Case Study: KK116 Traditional Biltong & Smalls Production Chamber
The KK116 Traditional Biltong & Smalls Chamber is designed for serious commercial producers who need greater production capacity without sacrificing product quality. Built on the same proven concept as the KK40, the KK116 allows you to produce large volumes of both traditional biltong slabs and high-margin biltong smalls, giving your business the flexibility to maximise profits while maintaining a continuous production schedule.
With the ability to alternate between premium slabs and fast-turnaround smalls, the KK116 keeps production flowing throughout the week and provides an excellent return on investment for butcheries, wholesalers, farm shops, processors, and dedicated biltong manufacturers.
Weekly Production Schedule
Batch 1 – Traditional Biltong Slabs
- Load: 120 kg wet meat
- Finished product: 60 kg dried biltong
- Drying time: 80 hours
- Gross profit: 60 kg × $40 = $2,400
Batch 2 – Biltong Smalls
- Load: 116 kg wet meat
- Finished product: 46.4 kg dried smalls
- Drying time: 24 hours
- Gross profit: 46.4 kg × $60 = $2,784
Batch 3 – Traditional Biltong Slabs
- Load: 120 kg wet meat
- Finished product: 60 kg dried biltong
- Drying time: 80 hours
- Gross profit: 60 kg × $40 = $2,400
Weekly Profit Potential
- Traditional biltong slabs: 120 kg finished product = $4,800 gross profit
- Biltong smalls: 46.4 kg finished product = $2,784 gross profit
Monthly Profit Potential
Based on four weeks of continuous production:
- Traditional biltong slabs: 480 kg finished product
- Biltong smalls: 185.6 kg finished product
- Total finished production: 665.6 kg per month
Why the KK40 Makes Business Sense
The KK116 is engineered for businesses ready to scale. Producing two large batches of traditional biltong each week provides a consistent supply of premium products, while the rapid 24-hour production of biltong smalls generates additional cash flow and delivers even higher profit margins per kilogram.
This combination allows businesses to service wholesale customers, retailers, supermarkets, sporting clubs, and direct consumers from a single production chamber while keeping downtime to an absolute minimum.
With its large capacity, efficient operation, and proven production cycle, the KK116 enables a single operator to produce hundreds of kilograms of premium dried meat each month with relatively little hands-on labour. Most of the production time is automated while the chamber precisely manages the drying process, leaving you free to focus on sales, packing, and growing your customer base.
Estimated Monthly Gross Profit: Approximately $30,336 based on producing two batches of traditional biltong slabs and one batch of biltong smalls each week. The KK116 is the ideal solution for businesses looking to maximise production capacity, expand into wholesale markets, and build a highly profitable commercial dried meat operation.
Disclaimer
The production capacities, gross profit estimates and financial examples shown in this document are provided for illustrative purposes only. They are based on typical operating conditions, estimated production cycles and assumed selling prices. Actual results will vary depending on factors including product quality, meat costs, ingredient costs, labour, electricity prices, production methods, operating efficiency, market demand, selling prices, local regulations and individual business performance.
Kalahari Khabu does not guarantee any specific production output, revenue, profit or return on investment. Customers are encouraged to conduct their own market research and financial analysis and seek independent accounting or business advice before making any purchasing or investment decisions.
All production figures quoted represent the potential capabilities of Kalahari Khabu equipment when operated correctly under suitable conditions. Individual results may differ.
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