Is this enough ribs?


 
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Dave L.

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I am cooking for nineteen people on July 4th. I have six racks of spares and a turkey breast for those who don't like ribs (probably just one or two people). Off the top of my head, I think there will probably be three to five sides. Do you think six racks will do?
 
Thanks Russell,
I did the same search and came up with the same thread. To me, half a rack per person seems like a lot. Half of the people are going to be women and I can't imagine that they are going to eat half a rack each. I love ribs but there is no way I can eat half a rack including the other stuff. That's why I figured on 6 racks (about 1/3 rack each which I think comes out to about four or five ribs). With the turkey breast and the sides I think I should have enough food. If I'm way off will someone tell me.
 
That's what I figured too Larry. Plus I know there is one person who will eat the turkey instead of the ribs so that's really six racks for eighteen people.
 
Dave I think it really depends on the crowd you are serving. I noticed that older crowds tend to eat less while the young guns can pack it away. I've done cooks for the last three weekends one of which was with Larry R, actually two with Larry R. The first one I did was for thirty people and we cooked 4 racks of ribs, but we also had tri-tip and chicken to go with it. Most of the people there were over 50 so they went with the chicken and tri-tip, but didn't over do it by any means even thought they raved about the food. The following weekend Larry R and I did 12 racks for about 40 people maybe a little more. Now they were all mid twenties to early thirties in age, and got after it. We had pulled pork plus chicken to go along with the ribs. There wasn't too much left over except the pulled pork, and a half a rack of ribs that we (ok Larry...I) forgot to take off the grill, so that seemed to be just about right for that size crowd. This past weekend there were 6 adults and one child and we polished off two racks of ribs fairly easily. I think you'll be fine with six rack, but could probably get by with 5 racks. But if you buy 6 racks and they don't get eaten up, you'll have some for a late night snack. Either way you win...
 
I figure half a rack for men and 1/3 for women. Thats if you have lots of sides. If you only have one or two sides, I would say one rack for two people.

I`m smoking 6 racks on Wednesday for my co-workers. There will be 16 of us in total. I`m also making burgers and dogs, with loads of sides, salads. It`ll probably be too much food as always but I would bet the ribs will go if I serve them first which is the game plan.

EB
 
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Ernest Buckley:
I figure half a rack for men and 1/3 for women. Thats if you have lots of sides. If you only have one or two sides, I would say one rack for two people.

I`m smoking 6 racks on Wednesday for my co-workers. There will be 16 of us in total. I`m also making burgers and dogs, with loads of sides, salads. It`ll probably be too much food as always but I would bet the ribs will go if I serve them first which is the game plan.

EB </div></BLOCKQUOTE> That is the way I figure when cooking for gathering. lot of good and different opinions here.
 
Here's my take on this: I'm betting every last bit of your ribs will vanish and possibly in a short time. Because some people (including women) have bigger appetites. If they all disappear you may not have provided enough. That's not a good thing. If you provide more than enough you'll have the leftovers for yourself. It's not like you'll be throwing anything out. If you put it all out at once you may have some people get wasteful taking two bites and leaving the rest. But let everyone's cup run over! Eat, drink and be merry.
 
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