Current pricing for ribs

[threshold36]

Hello, what is the current pricing for ribs at festivals. I use St Louis style ribs 2.5 down and I trim them to 12 bones. Thanks for your input.

[marvsbbq]

[SoEzzy]

Last one here where I saw ribs vended, they were $7.00 for 3 or $12.00 for a sample plate, 2 ribs, pulled pork, chicken thigh, beans and slaw... the beans weren't bad, the rest of it was crap!
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Here's a change Robert.

I still work here!

[Pit Boss]

What is your food cost?
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Somewhere in Kenya...a village is missing their idiot.

[milt]

I sell them (full spares)for $2.00 a bone at the farmers market.
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[Harry Nutczak]

Are you trying to figure out of you can be competitive if someone else is selling ribs at the same event? Or trying to see if you can make a profit by doing this?

What is your normal pricing strategy?
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[threshold36]

Thanks for the replies,
Here is some more information on cost, I cut my St Louis ribs myself from light spare ribs, I have found that when I do this I get a better product that is more consistent and has more meat on the bones. I pay 1.33 lbs for the full rack after cutting I have figured the price at 1.80 lbs. The tips that are left I sale as all you can eat on Wednesdays at my restaurant, this offsets the cost of the St Louis cut to under a dollar. None of the above costs consider time and labor. For this upcoming festival I am considering 4 ribs in a boat covered with sauce and two 1/4 pieces of corn on the cob. Today I sat down and figured cost at $2.00 a bone including the corn.