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Boston Butts for 50 people in large egg
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Dr Axe
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Greetings! It's a graduation party, and I need to feed 50 people.
Everything I've read, and from talking to caterers, indicate I need ~ 6 ounces of pulled pork per person. By my calculations, for 50 people, that's 4 8 pound butts.
Has anyone done 4 8 pound butts in the large? I really don't want to pay the local BBQ guy $12.00 / pound, not to mention endure the shame of not doing it myself.
Any and all advice appreciated.
Everything I've read, and from talking to caterers, indicate I need ~ 6 ounces of pulled pork per person. By my calculations, for 50 people, that's 4 8 pound butts.
Has anyone done 4 8 pound butts in the large? I really don't want to pay the local BBQ guy $12.00 / pound, not to mention endure the shame of not doing it myself.
Any and all advice appreciated.
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I've done more on a medium. You can fit 4 on the grid and try to have them spaced out but they will shrink as they cook. Aim to have them done 3 hours early and store in a cooler until ready to pull.
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I've done more on a medium. You can fit 4 on the grid and try to have them spaced out but they will shrink as they cook. Aim to have them done 3 hours early and store in a cooler until ready to pull.
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50 divided by 2.4 yields about 21 lbs of pork needed. Real easy to do four on a large.
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Here is a post that has pics of a few different setups:
http://www.eggheadforum.com/index.php?option=com_simpleboard&func=view&id=910137&catid=1#
The most I have done is 3 (9+ lbs each). If you can try to avoid too much hanging over the platesetter in the "jetstream". It tends to dry out the part hanging over.Which came first the chicken or the egg? I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg. -
This was 68 pounds of butt for my sons graduations party. On the large, full load for 23 hours. Held steady at 230.
Relax and have fun!!!Molly
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The amount of pulled pork will depend a little who and how much met you are serving as well as how many sides.
A good rule of thump is take the number of people and divide by 2.4. That's about 21# so you will have plenty, plan for some full guests or some leftovers.
Looks like there are some good examples of multiple butt cooks above.
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6oz of pulled pork per person seems to assume none of your guests will be male teenagers. I've seen some of them put away a pound a piece! Definitely make sure you have buffered in extra for those that will eat until they're full, as opposed to those with manners.BJ (Powhatan, VA)
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Thanks, you're all amazing.
And it's mostly girls and family - trying to keep the number of teenage boys to a minimum -
I've been using your 2.4 number... but what about shrinkage??? Assuming 40% shrinkage then the numbers don't work. Thoughts?
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"trying to keep the number of teenage boys to a minimum" :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Good luck on that program. It's kind of like flies and egg'n.
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Odd, I just posted a response and submitted, the post doesn't show...
First, I must ask how is the 2.4 rule working out for your cooks?
The 2.4 number is used for raw meat. I have used it when cooking bone in and bone out and always seem to end up with some leftovers. I usually purchase a little more up to 5# extra, just as a safety measure.
Pete (Celtic Wolf) used a more involved formula however, the 2.4 rule ran extremely close to his published calculations and was much easier than doing a much more involved calculation to end up close to the same result.
Kent -
OK I was just wondering if I/we shouldn't add for shrinkage.
Thanks.
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