On Tue, 22 Jan 2019 03:17:22 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Monday, January 21, 2019 at 5:31:11 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2019-01-21 11:10 a.m., l not -l wrote:
>> > On 21-Jan-2019, ChattyCathy > wrote:
>> >
>> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2yJQeVYv24
>> >>
>> >> I love fresh watermelon - but I'll pass on this. Even if I owned a smoker.
>> > I was thinking "how bad could it be, I'd try it", right up to the point of
>> > seeing a price of $75. That's way too much for something that I could hate
>> > after one bite. I'd try it for $5 - call me cheap, my ex did. 8-)
>> >
>>
>>
>> I have to agree. I would not expect it to be horrible, but.....$75???
>> WTF. The melon would be maybe $5, some salt and sugar. I might pay $2-3
>> for a slice but they said this thing feeds 3-5, so were looking at
>> splitting one for something in the range of $20 a pop. Not in my world.
>
>Restaurant pricing is not driven by the cost of the raw materials.

It's part of the equation.