In: Accounting
Chuck Wagon Grills, Inc., makes a single product—a handmade specialty barbecue grill that it sells for $200. Data for last year’s operations follow:
| Units in beginning inventory | 0 | |
| Units produced | 9,600 | |
| Units sold | 8,800 | |
| Units in ending inventory | 800 | |
| Variable costs per unit: | ||
| Direct materials | $ | 80 | 
| Direct labor | 20 | |
| Variable manufacturing overhead | 10 | |
| Variable selling and administrative | 30 | |
| Total variable cost per unit | $ | 140 | 
| Fixed costs: | ||
| Fixed manufacturing overhead | $ | 160,000 | 
| Fixed selling and administrative | 350,000 | |
| Total fixed costs | $ | 510,000 | 
Required:
1. Assume that the company uses variable costing. Compute the unit product cost for one barbecue grill.
2. Assume that the company uses variable costing. Prepare a contribution format income statement for last year.
3. What is the company’s break-even point in terms of the number of barbecue grills sold?