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Food for thought!
I don’t know about you, but my Lady and I think eating a meat and a salad together in our own home is a pretty good thing.
We are, primarily because of me, somewhat selective on our choices of protein, so she has to suffer eating Salmon, Tilapia, Brisket and Chicken Breast with a basic salad. Sometimes we just east sandwich meat and salad, but only on occasion.
Now I’ve had some say "I guess that’s what you have to do when your on a budget." I on the other hand think those not a bad selection of food choices
whether you eat out or at home and I prefer my cooking to most restaurants.
So let’s look at some numbers. I have calculated out the cost for these choices and averaged them out to be $3.08 per meal,
per person. This includes the vacuum seal bag. The salad as we prepare it costs $.60 cents per serving. So this totals out at
$7.36 per evening meal for the 2 of us. For easy ciphering, lets just round it up to $8 a meal for 2 people
Now I do have some investment in the equipment and for this example I am going to use the Current prices on Smokin-it smokers,
current pricing on a Weston Pro 2300 Vacuum Sealer.
Weston 2300 $390 from Home Depot ( I know that price can be beat, I was fortunate to pick mine up on a sale for $299)
#1 $300 + WESTON PRO $390 = $690
#2D $600 + WESTON PRO $390 = $990
#3D $700 + WESTON PRO $390 = $1090
#4D $1700 + WESTON PRO $390 = $2090
OK, for a family of 2 eating on a budget or not, Brisket, Salmon, & Chicken Breast with Basic Salad for 5 meals a week costs $40.
1 week $40
1 year $2080
Could we all agree eating out for 2 people would cost with tip $25? For easy ciphering sake, lets just round it down to $20.
1 week $100
1 year $5200.
So lets take that eating out cost of 5 nights a week for one year and compare it with the cost of SMOKIN-IT Smokers with a Vacuum Sealer
$5200 (Cost of eating out 2 people 5 nights a week)
- 690 (Cost of #1 and a sealer)
- 2080 (Cost of Salmon, Brisket, Chicken Breast, Tilapia & Sealer Bag)
__________
$2430 SAVINGS IN 1ST YEAR
$5200 (Cost of eating out 2 people 5 nights a week)
- 990 (Cost of #2D and a sealer)
- 2080 (Cost of Salmon, Brisket, Chicken Breast, Tilapia & Sealer Bag)
__________
$2130 SAVINGS IN 1ST YEAR
$5200 (Cost of eating out 2 people 5 nights a week)
- 1090 (Cost of #3D and a sealer)
- 2080 (Cost of Salmon, Brisket, Chicken Breast, Tilapia & Sealer Bag)
_________
$2030 SAVINGS IN 1ST YEAR
$5200 (Cost of eating out 2 people 5 nights a week)
- 2090 (Cost of #4D and a sealer)
- 2080 (Cost of Salmon, Brisket, Chicken Breast, Tilapia & Sealer Bag)
__________
$1030 SAVINGS IN 1ST YEAR
ANYBODY GOT CHILDREN, WELL, THEN “CACHING," , the savings increase.
Now if you don’t like smoked food, you probably won’t be reading this. But we all love smoked food, so when we share our goodies with our friends and neighbors, we can show them how this can pay for itself in one year with a #4D, and quicker than that with one of the smaller smokers.
Sometimes we just have a quick Smoked Cheese Brisket or Chicken Nacho and skip the salad. Anyway just more food for thought.
Now you can afford that next bigger model, yes??? And I didn’t even mention the possibilities of pork.
Please feel free to challenge my math.
Doug
I don’t know about you, but my Lady and I think eating a meat and a salad together in our own home is a pretty good thing.
We are, primarily because of me, somewhat selective on our choices of protein, so she has to suffer eating Salmon, Tilapia, Brisket and Chicken Breast with a basic salad. Sometimes we just east sandwich meat and salad, but only on occasion.
Now I’ve had some say "I guess that’s what you have to do when your on a budget." I on the other hand think those not a bad selection of food choices
whether you eat out or at home and I prefer my cooking to most restaurants.
So let’s look at some numbers. I have calculated out the cost for these choices and averaged them out to be $3.08 per meal,
per person. This includes the vacuum seal bag. The salad as we prepare it costs $.60 cents per serving. So this totals out at
$7.36 per evening meal for the 2 of us. For easy ciphering, lets just round it up to $8 a meal for 2 people
Now I do have some investment in the equipment and for this example I am going to use the Current prices on Smokin-it smokers,
current pricing on a Weston Pro 2300 Vacuum Sealer.
Weston 2300 $390 from Home Depot ( I know that price can be beat, I was fortunate to pick mine up on a sale for $299)
#1 $300 + WESTON PRO $390 = $690
#2D $600 + WESTON PRO $390 = $990
#3D $700 + WESTON PRO $390 = $1090
#4D $1700 + WESTON PRO $390 = $2090
OK, for a family of 2 eating on a budget or not, Brisket, Salmon, & Chicken Breast with Basic Salad for 5 meals a week costs $40.
1 week $40
1 year $2080
Could we all agree eating out for 2 people would cost with tip $25? For easy ciphering sake, lets just round it down to $20.
1 week $100
1 year $5200.
So lets take that eating out cost of 5 nights a week for one year and compare it with the cost of SMOKIN-IT Smokers with a Vacuum Sealer
$5200 (Cost of eating out 2 people 5 nights a week)
- 690 (Cost of #1 and a sealer)
- 2080 (Cost of Salmon, Brisket, Chicken Breast, Tilapia & Sealer Bag)
__________
$2430 SAVINGS IN 1ST YEAR
$5200 (Cost of eating out 2 people 5 nights a week)
- 990 (Cost of #2D and a sealer)
- 2080 (Cost of Salmon, Brisket, Chicken Breast, Tilapia & Sealer Bag)
__________
$2130 SAVINGS IN 1ST YEAR
$5200 (Cost of eating out 2 people 5 nights a week)
- 1090 (Cost of #3D and a sealer)
- 2080 (Cost of Salmon, Brisket, Chicken Breast, Tilapia & Sealer Bag)
_________
$2030 SAVINGS IN 1ST YEAR
$5200 (Cost of eating out 2 people 5 nights a week)
- 2090 (Cost of #4D and a sealer)
- 2080 (Cost of Salmon, Brisket, Chicken Breast, Tilapia & Sealer Bag)
__________
$1030 SAVINGS IN 1ST YEAR
ANYBODY GOT CHILDREN, WELL, THEN “CACHING," , the savings increase.
Now if you don’t like smoked food, you probably won’t be reading this. But we all love smoked food, so when we share our goodies with our friends and neighbors, we can show them how this can pay for itself in one year with a #4D, and quicker than that with one of the smaller smokers.
Sometimes we just have a quick Smoked Cheese Brisket or Chicken Nacho and skip the salad. Anyway just more food for thought.
Now you can afford that next bigger model, yes??? And I didn’t even mention the possibilities of pork.
Please feel free to challenge my math.
Doug
