I am throwing a party this summer for 80. I have my pork butts already in the freezer. My question is how many whole packers would i need to feed 80? I always cook extra pork for people that want to take it home or have around for late night munchies so i an not concerned about how much pork i will cook. Should i plan on at least 3/4 lb per person of brisket or is that too much?
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Brisket for 80
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Tim Clendenning
TVWBB Pro
Its hard to say but that sounds about right? It really depends on how much of everything else they eat? you can never have enough, better to have more then to run out!!! You better start cooking them now! Good luck!
3/4 lb is on the high side IMO. How will you be serving the brisket; sliced, chopped, both? You can figure on a 60% yield of the precooked weight. Many caterers (that's your cue to chime in) figure on 1/4 lb of meat per person. So 35 lbs of precooked should be about enough for 80.
Other factors to think about is what else is being served; sides, etc.?
Paul
Other factors to think about is what else is being served; sides, etc.?
Paul
Dave Hutson
TVWBB Super Fan
Sounds like you are serving both brisket AND pulled pork? I would say 30-35 lbs of each raw would be plenty! This would yield nearly 1/4 lb of each meat per person.
j biesinger
TVWBB Platinum Member
crumbs, I figured a lot of this out last summer, and I was thinking of how valuable the info would be, now I'm wondering what I did with it all.
Anyways, I did 4 butts and two packers, along with some wings (most of the wings didn't get cooked and are still in my fridge, so count those out). I'll bet there were 50-60 people there and we barely dented the meat. I think we figured we could probably have served 100.
don't forget a couple pans of barbie's beans. I did two big pans of them before/during the party, it worked out great because I had the meat already done so I had tons of pork and beef bits to throw into them and people could come over and see and smell the wsm in action. Once again I made twice as much (we brought over a pan home).
I'll see if I can find the thread somewhere in the forum and I'll post a link here if it contains any pertinent info.
Anyways, I did 4 butts and two packers, along with some wings (most of the wings didn't get cooked and are still in my fridge, so count those out). I'll bet there were 50-60 people there and we barely dented the meat. I think we figured we could probably have served 100.
don't forget a couple pans of barbie's beans. I did two big pans of them before/during the party, it worked out great because I had the meat already done so I had tons of pork and beef bits to throw into them and people could come over and see and smell the wsm in action. Once again I made twice as much (we brought over a pan home).
I'll see if I can find the thread somewhere in the forum and I'll post a link here if it contains any pertinent info.
j biesinger
TVWBB Platinum Member
naw, nothing useful.
are you planning on serving pork and beef or just beef?
did you see the application is up for Roc City Rib Fest? Its full KCBS this year, we're checking our schedule to see if we can make the trip.
are you planning on serving pork and beef or just beef?
did you see the application is up for Roc City Rib Fest? Its full KCBS this year, we're checking our schedule to see if we can make the trip.
j biesinger
TVWBB Platinum Member
cool, I'm still confirming the date with my partner. If you think of it, look around for us (we have a banner) and ask for Jeff.
is there camping near by? I assume you mean to camp on your site. We were thinking, if we go, to get a hotel room at the next exit south on the 390 (for the women and children, of course).
