Costco bonless pork shoulder cookout

[basing110]

I have about 25 people to feed this saturday about 1230 serve time.

Using my gmg davy crockett with lumberjack competition blend pellets at 225F

I picked up a 16.45lb boneless pork shoulder from costco which i understand is really 2 shoulders so about 8lbs each.

Will this be enough for pulled pork? I figure about 1/2 lb each person since this is the main protein. Everyone coming is bringing a side or drinks.

How much loss in weight should i expect in cooking? Will this be enough meat?

Gonna get it rubbed and in saran wrap in fridge thursday night about 6pm

Friday night fire up smoker at 6pm and get the temp stabilized and put the shoulders on at 7pm

8lb butts i figured 16 hr cook time with no wrapping.

Pull off grill when temp reaches 205F at approximately 10am ish depending on how long it takes them to cook

Wrap in foil and put in empty cooler with blankets for 2 hrs then start pulling at 12pm

Does this sound about right? Any tweeks or suggestions. I am all ears as this is my first long and big cook

 

[greg1]

From my calculations with shrinkage you are going to be cutting it darn close on having enough pulled pork.  Actually at 30% shrinkage your going to be about 2lbs short on meat at 1/2lb per person.  Everything else in your plan sounds good.  Just may be cutting it close on having enough pulled pork.  If you have many little kids in that 25 person count that will be to your advantage.  Good luck and let us know how it goes.

 

[myownidaho]

Last summer I did four Costco butts for 60 people. As long as you don't have a dog eating every sandwich that gets set down, you should be fine...