About
Every entry here is a constraint and how people solve it
Gator Tailgating is an independent enthusiast blog about the half of a football Saturday that happens in a car park. No team, no fixture, no names — the problems are the same everywhere.
A tailgate is a catering operation run out of a vehicle, on asphalt, with no sink and usually no power. Twenty people arrive expecting hot food at a fixed hour. Everything interesting about the day comes from that: the gate time, the ice, the shade, the shape of the table and the order in which the boot gets loaded.
The site is organised the way the day runs — eight sections from the lots opening at dawn to the last hour after the stadium empties. Each guide takes one constraint and works through how experienced crews solve it. Nothing here is about a particular programme or a particular Saturday.
What we do not do
No fixture coverage, no results, no team allegiance. Where food safety comes up we point at the conventional guidance and leave it there; a car park is not a special case. Where a venue rule is involved, check the venue — lists differ and they change.
Who writes it
People who cook in lots and have opinions about cooler lids. Corrections and better methods are welcome; the contact page is the way in.