starting to serve bbq in my bar

I'm no pro, though I have on occasion sold my Q, and for sandwiches ( pulled pork ) I usually put 6 ounces of meat on a roll. One time I made sanwhiches for a bunch of folks and they wanted 12 ounce sandwhiches.

I think most people use 4 ounce sandwiches.

what is the avg cost per oz for pulled pork

be on the safe side and try this
weigh butt before cooking and then after you clean,I think average loss is 50-60 percent. If a butt weighs 10lbs @1.00 a lb and you get 5 lbs useable meat then it is 2.00 per lb and that is 12.5 per oz, then about .05 oz homemade sauce. just my .02

Vincinzo

Do not bank on Peter's yield on pork shoulders he has one of the best yields I have ever heard of-he must have a very efficient operation. I have been cooking BBQ for public for over 26 years and I would suggest you plug your costs in at 45% yield on shoulders. My own yields have run from 43 to 52 % yields cooking them on many different types of cookers. I would suggest that you make several trial runs to see what your yields are before pricing your product. Also price your plates, sandwiches etc. so that your total product costs is only 35% of the selling price. Higher percentages of product costs is one of the reasons why the failure rate for new restaurants is so high-just my 2 cents. My personal quanties are 3 oz sandwich on hamburger bun and 8 oz on plate with 2 veggies(slaw and bbq potatos usually)

Herman

yeehaw.... lets just help the feller////
heres my nickel.....
everybodys cost and yeilds are different. even from batch to batch. what i suggest is take your worst case scenario and do your math that way. i like to calculate in the price of making all that 'q'. for me, it aint cheap. i use wood and gas and electricity. plus regular bbq supplies and 'software'. so.... i figure my cost at 3.00 per pound. if i am way over, good for me.
next step is, if there is a place down the road that sells bbq sandwiches, you gotta either be competitive, or offer something 'off the chain'.
and the most important part..the size; well, that depends on how much you want to move. lets say you sell 10 sandwiches for lunch. do you want to sell 2.99 1/3lb sandwiches or 4.99 1/2lb sandwiches? well, lets do the math... done.
conclusion? the more you move, the more you make.
heck, i would sell a 2 pound sandwich if someone would buy it.. the more you move, the more you make.....simple