Brisket and Pricing

HBMTN · 02-17-2013, 09:52 AM

Just wondering what you are charging these days for brisket when selling concessions? My cost after accounting for rub, bun, meat is 2.19 for a 1/3 sandwich (brisket not cheap in my region). I have been using less mark up for brisket that pork because based on cost x 3 I would be at $6.57 a sandwich and am afraid I'd run people off at this price. I have been charging $5.95 and just wondered if others run in to the same with the cost of brisket?

Bbq Bubba · 02-17-2013, 10:14 AM

Pulled pork would be 6 and brisket 7 if i was still vending.
If your brisket is good you can get whatever you ask.

HeSmellsLikeSmoke · 02-17-2013, 10:19 AM

What is the price of a good non-chain hamburger around there? They cost more around here than you are charging for a smoked brisket sandwich.

BigBellyBBQ · 02-17-2013, 11:00 AM

Brisket is always a buck more than pulled pork...pp 6 then brisket 7...or...pp 7 then brisket 8

jbrink01 · 02-17-2013, 02:49 PM

6 Pork, 7 Brisket - 6oz. x 2 per pound and sauce counts in the weight.

bwsy2k · 02-17-2013, 04:04 PM

I think 5.95 for a Brisket sammy sounds like a Steal

BBQ Nuts · 02-18-2013, 09:10 PM

It is a steal... I'll take 2 please.

Triple T BBQ · 02-24-2013, 04:52 PM

Hand out a sample of the brisket on a toothpick to people who are waiting in line and no will back away unless you don 't know what you are doing in the first place. We are well known now for the Texas style brisket up here in MN and people will walk past another vendor with porkchop on a stick and pulled pork to get the brisket. I think it's just that the Midwest has never gotten a chance to try brisket too much. Once they find out what you are serving tastes nothing roast beef you are golden. Give them a 1/4 cube sample and watch empty your warmer.

MStoney72 · 02-24-2013, 05:57 PM

If you are preparing a quality briskit you should be able to obtain your needed margin. Good briskit is hard to pass up and that is a small price to pay to get your fix of something delicious like a well prepared briskit;)

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HBMTN · 02-26-2013, 12:38 PM

While I am sure there is better brisket in the world we finish top 10 in brisket at 2/3rd of competitions we compete in the past 3 years. It's not a matter of people liking it, it's just in a rural area like this there is not much that would cost in the price range of $6.50-$7.50 for a sandwich and I just wonder mainly if they will pay that for a sandwich and what others charge. Thanks everyone for the input.

Jacked UP BBQ · 02-26-2013, 01:39 PM

I get $8 for a brisket sandwich while vending, anywhere in the country, pork we charge $7. In my restaurant I get $9 for a brisket sandwich with fries/

luke duke · 03-14-2013, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by HBMTN

Just wondering what you are charging these days for brisket when selling concessions? My cost after accounting for rub, bun, meat is 2.19 for a 1/3 sandwich (brisket not cheap in my region). I have been using less mark up for brisket that pork because based on cost x 3 I would be at $6.57 a sandwich and am afraid I'd run people off at this price. I have been charging $5.95 and just wondered if others run in to the same with the cost of brisket?

Are you making money? Are you selling out?

You could always turn it into a combo. Charge $2 more and throw in a bag of chips and a canned soft drink. That would yield ~$1.25 more profit.

02-17-2013, 09:52 AM	#1
HBMTN is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 10-16-08 Location: Fairfield, Virginia Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Brisket and Pricing Just wondering what you are charging these days for brisket when selling concessions? My cost after accounting for rub, bun, meat is 2.19 for a 1/3 sandwich (brisket not cheap in my region). I have been using less mark up for brisket that pork because based on cost x 3 I would be at $6.57 a sandwich and am afraid I'd run people off at this price. I have been charging $5.95 and just wondered if others run in to the same with the cost of brisket?

02-17-2013, 10:14 AM	#2
Bbq Bubba somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 05-03-07 Location: New Baltimore, Mi. Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Pulled pork would be 6 and brisket 7 if i was still vending. If your brisket is good you can get whatever you ask. __________________ Pitmaster @ Lockharts BBQ Beer Snob I cook the best brisket north of Dallas. Get over it. Northern midwest director for OBR www.operationbbqrelief.com

02-17-2013, 10:19 AM	#3
HeSmellsLikeSmoke somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 04-02-07 Location: Warren, Vermont Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	What is the price of a good non-chain hamburger around there? They cost more around here than you are charging for a smoked brisket sandwich. __________________ Jim - Another transplanted Texan Former KCBS CBJ Large and Medium Big Green Eggs , Black 18.5" WSM, Blue Weber Performer - Stainless, Green Weber OTG Kettle , Brinkmann SnP Pro, and a Stainless UDS. One retired Portable Kitchen grill. Red Thermapen, Maverick ET-73, EdgePro Apex Sharpener. Avatar is the original 1951 Weber Kettle Last edited by HeSmellsLikeSmoke; 02-17-2013 at 11:08 AM..

02-17-2013, 11:00 AM	#4
BigBellyBBQ is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 11-15-08 Location: Lake View, New York Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Brisket is always a buck more than pulled pork...pp 6 then brisket 7...or...pp 7 then brisket 8 __________________ TwinTech Pro Double, Backwoods Fat Boy, TwinTech Hawg Kooker, FE 400, SP SPK 700, Empty check book and understanding wife...sometimes..

02-17-2013, 02:49 PM	#5
jbrink01 is Blowin Smoke! Join Date: 08-17-06 Location: Washington, Missouri Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	6 Pork, 7 Brisket - 6oz. x 2 per pound and sauce counts in the weight. __________________ KCBS #13207 **2013 Insane Can Posse Tour** Sponsored By: *Gateway BBQ Store* *Blues Hog BBQ Company* *Plowboys BBQ Company*

02-17-2013, 04:04 PM	#6
bwsy2k On the road to being a farker Join Date: 03-02-11 Location: Brooksville FLorida Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I think 5.95 for a Brisket sammy sounds like a Steal

02-18-2013, 09:10 PM	#7
BBQ Nuts Knows what a fatty is. Join Date: 02-27-11 Location: Fairfax, VA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	It is a steal... I'll take 2 please.

02-24-2013, 04:52 PM	#8
Triple T BBQ Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 12-20-11 Location: SE, Minnesota Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Brisket and Pricing Hand out a sample of the brisket on a toothpick to people who are waiting in line and no will back away unless you don 't know what you are doing in the first place. We are well known now for the Texas style brisket up here in MN and people will walk past another vendor with porkchop on a stick and pulled pork to get the brisket. I think it's just that the Midwest has never gotten a chance to try brisket too much. Once they find out what you are serving tastes nothing roast beef you are golden. Give them a 1/4 cube sample and watch empty your warmer. __________________ Triple T BBQ - CBJ 2012, 2013, http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/sh...d.php?t=123061

02-24-2013, 05:57 PM	#9
MStoney72 Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 01-08-12 Location: Osceola, indiana Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Re: Brisket and Pricing If you are preparing a quality briskit you should be able to obtain your needed margin. Good briskit is hard to pass up and that is a small price to pay to get your fix of something delicious like a well prepared briskit;) Sent from my mobile cellular telephone using Tapatalk 2 __________________ Weber performer 22 1/2 WSM 1971 22 1/2 Weber Bar b Que kettle Weber genesis silver c (gasser) Weber Q Mini WSM (gold)

02-26-2013, 12:38 PM	#10
HBMTN is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 10-16-08 Location: Fairfield, Virginia Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	While I am sure there is better brisket in the world we finish top 10 in brisket at 2/3rd of competitions we compete in the past 3 years. It's not a matter of people liking it, it's just in a rural area like this there is not much that would cost in the price range of $6.50-$7.50 for a sandwich and I just wonder mainly if they will pay that for a sandwich and what others charge. Thanks everyone for the input.

02-26-2013, 01:39 PM	#11
Jacked UP BBQ Babbling Farker Join Date: 06-09-08 Location: Forker River, NJ Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I get $8 for a brisket sandwich while vending, anywhere in the country, pork we charge $7. In my restaurant I get $9 for a brisket sandwich with fries/ __________________ Jacked UP BBQ vending Ocean County Pig Assassins competition team retired and is now known as Jacked UP BBQ Fec 750 Fec 100 Large Spicewine