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    New build from icecream tank

    There's nothing wrong with that! Good job on the build!
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    New build from icecream tank

    Nice looking build! Just curious, how do you like the doors on top? I have thought of making a smoker with lids on top before but changed my mind. 
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    First Big Smoker Build. Advice welcomed!

    I just wanted to give an update on this smoker.  This smoker is the most efficient smoker I've ever used. I can put 2-3 good logs in the fire box and the smoker will hold 200*F for 6-8 hours. Once I set the damper to the temp I want, the temp stays within 5 degrees +/- of what I have it set on...
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    Biggest smoker build... = success?

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    Biggest smoker build... = success?

    Hello all, For those of you that may have been on here for some time, you may remember my last build I documented (probably not, but maybe). See the link for my last smoker build of a 300 gallon tank. http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/133493/first-big-smoker-build-advice-welcomed With the...
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    Plastic Bottling BBQ Sauce ????

    I guess I am going to try to start selling my sauce at local farmers markets. If it is successful there I will try to mass produce and sell to local stores. I am still going forward with this co-packer idea since it is such a long process. I appreciate all the input. Hopefully this sauce can be...
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    Plastic Bottling BBQ Sauce ????

    I received the confidentiality contract in the mail the other day. I am going to let a friend of mine look at it who has more business knowledge than I do (he has an MBA and a degree in entrepreneurship). So after he looks it over and lets me know if it looks solid and safe then I will sign it...
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    Plastic Bottling BBQ Sauce ????

    Yeah, this seems like the most feasible approach to selling BBQ sauce publicly. 30 gallons will make approximately 240 16 oz bottles and they will run anywhere from $2-$5 a piece. So that't a total of $480-$1200. And they would be able to make as many as I want them to once we determine an...
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    Plastic Bottling BBQ Sauce ????

    I just like the idea of them making the sauce, bottling, and labeling it so I can be legal and legit if I sell it in local restaurants or stores. 
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    Plastic Bottling BBQ Sauce ????

    I agree with the two above posts. But from what I understand from the "Co-Packer", they assume all responsibility for anything could go wrong with the sauce. For instance, someone does get sick and sues, they are responsible. I will read the confidentiality contract and make sure before I commit...
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    Plastic Bottling BBQ Sauce ????

    Thank you Mr. T! So a little more than $2000 total. That seems somewhat expensive just to get started. I was calling around for local bottling plants that can bottle, label, and perform nutritional tests on sauces, and I found one on Memphis called ICA. I came across it on a Google search that...
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    Plastic Bottling BBQ Sauce ????

    If you don't mind me asking, approximately how much have you spent in becoming legal? Just so I have a figure in my head to start cost justification.
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    Plastic Bottling BBQ Sauce ????

    Thanks for the advice Tom. I will continue to research my local regulations (TN), and see what I need to do. But the game plan for now is to continue selling like I have been to see if volume will justify the cost of the legal approach. I like the labels Backwoods. Puts me in the mind of a...
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    Plastic Bottling BBQ Sauce ????

    Really? How many did he sell? I guess I should do some more research before I sell too many... I got the 10,000 number from somewhere that I read that the Nutritional Table doesn't have to be on there unless you sell 10,000 annually. I assumed that meant I didn't need any licenses or...
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    Plastic Bottling BBQ Sauce ????

    Well I am at a point where I want to sell more sauces than I do now, but I do not currently sell enough to justify contracting it out to someone who does this kind of thing. I would think that bottling companies would want thousands of these in order to do it for me.  So I thought bottling with...
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    Plastic Bottling BBQ Sauce ????

    Thanks for the input! I think I got what I need now. Sanitize bottlesHeat sauce to <= 180 degreesFill bottlesImmediately cap and invert The Hot water bath info just didn't seem right because it seems like boiling plastic and cooling it could cause the bottle to deform. Same with putting them in...
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    Plastic Bottling BBQ Sauce ????

    Thanks for the copy and pasted answer, but that still doesn't answer these questions.  What temp does the sauce need to be when I bottle it?How long will the shelf life be?What is the process for bottling? (just heat sauce and pour then cap the bottle?)Is there anything I should or should not...
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