I bought a dog food factory

Highlander · February 15, 2011, 11:22:35 AM

Make sure to have a back-up plan for anything critical to production, and I mean anything... might be worth investigating a larger guage cutter wire...?

Freuds_Cat · February 16, 2011, 02:48:08 AM

Quote from: Kenny's 51st State on February 15, 2011, 11:22:35 AM
Make sure to have a back-up plan for anything critical to production, and I mean anything... might be worth investigating a larger guage cutter wire...?

I've learnt that like bass strings quality matters. SS304 wire for instance has a higher tensile strength than say SS302 due to its higher carbon content. So its not so much the thickness as the grade of the wire. Even though they would both look exactly the same to the eye.
The failsafe would be to get SS316 medical grade wire I guess.

Freuds_Cat · February 16, 2011, 11:29:38 AM

Did my first solo cook today. 2 x 750kg cooks in a day is a normal cook day. I was a little slow and had the steam jacket cooker a bit low during the 1st cook which just meant that it took longer. I have been spending time doing each and every job in the factory for a day each. Obviously the cook has the most important job and I was a bit daunted but came through OK. Nothing like looking at 1200kgs (it reduces during the cooking process) worth of dog food at the end of the day to give you inspiration

Dave W · February 16, 2011, 02:39:11 PM

Quote from: Freuds_Cat on February 16, 2011, 11:29:38 AM
...Nothing like looking at 1200kgs (it reduces during the cooking process) worth of dog food at the end of the day to give you inspiration

And hunger pangs?

Rob · February 16, 2011, 06:19:02 PM

Quote from: Freuds_Cat on February 16, 2011, 11:29:38 AM
Did my first solo cook today. 2 x 750kg cooks in a day is a normal cook day. I was a little slow and had the steam jacket cooker a bit low during the 1st cook which just meant that it took longer. I have been spending time doing each and every job in the factory for a day each. Obviously the cook has the most important job and I was a bit daunted but came through OK. Nothing like looking at 1200kgs (it reduces during the cooking process) worth of dog food at the end of the day to give you inspiration

Frankly, that seems the only way that you'll really understand the entire operation. Good Luck!

Freuds_Cat · February 16, 2011, 06:25:10 PM

Mores the irony Dave. This stuff is made of things that we would all be happy to eat and smells great. Its one of the reasons we bought it. Much easier to sell something that you believe in than something less than edible. Because its made entirely of real food I'm very happy spruiking it.

This is all that is in it.
Chicken
Carrots
Spinach
Garlic
Small amounts of Rice and Spaghetti
Kelp

We add Roo, Beef, Turkey or Lamb to each of the different cooks depending on how many orders for that flavour we have in the system.

Seriously there is nothing else in it.
Its all cooked from fresh produce.
We pick the chickens up ourselves on the day they are sent to chicken heaven in a big refrigerated Mercedes Sprinter van.

Freuds_Cat · February 16, 2011, 06:26:00 PM

Quote from: Rob on February 16, 2011, 06:19:02 PM
Frankly, that seems the only way that you'll really understand the entire operation. Good Luck!

my attitude entirely, thanks.

Highlander · February 17, 2011, 02:21:04 PM

... and none of that Chef's Special Sauce I used to hear about in kitchens over the years...

There are some things I draw the line at, mind you...

http://www.veggiepets.com/

I may be, but I just wouldn't...

Pilgrim · February 17, 2011, 04:18:25 PM

Where does one buy large quantities of 'Roo wholesale??

...Used 'Roo dealers?

Aussie Mark · February 17, 2011, 05:07:38 PM

Quote from: Pilgrim on February 17, 2011, 04:18:25 PM
Where does one buy large quantities of 'Roo wholesale??

...Used 'Roo dealers?

From licensed roo shooters.

Freuds_Cat · February 17, 2011, 05:10:03 PM

Quote from: Pilgrim on February 17, 2011, 04:18:25 PM
Where does one buy large quantities of 'Roo wholesale??

...Used 'Roo dealers?

Roo's breed like rabbits, especially when theres been lots of rain. Which there has. Buying Roo here is seriously not a problem. $2.00 a Kilo wholesale for what is probably the best quality red meat in the world. One of the great resources on the planet IMHO.

Pilgrim · February 17, 2011, 05:10:08 PM

Quote from: Aussie Mark on February 17, 2011, 05:07:38 PM
From licensed roo shooters.

Evidently the good folks with PETA haven't emigrated Down Under yet.

Rob · February 17, 2011, 06:06:10 PM

Quote from: Pilgrim on February 17, 2011, 05:10:08 PM
Evidently the good folks with PETA haven't emigrated Down Under yet.

licensed roo shooters should keep 'em at bay

The ingredient list sounds pretty good. . . well 'cept for the kelp.

Aussie Mark · February 17, 2011, 06:08:15 PM

Quote from: Pilgrim on February 17, 2011, 05:10:08 PM
Evidently the good folks with PETA haven't emigrated Down Under yet.

Do PETA kick up a stink in the US about beef cattle ranches or chicken coops? Kangaroos might look cute and cuddly to Japanese tourists, but they are so numerous it is not a problem at all for them to be culled for human and pet food. Otherwise, they decimate crops and grazing pasture in the same way rabbits do. We're not talking about whales here.

Despite commercial hunting, they continue to breed (like rabbits) and there are many more of them on this continent than there are people. Long before the white man arrived here, the natives were hunting them daily for food as well.

Lightyear · February 17, 2011, 07:29:53 PM

What is a Kangaroo's natural predator? Anything? They seem pretty damn big when mature and aren't they fairly fast?