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How much to cook for Eggfest

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Sailor71
Sailor71 Posts: 35
edited November -1 in EggHead Forum
I'm hoping fellow Eggfest cooks can help me out. I will be cooking for the first time at this years Niagara Eggfest. What I am not sure of is how much to cook. I know we are just cooking samples but is there a magic number of people we estimate for. I am planning and trying out my menu but not sure how much of each item to cook.

Thanks
Russell
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  • Morro Bay Rich
    Morro Bay Rich Posts: 2,227
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    The biggest mistake first time cooks make is to spend the entire Eggfest cooking and not having enough time to circulate.
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  • Matty
    Matty Posts: 8
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    Cook more than you think you'll need and you'll still have plenty of time to circulate!
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    Matty Posts: 8
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  • Richard Fl
    Richard Fl Posts: 8,297
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    Take one or two items and leave plenty of time to cruise and smooze. Figure on serving 50 or so portions per item. example, sausage can be cut into several slices for a sample, wings are a no brainer, pots of chili or beans is a good one for the newbie. Leave plenty of time to just eggjoy!
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  • R2Egg2Q
    R2Egg2Q Posts: 2,136
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    I recently cooked an Eggfest for the first time and I'm guilty of not circulating! I missed out on a lot of great food by not venturing away from our cooksite. There were moments where I could have made the rounds but for some reason stayed put.

    As for quantity, we had 4 items with 70-120 samples of each but we cooked on an XL. Admittedly, we probably went overboard.
    XL, Large, Small, Mini Eggs, Shirley Fabrication 24x36 Patio, Humphrey's Weekender, Karubecue C-60, MAK 1-Star General, Hasty Bake Gourmet, Santa Maria Grill, Webers: 14" WSM, 22.5" OTG, 22.5" Kettle Premium, WGA Charcoal, Summit S-620 NG

    Bay Area, CA
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