Pulled pork help

swampsmoker

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• Jul 9, 2017

• #1

Hey yall,

My sons birthday party is this weekend. Going to have about 20 adults plus 8 kids. Would 2 Boston butts about 6-7 lbs each be enough for everyone? We are also having hamburgers and stuff. Just trying to make sure we're gonna have enough.
Thanks for the help as always!
Danny

 

cksteele

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• Jul 9, 2017

• #2

well you lose about 30%-40% of the weight through the cook  then take out the bone.  from what ive read guys who do catering say average serving size is like 4 oz. so 4 sandwiches per pound of cooked meat.   i think you'd end up with like around 20 sandwiches i think   from 2 butts idk if i got that 100% right. maybe one of the catering guys can chime in to better answer it  for ya 

 

mike5051

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• Jul 9, 2017

• #3

I think that would be plenty of pulled pork especially with hamburgers and stuff.  When I do it for parties, I use dinner rolls/sliders so folks can make smaller sammies.  The pulled pork goes farther and less wasted.

Mike

 

swampsmoker

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• Jul 9, 2017

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mike5051 said:

I think that would be plenty of pulled pork especially with hamburgers and stuff.  When I do it for parties, I use dinner rolls/sliders so folks can make smaller sammies.  The pulled pork goes farther and less wasted.

Mike

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Thanks for the response yall. Yea I was gonna do sliders so it'll last longer. Wonder if I could get away with just 1 bigger one.