Our BBQ pit is built to state
approved specifications to offer clubs and
organizations a sanitary facility in which to
produce and sell barbeque chicken in order to
raise money for their group.
Profits average $1.00
per half using Wholesome Foods pit manager
selling halves at the suggested $3.50 per half.
Barbecue Pit Requirements For
Use
 Must purchase
chicken, charcoal, and BBQ sauce from
Wholesome Foods.- BBQ pit will
handle a maximum of 825 halves.
- Must use
Wholesome Foods pit manager to oversee
operations.
- Must sell
some of the chicken at our pit.
- Price will be
advertised at $3.50 per half unless notified
otherwise.
- Wholesome
Foods will help by advertising your BBQ in
our weekly store advertisement in the
Wednesday Northern Virginia Daily, at no
charge.
- We will put
up a banner on the Monday before your BBQ to
alert the public that there will be a BBQ
the following Saturday.
- Organization
using the pit is responsible for leaving the
pit area clean. All trash needs to be removed,
empty coolers must be washed, and tables
cleaned. Racks must be put in tank and
filled with a water and bleach solution. Water
supply needs to be turned off and all water lines
drained.
- Chicken will
be racked and stored in a tank prior to the
BBQ. At the completion of the BBQ we ask
that the racks be put back into the tank.
- Our pit has
been built to exact health department
specifications and is acceptable to both
state and county health departments in order
to have a BBQ.
- Pre-mixed BBQ
sauce is $12.75 per gallon. You will need
about 1 gallon per each 40 halves of
chicken. This sauce is a blend of vinegar
and oil with many spices for a very
unique flavor.
- Charcoal is
$15.90 per bag. You will need 1 bag per each
50 halves of chicken. Our charcoal is oak
and hickory and is noted for being very hot
and long burning.
- You will need
to bring heavy or insulated gloves to handle
hot chicken and we will provide bags to put
chicken in when it is sold.
- You will need
to bring a hammer to put BBQ signs in the ground.
- Please sell
the product out of the service window and keep
general public away from the pit area.
- Starter fluid is available at $4.75 per gallons.
Extra Money Making Ideas -
Call for Details
 Car
Wash Areas Available- 4.5 oz
Macaroni and Cole Slaw
- Potato Chips
- Bake Sale
- Drinks
- Yard Sale
- BBQ Sauce (pints)
BARBECUE PIT - Recommended
Cooking Procedures & Check List
- Use 1 bag of
charcoal per 50 halves and 1 gallon of sauce
per 35 to 50 halves.
- Put coal in
pit, rake sides to center, put in lighter
fluid, light charcoal.
- Allow
charcoal to burn 30 minutes until edges turn
white, then spread coals out.
- Put chicken
in pit.
- Start adding
sauce to chicken very lightly after 1st hour
and a half of cooking. Product is thick and
will burn.
- Cook 2-1/2 to
3 hours until wings easily pull out of
socket.
- Remove
chicken from rack. Add sauce in
layers - chicken then sauce - as it is put into
the cooler. Let set in cooler for 45 minutes.
- Wrap chicken
in foil, adding a good splash of BBQ sauce on
each piece to enhance flavor. Put product
back in cooler.
Below is the 2010 BBQ dates (subject to change)
| DATE |
GROUP |
DATE |
GROUP |
| 9/4 |
Little North Mountain Shooting Education 4-H Club |
10/2 |
Customer Appreciation Day / Hamburg Ruritan Club |
| 9/11 |
Oak Level Church Fort Valley |
10/9 |
Edinburg VFW* |
| 9/18 |
Edinburg VFW* |
10/16 |
Open |
| 9/25 |
Open |
10/ 23 |
Quota International Club of Shenandoah County |
| | 10/30 | Edinburg VFW* |
| Nov & Dec |
All Saturday Dates are Open |
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*Denotes
that the Edinburg VFW has a BBQ at their pit. We can schedule
BBQs but do not want to sell at the pit or in the Edinburg area so as
not to compete with them.
Please call 540-984-8219 ext. 2 to schedule your BBQ!
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