Amount of raw P.P.

[richgr]

Asked to do a wedding with around 400 people.There will be kabobs, salad and fruit as well,mostly adults. I was thinking 300 pds.raw. To much?

 

[smokin peachey]

Asked to do a wedding with around 400 people.There will be kabobs, salad and fruit as well,mostly adults. I was thinking 300 pds.raw. To much?

I would do about 240lbs of bone in pork butt.

 

[richgr]

Thank you. Would you put a scoop in it or big spoon?
How many roasters would it take for finished product?

 

[gr0uch0]

Count on about 50% weight loss on the butts.  All credit to bmudd for this spreadsheet--may be helpful to you when planning an event like this.

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/attachments/3222

 

[pc farmer]

Count on about 50% weight loss on the butts.  All credit to bmudd for this spreadsheet--may be helpful to you when planning an event like this.

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/attachments/3222

That is a great spread sheet. I saved it. Thanks.

 

[gr0uch0]

That is a great spread sheet. I saved it. Thanks.

You're welcome, Adam, but don't thank me--Brian lobbed this out some time back and it truly is a thing of beauty.  All props to him.

 

[pc farmer]

I never new this was here.

You brought it to my attention

 

[gr0uch0]

I never new this was here.

You brought it to my attention

 

[GaryHibbert]

This is a fantastic spread sheet!!!  Thanks to you, Gr0uch0 for bringing this to light.  I've never seen nor heard of it before.

And to you Brian---GREAT JOB.  Thanks.

Gary

 

[GaryHibbert]

Sorry, double post

 

[GaryHibbert]

OK.  For some reason, it just kept submitting this post.  Sorry.  Pls just ignore the rest of them.

Gary 

 

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[gr0uch0]

 
This is a fantastic spread sheet!!!  Thanks to you, Gr0uch0 for bringing this to light.  I've never seen nor heard of it before.

And to you Brian---GREAT JOB.  Thanks.

Gary

My pleasure, Gary.  Agreed that this spreadsheet is a beaut--very helpful on the upfront event planning.  Takes a ton of the guesswork out of the mix.

 

[h8that4u]

The spread sheet is a great idea, and I am not trying to put any one down, but it has some issues, I am doing chicken for a friends party this weekend and was checking numbers on just the chicken. If you adjust the % of yield per pound of uncooked it does not change the # of chickens needed. It may very well be a good starting point but be careful. All that it figures in for the chicken needed is the amount of people to feed divided by 4 rounded up to the nearest whole number. It is not figuring in the lbs per chicken average, the yield per pound of uncooked chicken or even the amount per person per plate.

It may very well be a starting point to go off but double check the math.

And again not trying to put any one down or off and I am more than willing to help correct any issues, but do want to point out the issue that I have found in just looking at 1 item. 

 

[gr0uch0]

 
The spread sheet is a great idea, and I am not trying to put any one down, but it has some issues, I am doing chicken for a friends party this weekend and was checking numbers on just the chicken. If you adjust the % of yield per pound of uncooked it does not change the # of chickens needed. It may very well be a good starting point but be careful. All that it figures in for the chicken needed is the amount of people to feed divided by 4 rounded up to the nearest whole number. It is not figuring in the lbs per chicken average, the yield per pound of uncooked chicken or even the amount per person per plate.

It may very well be a starting point to go off but double check the math.

And again not trying to put any one down or off and I am more than willing to help correct any issues, but do want to point out the issue that I have found in just looking at 1 item. 

Did you unlock the sheet?

 

[geezer]

Nice work, Gary. :ROTF