cookbook frequently but didn't know I could make it ahead of time! I'm always leery of making and freezing a meal unless someone else has done it first!As I put on Heather's "thank You Becky" thread, the HO came out with new power cooking chicken recipes today! BUT they say to cut up the chicken using a knife. I'm going to try it w/ the Mix N Chop instead!!! (Yes, I am scared of my knives. That's why my first purchase ever was a Food Chopper and why I love the Finger Guard!) Fresh chicken tenders were on sale tonight for $1.87/lb, so I bought over 10 lbs to try the new Power Cooking Chicken recipes, the White Chicken Chili recipe and some old favorites...but now I might do the Chicken Burrito's instead!

 

[chefmeg]

be sure to let us know how this goes for you~I did use the Mix 'N Chop for the chicken tenderloins and had great success!

 

[pamperedlinda]

bumping - just because I think this is a great thread and I'm thinking about doing one of these in January. Maybe as a fundraiser for a local shelter.

 

[babywings76]

It is absolutely amazing! Works just as well on chicken as it does on ground meat! So, if you want chopped chicken for tacos, or burritos, or even just chicken salad, you can cook and chop all at the same time! It works best if the chicken is at least partially cooked though.

I know this thread is a little old, but I'm bringing it up because I've got some questions.

Becky, what size chicken do you make for the 30 min. chicken? Just wondering how much chicken you get out of the small ones compared to the larger ones to show people. Which do you think is better to show people at a power cooking show?

Also, are you referring here to chicken breasts or ground chicken?

This Saturday is my Power Cooking Workshop. I was thinking of having appetizers set up that they could eat while I show them the power cooking. But is it better to have it interactive? Or both--some eat while others help? Or save the appetizers to a food table that I put our finished recipe on and they just eat everything at once later?

Also, I liked how you incorporated the DCB into this, and so now I'm thinking instead of serving one of the 3 Power cooking recipes, to just do the chicken and give away all 3 of the recipes. Were people sad that they didn't get to taste the results of one of the power cooking recipes when you did yours?