Y'all are starting to worry me now......(BUBBA).....
This isn't a true catering gig. I mean it is but I'm not a caterer. I offered my services as a cook as a charity auction item for my kids' school. The deal was, you buy the groceries and I'll bring the cookers and skills and BBQ for your event.
The customer wanted chicken and pulled pork. They really wanted pulled pork, but just wanted chicken for those who didn't like PP. When I started working out all the details with them (I know the folks who ended up hiring me pretty well) and they told me birds and butts I said, "OK, 50/50?" They collaborated (3 different families) and said 60/40, then they changed it to 70/30. I've confirmed TWICE that's what the want.
With the sauce, I cooked up some pulled pork (with the same rub I'll be ising for the cook) and gave each family a sample with 4 different sauces to choose from: BH original, BH Tenessee Red, Big Butz original and Big Butz Cranberry. There was a 3 way tie and BH TR didn't get ANY votes. Apparently they don't care for the vinegar stuff, which I was kind of suprised at.
They did tell me that they wanted 2 sauces, and told me to pick 2 of the 3 left (as long as one of them was the BH).
Either way, I'm just going to cook both the pork and chicken with rub and smoke and serve the sauces on the side.
I get what you're saying Bubba.......it's just not like I'll have unhappy customers no matter what happens (I mean as long as the meat's not crap). They ended up paying like $250 for this deal (plus groceries, which I estimate at around $500) I think $250 is a pretty good farkin deal for the time I'll have in it when it's all said and done.
