Made From Scratch: The Legendary Success Story Of Texas Roadhouse

  • Author: Kent Taylor
  • Narrator: George Newbern
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Duration: 8:32:19
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Synopsis

From founder Kent Taylor, the incredible made-from-scratch success story of Texas Roadhouse.

In Made From Scratch, the late business maverick Kent Taylor tells the legendary story of Texas Roadhouse and in the process reveals its recipe for success: embracing unorthodox business practices. Because isn’t it a little unusual for a company to do almost no advertising? Is it wild to give away free peanuts and rolls and keep prices low, even as costs rise, or to keep the menu basically the same since it opened? Does it fly in the face of reason to prohibit coats and ties at headquarters and to have a CEO who dressed like he was part of the landscaping crew?

These business practices might be unconventional, but for Kent and Texas Roadhouse, they worked. What Kent and his Roadies cooked up is an island of misfits who are cool with being different. They love to have fun, but are serious about following meticulous recipes to serve up hand-cut steaks, fall-off-the-bone ribs, made-from-scratch sides, ice-cold beer, and irresistible fresh-baked bread. It’s Legendary Food, Legendary Service, the Texas Roadhouse way.

To show how this company became a staple of American dining and survived a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic, Kent took a trip back in time to offer the lessons learned from his pathbreaking life, revealing how a distracted kid from Louisville, Kentucky, created anything worthwhile at all.

Chapters

  • 001 MadeFromScratch Open

    Duration: 31s
  • 002 MadeFromScratch Preface

    Duration: 16min
  • 003 MadeFromScratch PartI TheSkinnyKidFromLouisville Chapter1 BorntoRun

    Duration: 20min
  • 004 MadeFromScratch PartI TheSkinnyKidFromLouisville Chapter2 I'veNeverLetAcademicsInterferewithMyEducation

    Duration: 20min
  • 005 MadeFromScratch PartI TheSkinnyKidFromLouisville Chapter3 NightLife

    Duration: 26min
  • 006 MadeFromScratch PartI TheSkinnyKidFromLouisville Chapter4 ABeginningatBennigan's

    Duration: 14min
  • 007 MadeFromScratch PartI TheSkinnyKidFromLouisville Chapter5 RockyMountainHigh

    Duration: 25min
  • 008 MadeFromScratch PartI TheSkinnyKidFromLouisville Chapter6 MyOldKentuckyHome

    Duration: 16min
  • 009 MadeFromScratch PartII PerfectingtheRoadhouseRecipe Chapter7 DawnofRoadhouse

    Duration: 22min
  • 010 MadeFromScratch PartII PerfectingtheRoadhouseRecipe Chapter8 GettingtheRecipeRight

    Duration: 27min
  • 011 MadeFromScratch PartII PerfectingtheRoadhouseRecipe Chapter9 Changes

    Duration: 23min
  • 012 MadeFromScratch PartII PerfectingtheRoadhouseRecipe Chapter10 Stayin'Alive

    Duration: 27min
  • 013 MadeFromScratch PartII PerfectingtheRoadhouseRecipe Chapter11 Life'sBeenGood

    Duration: 16min
  • 014 MadeFromScratch PartII PerfectingtheRoadhouseRecipe Chapter12 TheRedheadedStranger

    Duration: 17min
  • 015 MadeFromScratch PartII PerfectingtheRoadhouseRecipe Chapter13 LessonsfromanIPO

    Duration: 22min
  • 016 MadeFromScratch PartII PerfectingtheRoadhouseRecipe Chapter14 We'reDancingNow

    Duration: 19min
  • 017 MadeFromScratch PartII PerfectingtheRoadhouseRecipe Chapter15 FifteenWaystoKeepYourLegacy

    Duration: 26min
  • 018 MadeFromScratch PartII PerfectingtheRoadhouseRecipe Chapter16 GoingInternational

    Duration: 16min
  • 019 MadeFromScratch PartII PerfectingtheRoadhouseRecipe Chapter17 ATargetonOurBack

    Duration: 20min
  • 020 MadeFromScratch PartII PerfectingtheRoadhouseRecipe Chapter18 GuiltyUntilProvenInnocent

    Duration: 37min
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