Desperately need your expert advice. We need to feed about 110 to 120 people (homeless shelter). Trying to accomplish doing this with limited budget. Our initial plans are:
- 1/2 lb per person, so doing 5 x 12 lb packer (Costco Prime).
- Using Char-Griller Smoking Outlaw (No other choice).
- Hoping to put 4 on the main and 1 on the warming rack.
- Simple Texas style, salt/pepper, no injection, smoke at 225 F until internal temp reaches 165 F., then Texas crutch until 205 F internal temp.
- pan of water underneath, swapping brisket locations every 2 hours as I spritz with apple juice.
- putting in ice box, transporting to the shelter (about 2 to 4 hours of wait time). Slice right before serving.
Please comment if my plans above are flawed or if corrections are needed. Also have following questions:
- Will I run into issues if I put the brisket side by side touching since I'll have limited space?
- Do I need to anticipate longer smoke time since there'll be 5 briskets in relatively small smoker?
- Any tasty / inexpensive side dishes to recommend? Thinking of pickling Red Onions, Chili, Rice, and perhaps white bread.
We really want to provide a tasty meal since the homeless are constantly fed the usual boring food. Again, we have a very limited budget from our church, thus need to be efficient. Your expert advice would be greatly appreciated.
Jones
Riverside Community Church
Elmwood Park, NJ
- 1/2 lb per person, so doing 5 x 12 lb packer (Costco Prime).
- Using Char-Griller Smoking Outlaw (No other choice).
- Hoping to put 4 on the main and 1 on the warming rack.
- Simple Texas style, salt/pepper, no injection, smoke at 225 F until internal temp reaches 165 F., then Texas crutch until 205 F internal temp.
- pan of water underneath, swapping brisket locations every 2 hours as I spritz with apple juice.
- putting in ice box, transporting to the shelter (about 2 to 4 hours of wait time). Slice right before serving.
Please comment if my plans above are flawed or if corrections are needed. Also have following questions:
- Will I run into issues if I put the brisket side by side touching since I'll have limited space?
- Do I need to anticipate longer smoke time since there'll be 5 briskets in relatively small smoker?
- Any tasty / inexpensive side dishes to recommend? Thinking of pickling Red Onions, Chili, Rice, and perhaps white bread.
We really want to provide a tasty meal since the homeless are constantly fed the usual boring food. Again, we have a very limited budget from our church, thus need to be efficient. Your expert advice would be greatly appreciated.
Jones
Riverside Community Church
Elmwood Park, NJ
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