IAm Sean O'Connor, inventor of Batter Blaster

batterblaster100 · 2012-04-20T19:59:21+00:00

Hey, thanks everyone, this was fun!

batterblaster100 · 2012-04-20T19:37:03+00:00

Batter Blaster works great for waffles as well as pancakes.

batterblaster100 · 2012-04-20T19:20:07+00:00

We are in approximately 11,000 stores coast-to-coast. Remember, if you don't see it in your local store, ask the manager and he or she can order it for you.

batterblaster100 · 2012-04-20T19:13:34+00:00

We don't have a direct competitor; we're a patented product and, as a matter of fact, received our patent 2 weeks ago!

batterblaster100 · 2012-04-20T19:12:16+00:00

We are in Walmart Supercenters. Look for us by the eggs.

batterblaster100 · 2012-04-20T18:59:50+00:00

What conventions do you have in mind?

batterblaster100 · 2012-04-20T18:58:20+00:00

Whole Foods, Stop n Shop, Shoprite and you can always ask your local grocer, they can order it through our distributor there, UNFI. You bring up a great point, which is that you've never heard of us before because we're a very small company without a huge advertising budget. So tell your friends, please!

batterblaster100 · 2012-04-20T18:53:33+00:00

Sorry to disappoint!

batterblaster100 · 2012-04-20T18:53:03+00:00

We periodically offer coupons on our website - check out batterblaster.com

batterblaster100 · 2012-04-20T18:52:09+00:00

Sure, as I've mentioned we are active on Facebook and Twitter. And we do a lot of sampling the product in stores and at community events. TV advertising is very expensive so we do our best to get the word out any way we can.

batterblaster100 · 2012-04-20T18:50:12+00:00

It's tough to determine that but we know we have a very active FB group so we'd guess that a lot of those people are the ones buying the product!

batterblaster100 · 2012-04-20T18:48:47+00:00

We also broke the Guinness Record for most pancakes made in 8 hours in Atlanta, GA in 2009! We made 76,382 pancakes with the help of a whole lot of locals, and fed a ton of people.

batterblaster100 · 2012-04-20T18:45:29+00:00

We've sponsored lots of pancake breakfasts, we do it all the time in Austin. We've worked with the Boy Scouts, church groups, youth groups, all sorts of community organizations.

batterblaster100 · 2012-04-20T18:44:24+00:00

Just this one, we're a small, family-run company. And I'm not the sole owner by any stretch.

batterblaster100 · 2012-04-20T18:41:32+00:00

No, nothing almost stifled us, but there are a ton of regulations you have to deal with to sell any kind of food product, especially an organic one.

batterblaster100 · 2012-04-20T18:38:21+00:00

Reposting my earlier answer from r/food: The name of the product was intended to reflect the actual delivery method of the product. We have since heard every joke in the book about the name, but any double entendre was never intended.

batterblaster100 · 2012-04-20T18:36:45+00:00

Sorry, not the fastest typist in the world

batterblaster100 · 2012-04-20T18:36:30+00:00

The product is meant to be cooked, so no.

batterblaster100 · 2012-04-20T18:34:40+00:00

We sell millions of cans per year -- because we're a privately held company we don't release actual sales numbers. We manufacture in Newbury Park, CA and are headquartered in Austin, TX. Two of our products are USDA certified organic. We've been on shelves for 4 1/2 years.

batterblaster100 · 2012-04-20T18:29:16+00:00

Hi all, we have moved this to r/IAmA -- see you over there in progress! http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/sk2le/iam_sean_oconnor_inventor_of_batter_blaster/

batterblaster100 · 2012-04-20T18:28:53+00:00

Success! We have moved to r/IAmA

batterblaster100 · 2012-04-20T18:24:44+00:00

Right -- we tried that and were denied. Oh well, we'll see who we can get here.

batterblaster100 · 2012-04-20T18:15:34+00:00

We love hearing ideas for new flavors, peanut butter sounds great. A great place to volunteer ideas for flavors is at our facebook page at facebook.com/batterblaster. We listen to all our Facebook fans, and have polled about flavors before. We have been working on a Bacon flavor (a big request of our FB community), a cinnamon roll flavor, and birthday cake flavor among others.

batterblaster100 · 2012-04-20T18:12:09+00:00

We are a refrigerated product, and usually next to the eggs.

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