Charge for cooking Brisket

CraigE · Posted: Mon Dec 21 15 10:33 am Post subject: Charge for cooking Brisket

I'm sorry, that this has already been answered somewhere, but I did a search several ways and was unable to locate any posts related.

I've been asked to cook a few briskets for sine friends and not sure what to charge for them. I'm not going to charge them full price, but to get some idea.
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Mr Tony's BBQ · Posted: Tue Dec 22 15 3:51 am Post subject:

I look at it this way: It costs me just about as much to cook 20 briskets as it does to cook 2....maybe a couple more logs for a full smoker overall....If I am cooking anyhow, I dont think I've ever charged under $20 for anything, but that was while doing another cook. The liability is still on you no matter how good a friend Confused

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CraigE · Posted: Tue Dec 22 15 7:32 am Post subject:

That's clear! I know I'm going to spend 12-16 hours cooking it, but just couldn't figure out a reasonable price. I know when we get up and running, how much per pound, but these are friends.
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kurtsara · Posted: Tue Dec 22 15 7:59 am Post subject:

CraigE · Posted: Tue Dec 22 15 9:34 am Post subject:

I understand that aspect.
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Harry Nutczak · Posted: Wed Dec 23 15 7:06 am Post subject:

What we do if someone wants us to cook an item that is from a grocery store, or some other commercial provider, no game meats or uninspected items allowed.

As long as the pit is already going, and I have a free spot, we do no charge, if they offer to tip, or pay, I ask that they put it in the servers tip jar.

Now if I need to fire the pit specifically for them and on a closed day, (game meats or some other product not from a licensed purveyor) they get charged for my time and fuel usage.

We do a ton of fish (literally) for customers each year that they caught on the Great Lakes, they get charged $0.50/LB for me to cure and smoke it, because I can have nothing else in the pit with it, and I must do it on a closed day so there is no intermingling of products.

In your case, whats losing a leisure day worth to you?
I value my leisure time at $85.00/Hour, but would never charge that unless it is someone I do not know, and they annoy me;
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qfanatic01 · Posted: Thu Dec 24 15 8:31 am Post subject:

We charge a buck a pound to squeeze something in. We usually have room after the ribs are out while the butts are finishing.
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Smokin' Hawg · Joined: 28 Nov 2007 Posts: 18

We normally charge a percentage on the weight so it would be 2% x weight = charge. It works out fine for me covers my cost and time.

CraigE · Posted: Tue Jan 12 16 12:57 am Post subject:

Great, thank y'all. I like the idea of adding their product to my pit if I'm already running it. It could help building a good reputation but doing it all the time would create a bad president.
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