Question on how much to smoke...

Dex · 02-04-2011, 01:54 PM

Looks like I will be selling at a local county fair this year. Last year, they had 35,000 people attend. How many butts should I smoke for pulled pork sandwiches? How much should I begin with?

Thanks

deepsouth · 02-04-2011, 02:00 PM

wowz. i have no clue, but good luck!

indianagriller · 02-04-2011, 02:47 PM

Dex what kind of equiptment do you have to cook on? How many other food vendors are there? Are there any other BBQ places set up?

Capn Kev · 02-04-2011, 02:54 PM

Poll vendors that have sold there in the past. Most will freely offer up traffic history.

Dex · 02-04-2011, 02:56 PM

I will have to get the numbers on how many other food vendors were there. I do know that there was 1 person selling bbq.

Jacked UP BBQ · 02-04-2011, 03:44 PM

If this is me and I was going to just sell sandwiches. Depending on the amount of days. I would have around 400 lbs of cooked product. Two people working and blow them out. You can get about 3 sandwiches per pound @6-7 per sandwich. Good luck! Dont run out, worst thing you can ever do.

getyourrubonbbq · 02-04-2011, 04:10 PM

Dex,

Don't go into it thinking you'll feed all 35K, there are a lot of factors here. Like other food vendors, hours of operation of the fair, weather (the main one) and how much space you actually have to bring in equipment/trailer etc. . and serve from and how much are they (the fair) charging you?

Kev, is right see if you can talk to other vendors and see what the traffic is like, don't go by what the fair organizers say.

02-04-2011, 01:54 PM	#1
Dex Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 08-04-09 Location: Avon, IN Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Question on how much to smoke... Looks like I will be selling at a local county fair this year. Last year, they had 35,000 people attend. How many butts should I smoke for pulled pork sandwiches? How much should I begin with? Thanks

02-04-2011, 02:00 PM	#2
deepsouth Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 04-21-10 Location: Biloxi, MS Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	wowz. i have no clue, but good luck! __________________ Large BGE, Small BGE, Mini BGE, Weber 22.5 OTG, yellow thermapen

02-04-2011, 02:47 PM	#3
indianagriller is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 06-03-09 Location: Columbus,Indiana Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Dex what kind of equiptment do you have to cook on? How many other food vendors are there? Are there any other BBQ places set up? __________________ www.bigjtssmokin.com JAMBO pit

02-04-2011, 02:54 PM	#4
Capn Kev is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 12-08-09 Location: Littleton, CO Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Poll vendors that have sold there in the past. Most will freely offer up traffic history. __________________ Kevin Feit Swinestone Cowboys BBQ Team FEC-100, Traeger Texas 075, WSM 22.5", UDS, KCBS CBJ #54829

02-04-2011, 03:44 PM	#6
Jacked UP BBQ Babbling Farker Join Date: 06-09-08 Location: Forker River, NJ Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	If this is me and I was going to just sell sandwiches. Depending on the amount of days. I would have around 400 lbs of cooked product. Two people working and blow them out. You can get about 3 sandwiches per pound @6-7 per sandwich. Good luck! Dont run out, worst thing you can ever do. __________________ 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

02-04-2011, 02:56 PM	#5
Dex Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 08-04-09 Location: Avon, IN Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I will have to get the numbers on how many other food vendors were there. I do know that there was 1 person selling bbq.

02-04-2011, 04:10 PM	#7
getyourrubonbbq Take a breath! Join Date: 11-02-08 Location: Cordova, TN Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Dex, Don't go into it thinking you'll feed all 35K, there are a lot of factors here. Like other food vendors, hours of operation of the fair, weather (the main one) and how much space you actually have to bring in equipment/trailer etc. . and serve from and how much are they (the fair) charging you? Kev, is right see if you can talk to other vendors and see what the traffic is like, don't go by what the fair organizers say. __________________ James Stephens Extreme BBQ Trailers Cordova, TN. www.extremebbqtrailers.com

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