BBQ Fundraiser.....need advice

[theelballew]

My wife and I own a business here in our town. We are sponsoring a BBQ fundraiser this year. This will be my first big BBQ fundraiser and I'm looking for advice.

I'm thinking......

250 lbs of Boston Butts
Beans
Slaw
BBQ hash and rice (it's a South Carolina thing)
I can ratio the slaw, beans and hash....

How many plates do you guys think that 250 lbs of butt will make? I want to make a difference for the vets in my community, so I really want this to go good. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

 

[QueBeard]

While I'm not sure on plates, that's an awesome idea!!

 

[crazzycajun]

Figure about 30% loss and 1/4 of a pound per serving that would be 700 plates if my brain is working right good luck

 

[theelballew]

Awesome.....That would be a fantastic number of plates to sale! Anything leftover I can take to the shelter.

 

[tallbm]

You may want to do a test run on a butt or two and see how much weight reduces.
Also you can see what 4 oz of meat looks like compared to 8oz or 12 oz (1/4, 1/2, 3/4 pound servings).

Just for perspective many fast food burger joints claim a 1/4 pound burger patty and I think places like Chili's claim a 1/2 pound patty. This is almost surely weight before cooking but in any case that will give you an educated guess as to what 1/4 vs 1/2 "kinda" looks like. It would be wise to see what it looks like in reality with a test run.

This will then give you an idea as to how much meat will work to serve the vets.
Here in TX you better have a hearty enough serving of BBQ or else things will be frowned upon :)

Best of luck!

 

[theelballew]

I'm going to do a test run for the people who run the charity. That way the know the quality of the product. I also need to smoke off some butts so I can have enough hash to cook down.

 

[SmokinGame]

That is sure a great idea. I wish I lived a few hours closer. Kudos!!

 

[theelballew]

That is sure a great idea. I wish I lived a few hours closer. Kudos!!

If you make a big enough donation to the cause then I will overnight you a plate of our finest!!! LOL

 

[theelballew]

Hey guys, just wanted to reach out and say thank you to a certain member here. We received our first online donation yesterday. This is the only place where I have advertised the fundraiser so far. I don't want to give out names, but I just wanted him to know that his donation is greatly appreciated.

He also inspired us to make an addition to our website and now there is an option to buy a plate (pre-sale). If I get any pre-sales that are out of the area, then I will print out a ticket and deliver them to the homeless vets shelter which we are donating the proceeds.

This project is just now getting off the ground and I'm already being amazed at the great response. It just goes to show how we are one people.

Thank you again.

 

[SmokinAl]

Here is a spreadsheet for figuring out raw amounts.
Al

 

[theelballew]

Thanks Al.

 

[theelballew]

Hey guys, I just wanted to say thank you to those who have messaged me. This movement is growing fast. I had a couple people ask for the link to the website, so see below. Thank you all again.

http://givation.org/bbqforthebrave/

 

[theelballew]

Hey guys....I'm still thinking on this topic.....I'm looking at doing a dry run on my bbq so I can get a good idea on portion size.

Standard Plate - $10.00
4 oz. pulled pork
3 oz smoked beans
3 oz slaw
3 oz bbq hash
rice

Take and Lake Package - $60
2 lbs pulled pork
1 quart beans
1 quart slaw
1 quart hash
1 quart rice

Does this come close to making sense to anyone?

Thanks again.....any help is greatly appreciated.