Were getting married in 2012 and we want you!

Yes, mine started after last year's 4th of July party. I had 2 requests. I just did the first one, 100+- folks last weekend, a wedding reception. I laid fairly low while at it, and come to find out after the fact there are 2 groups of folks inquiring again. I think I'm going to have to come up with a price chart... I cant keep doing this for beer...

I'll work for BEER and Q :crazy:

I dont know what the rates are, but it would be nice to see what everyone else charges. I do it for a few friends, and charge double the meat prices for butts, and ribs...and this comes to about 25 for about a 5 lb'er. Does this sound right?

Just gave a quote for a whole hog, 2 side dishes, 40 -60 people for a wedding rehersal dinner, for around $900. Might be too high, might be to low, but that is the quote we gave and that is for providing the hog, 150 lber.

Ashmont

Yes, it gets this way for me around spring,some one smells smoke,follows it and I get ask to do a cook,sure ,as long as I get some wood in exchange(and possibly a tip for the work
Here's my Son's Wedding last month:







I don't mind,I get to play with fire and thier meat:becky:
Have fun and...

Yes, spread the smoke and they will come. Here I am teaching my daughter how to spread the love in our neighborhood. She did great :becky:.

^^^ Great job Dad!!!

We did some pricing about 2 years ago from some of the local bbq places for catering and the LOWEST price was about $12.00 per person. Of course some of the more gormet type cooks that cooked everything offsite and dropped it off in their pans and let us serve was around $60.00 per person.
Most catering places charge by the person, and if you do a little research on the internet for catering in your area, you're bound to find someone that cooks similar to you and has prices posted.
I think that prices can be adjusted as you go along in your business... supply/demand type thing. If you are in high demand, you can up your prices... I personally wouldn't start out any lower than $12.00 per person for a couple of meats and a couple of sides.
Of course, I have NO practical experience in this area, as I've never acutally DONE a paid gig... But one day soon, hope to!

A pretty standard rule of thumb is triple your ingredient cost:
It takes a little getting used to, but figure out how much one plate of food will cost wholesale. Include everything on the plate in basic ingredients. So say your pulled pork sandwich, slaw and potato salad cost you $4.00 to buy the ingredients. Here's your calculation

Ingredients - $4.00
Overhead - $4.00 (fuel, plates, all the support expendables)
Profit - $4.00 (No profit is NOT a nasty word)
Plate Price - $12.00

Your ONLY wiggle room here is how much you pay yourself. Don't sell yourself short! People always want freebies, I don't know about you, but I don't have the budget to feed the whole neighborhood for free! :crazy: