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[Tim O]

I am hosting a small get together in two weeks - four couples - so four guys, four girls, 8 total.

I know the guys coming will generally eat anything and a lot - while I know the girls will have a serving of what I'm cooking, nothing more.

I have the 18.5 WSM so I am trying to figure out what would be best four 8 people. I was thinking 6 racks of ribs (3 baby, 3 spare) on the rib rack on top grate. I was then thinking doing two chickens, butterflied, on the bottom rack for pulled chicken sandwiches. I was also going to then maybe throw some sausage links on, maybe some ABTs, and my wife is making cornbread, potato salad, etc.

Does it sound like too little or too much for 8? I know the saying "having more is better" but meat tends to get expensive and my cooking surface is not exactly huge.

Any thoughts would be appreciated!

Thanks,
Tim

 

[J Reyes]

Yes that's a lot of food. I would stay with one meat (ribs) ... grill/roast some veggies or fruit (for dessert) if you want to cook another item. Grilled apples would go good with the ribs and are in season this time of year.