How many lbs of butt would feed 10 people/howbout 20


 
Joel with sides included all 20 adults ur ok with 20 lbs, safer with about 25 but i think u should be ok.
 
Depends on what else is being served.

Rule of Thumb is 1/4, 1/3, 1/2 lb cooked per person.

An uncooked 8lb butt will yield about 4lb cooked. That's enough for 16, 12, 8 depending on serving size.

For 20, I'd do 2 butts with an eye for freezing plenty for later.
 
For just 10, smoke one average sized butt.
For 20, smoke two average sized butts. You go to the trouble, you might as well have leftovers, and the meat is cheap. (By average, I mean an eight pounder, which you can easily fit four of in a wsm.)

If trying to figure for a LARGE event, then I do the math: 10 oz of UNcooked pork butt per person. In other words, you only NEED a 6.25 lb. butt for 10 people, and two pork butts that add up to 12.5 lb for 20. Personally, I'd just cook two average butts, either way. BBQ leftovers always gets eaten up around here....bbq nachos, bbq stuffed potatos, bbq omelettes, bbq sandwiches, bbq pizza, wraps...
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I always figure 1 pound uncooked per person for the smaller groups. I have never had a problem with having too much left over. I am usually lucky to have a little left to freeze for apps or something later.
 
While an old thread, this page is coming up often in Google search results, so I will add one more thing. I have a Pulled Pork Butt calculator that can help answer the question of how many pounds of uncooked meat are needed to produce a certain number of portions. You'll find it here:

Pulled Pork Butt Servings Calculator - The Virtual Weber Bullet

This calculator estimates pounds of pork butt to purchase based on number of servings, yield after shrinkage/waste, and portion size.
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I just did two butts totaling right about 18 pounds. That fed twelve, we had some cancel due to inclement weather.
I really only used one butt, a lot of the rest was sent home in “To go” packages. And, I still had probably three pounds to freeze!
I just looked, this thread is eleven years old!
 
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