Minnesota Made.
Locally Sourced.
American Classics.

Owatonna, Minnesota

Smash Burgers ◆ Bongards Cheese ◆ Northern Soda ◆ Bacon ◆ Conger Meat Market ◆ Fries ◆ The 507 ◆ Main Street Bakehouse ◆ Hot Dogs ◆ Neighbor’s Meats ◆ CannonBelles Cheese ◆

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Minnesota Made

Born in southern Minnesota and built to serve it. The Farmer’s Son Mobile Kitchen is proud to bring great food to the place we call home. From busy summer nights to crisp fall evenings and even through frigid Minnesota winters, we’re bringing our kitchen to the state we love.

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Locally Sourced

Wagyu from Feller’s Ranch via Conger Meat Market, award-winning cheese from CannonBelles Cheese, hot dogs and thick-cut bacon from Neighbor’s Meats, and the only pop we serve is from Northern Soda Company. We source as much of our menu as possible from right here in Minnesota.

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American Classics

Nothing beats a classic. Cheeseburgers. Hot dogs. Fries. All our menu options feature flavors from around the country with a little style of our own. American classics with a southern Minnesota touch.

Our Minnesota neighbors come first.

Southern Minnesota raises the cattle and the dairy that the rest of the world enjoys. It seemed strange to run a burger trailer here and order our ingredients from anywhere else.

So we buy from locally owned providers as much as we can — the Wagyu, the buns, the hot dogs, the cheese, the bacon, and the pop. It costs us more. It tastes like it.

The Wagyu

A brisket and chuck blend from Conger Meat Market, who work hand in hand with Feller’s Ranch.

The cheese

CannonBelles Cheese in Cannon Falls, MN provides the perfectly aged cheddar on our 507 Smash, with another burger or two still to come. Our American cheese is Bongards, a farmer-owned dairy cooperative founded right here in Minnesota.

The hot dogs & bacon

Our hot dogs and thick-cut bacon come from Neighbor’s Meats in New Richland, Minnesota (they also have locations in Mankato and Owatonna!).

The buns

Our potato buns were created in collaboration with Main Street Bakehouse in Medford, MN to be soft while still sturdy enough to hold two patties and then some.

The pop

Northern Soda Company makes craft pop in New Brighton, MN, with flavors like Sunday Purple and Due North. You can’t go wrong!

The butter

No, we don’t serve butter on its own, but every bun is toasted with Hope Butter. It’s just better, and we all know it.

Meet The Farmer’s Son

Dan Ringhofer grew up on a farm south of Owatonna, where knowing where your food came from was simply part of life. He went on to earn his stripes in the food industry, working his way from dishwasher at a pizza place to chef in fine dining. His farm roots and years in kitchens shaped the way he approaches food today: know where it comes from, respect the people behind it and make it right.

For years, Dan and an old friend talked about how hard it was to find a truly great burger spot in southern Minnesota, especially one with local roots. They shared a passion for great food and supporting businesses close to home.

The Farmer’s Son Mobile Kitchen is the result: American classics made with purpose, using as many local ingredients as possible. For both of them, buying local isn’t a marketing angle. It’s the point.

Quality food, purposefully created.

Bring the trailer to your thing

Graduations, weddings, ball tournaments, company lunches, street dances, birthdays. We pull up, fire the flat-top, and smash burgers to order for your whole crowd.

Cooked on site, to order
Small parties to big crowds
Owatonna and the greater 507
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We are a mobile kitchen based in Owatonna, working southern Minnesota and the greater 507 as much as we can. Order ahead online and pick it up hot at our next stop, or book the trailer for your own event.

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Put your order in before you get here and we will have it smashed, wrapped and waiting.

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