Egg and commercial enterprise

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Have any of you ever thoguht about turning the fruits of your egging into a commercial enterprise... I'm thinking about giving it a try for a side business.

locolongball

One of the King's Men,[p]Rumor has it, that someone has a plan for a BGE Restaurant. But, I'm not fore sure.

Bobby-Q

One of the King's Men,
I gave it about 400 hours worth of thoughts and finally decided as a full time deal it was just not gonna pan out. The jury is still out on a part time deal.[p]I'm sure someone, somewhere in the right county will be able to make it a reality someday.[p]There are quite a few people who Egg and cater, but I imagine they have other cookers as well. There are also people who do peripheral stuff like Rubs, and charcoal, and sauces, and custom tools, but these are folks who are eggers but are not tied directly to egging per say.

Bobby-Q

locolongball,
Please see above...lol.[p]Unless of course someone else has picked up the ball, in which case I wish them all the best.

locolongball

Bobby-Q,[p]To really make it work, I would think that someone would really have to have the BGE name with the business. Maybe even a dealer. Like a Cracker Barrel style, as they walk out they get an egg... And I'm sure BGE would want to have some say in what's cooked and how. Eventhough the food on the egg is sooooo much better than other cookers, I really think that knowing it was cooked on a Big Green Egg will bring them in the door and the food is why they will come back. Anyway, you're right. If someone pulled it off, it could be pretty cool.. But, not this cat! I stick to what I'm doing. ;-)

tach18k

One of the King's Men, The first and number one thing, you need to win powerball first. Then everything else will fall into place.

Sundown

One of the King's Men,
Somewhere I've heard there is someone who's family member owns a golf driving range and the guy/gal has set up a couple of Eggs and sells PP, cole slaw and beans for a "donation". (A way around local food regulations?) I took some time last year to talk to a fellow that has a driving range just a few miles down the road and he thought it was a great idea. The only hitch in it was he's one greedy sombitch. Wanted 50% of anything I would have taken in. Now, I know no one will ever grow wildly rich doing a part-time operation but why in hell would I want to give up 50%?
But to continue the idea a little further, what about a local sporting goods store, a boat dealer or even a hardware store. Qualification: A customer buys something he gets a chit to purchase a yummy plate of PP slaw and beans. A great attraction for the business an Egger can pick up a few bucks and every one has a good time. Might even be a thought for a distributor or a dealer to think about. There's a garden supply place just up the street I'm thinking about talking to sometime he has more traffic than you could imagine on Saturdays and Sundays - Come to think of it maybe only do the Egg thing during the week to attract more customers on the weekdays. Again, link a sale to a meal idea.

Spring Chicken

One of the King's Men,
Every successful enterprise in the world was the direct result of someone taking a chance that their idea would work. So the "Nothing ventured... Nothing gained" theory is still very sound advice. Of course there are many that failed along the way.

My thoughts were that a BGE business would do well at fairs, festivals, flea-markets, outdoor events and even sporting events but it would call for a sizable investment in Big Green Eggs, a vehicle/trailer to transport them in and the approval of city/county governments that may prohibit open pit cooking. [p]I even invisioned making and freeze-packaging ABT's, chicken, briskets and pulled pork and selling it over the Internet. [p]Like many Eggheads before and after me, I decided against all forms of commercial venture involving the BGE, and will stick to my backyard cooking.[p]Good luck if you decide to do it.[p]Spring Chicken
Spring Texas USA

katman

Sundown,
I have one of the largest garden supply/nursery operations on the east coast a couple miles from the house. On saturday and sunday the local Ruritan org operates a food stand--hot dogs, burgers, sausage. They have been doing this for about 10 years. Probably operated from April through Oct. They were doing some pork BBQ last year but it looked pretty nasty--probably something out of a can. They do quite a bit of business.

Bobby-Q

locolongball,
It is an incredibly long haul before you could even conceive of approaching the Atlanta guys about how much they would want, and what type of restrictions they would put in play. The biggest rub is getting a health department and fire marshall in the same county to agree that it could be worked out. Fire Marshall says maybe if it was outside and so many feet away from anything combustible, Health deprtment says you can't be outside unless you were already in business doing it, which you aren't, so no way.[p]Anyway, it was long way from being a done deal, so I tabled the whole plan until a later date.

locolongball

Bobby-Q,[p]I was watching Food Network, and they featured a resturant that uses Kingsford for all there cooking...They had a pretty awesome venting system. But, everything was set up like a normal Kitchen. I'll look around and see what I can find and let you know.........by the way...I get to eat for free right? ;-)