PP sandwich serving size?

Smokin Pigs Ash BBQ · Posted: May 10 2011 Post subject: PP sandwich serving size?

What is the normal serving size for a PP sandwich? 3 - 4 oz. How much do you normally charge?
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feldon30 · Posted: May 10 2011 Post subject:

I'm sure some with experience with Vending will post a reply.

I did some searches and find that 4oz is a typical pulled pork sandwich size, with 5oz for a large pp. 2-3oz might be more of a pulled pork slider size. One thread I found in particular:

http://www.thesmokering.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=43817
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Jarhead · Posted: May 10 2011 Post subject: Re: PP sandwich serving size?

daddywoofdawg · Posted: May 10 2011 Post subject:

Last year a 4oz was 5.00, this year 6.00.
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BBQMAN · Posted: May 10 2011 Post subject:

We serve a 4 oz sammie and a 5 oz "Jumbo" (same roll, just more meat).

Prices were $5 and $6.00 this past season, and many years previous.

Like the others, I'll be raising prices by $1.00 ea. for next season.
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Louie · Posted: May 10 2011 Post subject:

Whats a Big Mac or other pp competing sandwiches going for? Will a $6 or $7 pp price you out of the market? Or is it even a concern?
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Louie · Posted: May 10 2011 Post subject:

Yeah, thats what I thought, in my opinion there's little or no comparision to a chain product, the reason I'm asking is we sell ours for $5 and am thinking about bumping it up too.
We get approx 10-12 good sized sandwiches from one butt.
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Pit Boss · Posted: May 10 2011 Post subject:

Well if anyone is going to be so dumb as to compare a big mac with bbqman's 4oz sandwich they need to be directed to actually compare the two.

I'd be willing to bet that bbqman's 4oz sandwich has around 4oz of meat.

The big mac has two 1.5oz patties of meat...errr....of meat and water. Water can account for up to more than 60% of the total weight of the "meat". So with the big mac you could actually be getting .9oz of meat on your burger.

BBQMAN's sandwich is 4oz for $5 = $1.25 per oz of meat
BBQMAN's projected price increase will be 4oz for $6 = $1.50 per oz of meat

The big mac is 3oz minus 60% water weight for around $4 = $4.44 per oz of "meat"

Know the facts before condoning competition with fast food.
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Louie · Posted: May 10 2011 Post subject:

Smokin Pigs Ash BBQ · Posted: May 10 2011 Post subject:

Thanks for the input guys. Was kinda what I was planning. Just wanted to hear from the more experienced in the field. I have my first vending job this Saturday. just trying to plan it out right. If it works out I'll be there all summer.
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Raine · BBQ Pro Joined: 06 Feb 2005 Posts: 598 Location: Dixie

The public is funny. Our sandwich came with 6oz of bbq, and sold for $4.19

We had folks who said it was too big, too pricey. They couldn't understand why we couldn't sell our sandwich for 99� like Bojangles. Even though Bojangles walls weren't lined with trophies for bbq.

BBQMAN · Posted: May 10 2011 Post subject:

I must confess that I do like a Big Mac on occasion (maybe once a year) Shocked

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Jerk Pit Master · Posted: Jun 30 2011 Post subject:

Some folks set size and then price it, others price it and then set the size.
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cjschuckwagon · Posted: Jul 01 2011 Post subject:

my pp sandwhich in my fixed location had 6 oz and went for 5 dollars

then l learned that i wasnt making money, and began doing 4 oz for the same price, and added a scoop of slaw...

ps

my first kitchen job was at mcdonalds, i made the big mac with quarter pounder buns and meat.....now that was awesome...cj

...and the milkshakes were weighed and blended, the burgers were real meat on the griddle.....and they threw away old food, cj

smokelahoma · BBQ Fan Joined: 22 Mar 2009 Posts: 314

so what are all of you using for buns?
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Jarhead · Posted: Jul 05 2011 Post subject:

daddywoofdawg · Posted: Jul 05 2011 Post subject:

I use sam's when im near there.other wise walmart 1.25/8 burger buns.
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