Serving 40 People

[Stoutpups]

Hello! I am new to this forum. I have attending a family gathering, I am going to grace the family with my brisket and ribs. It is going to be the main meal and we hope for a little bit of left overs the next day. It is a big weekend full of activities, so people will be hungry. There are 40 people, mostly adults and older kids. I was planning on 10 racks of whole slab pork spare ribs and 2 whole packer briskets. Do you think this is enough?

 

[kit s]

Hello! I am new to this forum. I have attending a family gathering, I am going to grace the family with my brisket and ribs. It is going to be the main meal and we hope for a little bit of left overs the next day. It is a big weekend full of activities, so people will be hungry. There are 40 people, mostly adults and older kids. I was planning on 10 racks of whole slab pork spare ribs and 2 whole packer briskets. Do you think this is enough?

Really depends a lot on what you are having as side dishes. Good rule of thumb for meat though 1/4 to 3/8 pound of meat each and 3 ribs each...some may eat more some less...
kit

 

[SmokinAl]

Here is a great calculator for a large group!
Al

 

[HalfSmoked]

Al I was going to look at this and I can't open it needs to be in PDF for me. Although I good like said I was just going to look at it.

Warren

 

[tropics]

Al I was going to look at this and I can't open it needs to be in PDF for me. Although I good like said I was just going to look at it.

Warren

Warren OpenOffice 3.2 will open it,it is free download it
Richie

 

[Stoutpups]

Al,

I actually have that downloaded already. I am reaching out to see if that is accurate. Good looking out!

 

[HalfSmoked]

No computer intelligence here what is Office 3.2 ??
Thanks though.

Warren

 

[tropics]

No computer intelligence here what is Office 3.2 ??
Thanks though.

Warren

Google OpenOffice 3.2
Richie

 

[HalfSmoked]

Thanks Richie I will try.

Warren

 

[hardcookin]

You don't mention what size packer brisket your planning on using.
I would say if you want leftovers you will probably want over 20-25lb of finished product.
Brisket with hungry adults can go pretty fast.
Ribs are you figuring 3 bones per person....11-13 bones on a rack.