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Hog Roast Machines for sale
Welcome to my page
about hog roast machines for sale. What to buy, what not to buy, what to
hire, and what not to hire, and the truth about hog roasting.
Over the years I
have been intrigued by the claims made by various hog roast
machine producers. I use the word producers because most of them
don't manufacture, they produce anything from a converted wheel
barrow, for a few thousand pounds, to a copy of the machines you
see below. To find out more technical information
click here
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Buy a New
hog Roast Machine
£2,950.00
up to 22kg Lamb Roaster
£3,450.00
up to 40kg pig - head on
£3,999.00
up to 55kg pig - head on
£4,295.00 up to 75kg pig - head on
Maintenance
& Servicing
Leasing
available
Contract Hire
Guaranteed
buy back
Field training available
Lifetime
warranty available on all new machines |
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Buy a used Spit
Roasters
Second hand used Spit
Roast machines
Mild Steel -
Traded in Roasters
Static Hog Roast
Ovens from £250.00
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Stainless Steel
- Hog Rotisserie
12 months old from
£3,250.00
24 months old from
£2,950.00
36 Months old from
£2,450.00
All used spit
roasters come with 6 months *RTB warranty
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There are limited
areas available, once they have gone, they're gone!
Start a Hog
Roast Business - Trade in your converted wheelbarrows
for a professional machine that lasts for ever. You won't get
turned away using other illegal spit roasters.
All prices &
training plus vat
* RTB Warranties =
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I started spit
roasting with my sons Max, Daniel and Harry in November 2000. To
start with it was exciting working 14 hours on the day of the
event, 4 hours the day before and 4 hours the day after. Cleaning all the
fat off the machine, and trying to fit the carcass in an already
full wheelie bin is a task too. 6 years later we have 20 CE approved spit
rotisseries (not static ovens) and are the largest hog and lamb
roast Company in Europe.
These days we are
very conscious of the up and coming "cowboys"
that re-heat meat, don't have refrigeration, operate and hire
out illegal non CE approved machines pocketing the proceeds
without paying their taxes. Short term business, for short term
people! The bad ones disappear with the deposits or dump clients
because a better job comes in. At least 20 clients a year
contact us after either being dumped or a victim of disappearing
caterer syndrome.
Below (right) you
will see some pictures. One of them is a charity job where we fed
700 guests hog roast, baked potatoes, and salad. It wasn't a
profitable job buy hey ho it's a charity job, of which we do
several per year. It is our way of putting something back into
the community.
To find out more
technical information click
here
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Below (left) is a picture of me and Gabrielle, the
singer. Gabrielle was attending the same charity gig that we were. I
think she was having a break between sets and fancied a cuddle.
I have to say that I did enjoy her music and of course the
cuddle. If you think I look a bit rough in the photo, your
right, I've just done 20 hours on the trot!
Getting back to
hog roasting machines.....keep clear of non CE approved
machines. Trading Standards are investigating those people that have
supplied, sold or hired illegal machines. They have no resale
value and you will be refused entry into most Corporate
buildings. It is interesting that one of the guys in the UK that has
flooded the market with illegal machines over the past few years
has eventually won CE approval after many attempts.
For all those that
are thinking of buying one of his machines "beware of low flying aircraft",
and remember all the non approved machines sold in the past are
worthless.
Please no more telephone calls offering non CE approved machines
for sale, they have just scrap metal value at the moment.
By the
way the picture below (right) is Fatboy Slim with one of our guys
"crackling" on the beach in Brighton. We have cooked several
times for Fatboy Slim and Zoe Ball. Max (my son) was sent Fatboy Slim's
latest CD signed by for his 21st birthday. So many thanks to Norman Cook and Emma (Zoe's PA), it meant a lot to Max on his birthday.
To find out more
technical information click
here
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How much does it all cost?
That is a good question, I suppose that if you do it with
second hand you might get away with under £15,000 with a
refrigerated van. If you go new £30,000 for a new fridge van and
machine. Then you have to advertise, insure, and pay tax if
there is any profit left.
How much will I
make?
The guys selling the machines will tell you that you can
sell hundreds of hog in a bun per day x so much per bun x
something else + a bit more. It is all complete rubbish!
We supply enough meat to feed 100,000+ guests a year and that has
never happened to me. Those jobs don't exist and never have.
Bear in mind you are competing with cowboys
that have converted wheel barrows or non approved and uninsured
machinery which burn or under cook their
meat. Some of them feed 100 - 150 people for £400 fully inclusive. Good
luck to them. |
Fatboy Slim having
a hog roast on the beach with one of our guys Alex, alias
"crackling" |
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How much do I
earn?
It is no secret that we operate a professional business. We
collect and pay our taxes, pay our wage bill and our employers
National Insurance taxes. Rent an industrial unit and pay the
business rate taxes, Fill up our vans with diesel and pay vat
tax and fuel tax of 80%. With the profit that is left we invest
in our staff and the future of the business. That is why we are
so busy, the phone doesn't stop ringing and I get 200 enquires a
week. I do have some
people that think we are expensive. In relation to the
cowboys of which there are plenty, they are correct. However,
they are not VAT registered and claim to have many machines,
chefs, vans, etc......they are probably "at it" so keep clear.
Customs & Excise can walk in and confiscate their entire
business and auction it off. We have already bought one entire
business that lasted less than 18 months.
You get what
you pay for
I took my boys and their girlfriends out to the New Orleans Restaurant
in Guildford last week (Jan 2007). I was disgusted by the
service and the food. After being billed £14 - £18 per head for
flat watered down draught coke, a main course of scrawny
pork ribs with little pork, 2 floppy onion rings, a tea spoon of
coleslaw, cold fries and having a very rude waitress. I am more
adamant than ever that the food we serve will be of the highest
quality and served by polite, professional staff. I remain confident and so do my
repeat customers. You get what you pay for. "For it is better
to pay a little more to get 100% of what you wanted, than loose everything" Think about it.
Just a few days
ago I was watching television and up pops the Southern Spit Roast & BBQ Company. They were being investigated by the health
authorities for poisoning a whole bunch of guests. Not only did
he have a duff spit roast machine, but the owner's chef
pre-cooked some chicken (not hot enough) and then left it out
for the campylobacter bacteria to manifest, multiply and poison
the guests. My girlfriend was poisoned by that a few months ago (not be me of
course) and she was in bed for a week and off work for 2 weeks.
Pam suffered greatly during that time. She was lucky, this type
of poisoning can be a killer.
There is little
point in telling you any Porkies, the best days of spit roasting are
over unless you have the support of an established mentor that
can point you in the right direction and help you along the way.
We have a client list as long as your arm. We add value to our service,
diversifying into
other lucrative areas in outside events and catering. I'm off to
Le Mans 24 hour racing circuit in June. I've got the weekend
away, free entry, free food, free drink, free accommodation. The
downside is that I have to work 20 hours a day. The hourly rate
isn't brilliant I suppose....Thursday - Tuesday = 102 hours. I
suppose it's not too bad even at £5.75 per hour.
Second hand hog
roast machines
I have guy in Africa that buys all our part exchange
machines and converts them to roast chickens so if you want to buy
a machine from us that is CE approved and wish to part exchange
your old one, call me and I will get the machine under written.
Still want your
own business?
We can give you more support than anyone else in
the UK because we have more resources and business acumen. There are a couple of guys trying to start up a
"quasi"
franchise effort from the Midlands, but to be honest they appear
to conned a few people into thinking it's easy money, which of
course it isn't.
Second Hand Hog
Roast Machines
Good second hand spit roast machines are difficult to find.
Everyone seems to want to buy them in the Spring just before
they are all out on hire. The best time to buy a second hand
hogroast machine is October - February.
To find out more technical information
click here
Regards
Peter Stuart
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