Selling BBQ Sauce?

Hey everyone, so I started making my own sauce (who hasn't, right) about 6 years ago. When I first started, I rarely gave any away. A few years ago, I learned how to properly can and preserve (a friend actually has a certificate of "master canner"... :clap.

I ended up making a few dozen pint-sized jars for the holidays and gave them away as gifts. All properly canned, etc. Well, I'm getting orders for it now. At first, I just made four jars at a time and gave it away. When it was requested that I bring some to my kids' YMCA fundraising BBQ, I decided to charge, $4 a jar.

When my co-workers recently asked, I said $6 a jar and got no hesitation. I think my actual cost with jar (Smart and Final) is about $3-$4/jar, not including my time. Anyone here (not the pros), researched the process of selling? I'm considering a local Facebook buy/sell site for now, but maybe hitting the local farmer's market???

Any thoughts? And if I did the farmer's market, would you bring a small grill (smokey joe) and make wings or bite-sized pieces of CSR for people to sample?

Or should I just keep it to my close friends/family and keep charging $6/jar. I know it's expensive compared to commercial sauce, but at that price point, I think I'm losing money when you factor in the time it takes. It's not easy to make the sauce AND properly can it!!

Yeah, I'm looking into a food handler's permit, insurance, commercial kitchen rental and outsourcing the bottling/jarring. Also re-seller's permit. Bamabuzzard, thanks for the offer, I will be PM'ing you once I know for sure I want to make the investment. I've given a few jars to a friend of mine. Her husband works for a large commercial food company that has purchased a sauce before. I'm trying to get them to buy my recipe... We'll see about that