How much to get?


 
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Ray Saah

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Hello All,

Sorry if this is in the wrong forum. I was volunteered (not that I mind) to cook for an upcoming surprise party. We decided on port butt. I have a 22 WSM cooker. We will be buying the butt’s from a warehouse store (Costco). They come boneless, two to a pack. There will be close to 80 people there. Some small children, but mostly adults. There will be plenty of sides and other dishes that other family members are making. I was estimating to get about a minimum total of 45 to 50lbs raw weight. What do some of you all think raw weight wise to accommodate the guests? Now I definitely do not mind leftovers.

Thanks,

Ray
 
Ray for boneless pork butts I figure a "loss" of 30% during cooking. So for 45 lbs of butts your net would be about 31 lbs. Since you mentioned other dishes and sides, I assume 4 ounce portion per person you should end up with about 125 portions.

joe
 
Ray,I always cook too much when I Q. I tell the missus that it's better to have too much than to run out of food. HTH
 
Ray,
i am cooking up 6 butts tonight for our church picnic tomorrow. We are expecting around 80 people or so to feed.

I had also done another 6 butt cook in July for the same size group.
I served them up on hamburger buns to make it stretch and it was plenty, we even had some come back for seconds.

The ones that I am doing tonight were from Sams averaging around 14 pounds per 2 pack, so around 7 range a piece. They normally take me around 12-14 hour range. So I would recommend around 6 total should do you good.
 
Hi Ray,

Here's a link to the 6 butt cook.

South/Mex church picnic

It was plenty of food for over 100 people. We also had bbq chicken and potluck sides. I still feel that you will be fine with 6 or maybe 5 to feed your crowd.

Let us know how it goes, good luck and have fun bud!
 
Thanks for the feed back. The party is this Saturday. I think I am going to go with 6 butts. Even though it might be too much, one of my favorites is left over’s.
 
Well, everything went great. The only thing is it was a tight squeeze to fit 4 roasts on the top shelf (there were three on the bottom). I think the next time I will keep it at a maximum of 6 shoulders. It all turned out great. It was also the first time that I used the maverick remote thermometer. This allowed me to get some sleep. I had the thermometer mounted on the top grate. After a few hours the stock thermometer in the lid was within 15 degrees of the remote thermometer. Thanks all for the input.

Sorry, I didn’t take any pictures.

Ray
 
Ray,
You're the man!
Glad to hear that they came out great.
I've thought of trying to put 4 on a rack before but agree that 3 per rack on the 22" is a really good fit.

Next time we need pics
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Have a good one bud.
 
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