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Dont think you really need a master artisan to try this out as you get all the experimentation points in the eng and domestic arts lines. Perhaps you should look for a human though as they get the +15 to artisan experimentation for being human.

To answer your question no I have not tried this but it does sound interesting.

I have Bofa Treats (and most other Artisan foods) on my Tatooine vendor. Some people have bought the odd single, but no one ever got a case. My character is a human, so she has 11 points to experiment with. Using top notch resources, I run the buff up to +50, then try to get the duration up around an hour. I use the stuff myself for casual hunting, along with the other Artisan buff foods.

There is probably only a small portion of the player population who will be interested in the Artisan foods: generally the low-levels who are just discovering food buffs. People with more experience are usually spending their money on the much more powerful Chef foods. However they also get interested in Artisan foods because of the much lower filling. So this more sophisticated group may want Artisan foods (low filling) with BE-enhancement (more power), tho that also drives the prices up. BE-enhanced Exo-Protein Wafers sell pretty well because you can get about the same damage reduction as an un-enhanced Synthsteak with about 1/5 of the filling (only about half the uses, tho).