ABC’s Shark Tank was an amazing experience.  The recent news that the Mark Burnett ABC reality show Shark Tank has been renewed for a 2nd season has the Internet buzzing.  We’ve been getting questions from all across the nation asking what the Shark Tank Effect has been like for our small company.  When Pork Barrel BBQ appeared  we were only in a few stores – now we are in over 1,000 stores in 38 states, and our Pork Barrel BBQ Restaurant will be opening this November 2010. We can’t understate the impact the show and Barbara Corcoran investing in Pork Barrel BBQ had over the past year.  If you haven’t watched the show, there is a panel of Sharks, made up of Barbara Corcoran, Kevin Harrington, Daymond John, Robert Herjavec, Kevin O’Leary, and for Season 2 guest Jeff Foxworthy.  Upstarts like Pork Barrel BBQ are given the opportunity to pitch their company to this collection of impressive business men and women.  We had the honor of getting an investment from the Real Estate Mogul Barbara Corcoran, but not before she implied that Pork Barrel BBQ’s President Heath Hall looked like our pig logo – all on national television.  Check out the video of our experience here:

We also had the opportunity for a follow-up that featured Pork Barrel BBQ getting into Costco and the ground-breaking of our Pork Barrel BBQ restaurant.

Here was the video that started it all, the Pork Barrel BBQ audition video:

Late in 2009, we traveled with the Sharks to ring the closing bell on NASDAQ.  Pork Barrel BBQ Founder Heath Hall asks the Sharks if they wish they had joined Barbara Corcoran and invested in Pork Barrel BBQ – funny candid clips of Sharks Barbara Corcoran, Kevin Harrington, Daymond John, Robert Herjavec, and Kevin O’Leary.

Pork Barrel BBQ on Good Morning America Jobs Club with Tory Johnson talking about their experience on the show and what it is like to work with someone as energetic as Barbara Corcoran.

To see more of our experience, visit our Facebook page with exclusive Behind the Scenes photos.

Also, check out the following fun posts:

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http://www.porkbarrelbbq.com/pork-barrel-bbq-on-fox-and-friends-on-fox-news-network/