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Mando and Priscilla Guerrero of Crave Heat stand outside their food truck during a stop outside Salty Nut Brewery. (File)

The founders of Crave Heat hope to begin a new chapter soon after restarting their popular Tex-Mex food truck last fall.

The Crave Heat truck is for sale. (Courtesy)

Mando and Priscilla Guerrero have put their bright blue 1986 Chevrolet Step Van, known to local foodies as "Congo," on the market in order to focus on specialty items.

The decision to sell comes months after the Texas natives and parents of three young boys returned to Huntsville's food truck scene after a year-long absence. Although business has been great since relaunching in November, Mando Guerrero said they want to try something different - a smaller-scale tamale cart.

"It's like we never left," he told AL.com. "The return of the truck went well and still would've continued to do so, but when we introduced tamales to the truck, we would push out about 12-13 dozen per hour and realized that it was something people wanted."

Since introducing tamales as a seasonal item, the Crave Heat dish has become a tradition for many households in Huntsville and the surrounding areas. Despite increasing demand, Guerrero said they couldn't justify a single truck dedicated to the Mexican cuisine.

That's when the idea of a tamale cart was born.

"With the food truck, one of the things we heard from many locations was, 'I wish we had room to host food trucks or something similar,'" he said. "That got our wheels turning and we went back to our younger days and back to my Navy days in how we'd buy fruit cups from tricycles. As we started thinking more about it, we figured we could port the concept over from a truck to a tricycle cart and fill in the niche and identify a smaller specialty cuisine item that can be tailored to the diverse culture that we have in Huntsville."

The Guerreros, who are awaiting final approvals for the tamale cart, are asking $37,000 for the food truck, which is fully equipped with fryers, a griddle, prep fridge, sinks, storage and more. The vehicle is currently licensed to operate in Madison, Limestone and Morgan counties.

Information about the truck is listed on Craigslist and the Crave Heat Facebook page. Interested buyers can also call 256-323-1320 for details.

"With it being a fully equipped kitchen with code requirements from the Alabama Department of Public Health and Huntsville Fire Department, it can satisfy any state requirements so we're pretty sure we can put it up outside of Huntsville as well," Guerrero said. "$37,000 is what we're asking for but we're open to slight negotiations as well."

Keep up with the Crave Heat tamale cart here.