Rough Estimate and Flavors

erblove

I'm doing pulled pork for a good bye party of a co-worker who is leaving.

Feeding about 75 people. Any idea on the size I will need to get? 

Also, he love Hawaii...so I was thinking of doing it with a flare. Anyone ever used dizzy pig pineapple head on pork? Any ideas on injection or rubs? 

Thanks

 

r270ba

What's up man!  Long time no see.  I did pork for around 30 and cooked 4 x 6 lbs butts.  Had about 3 lbs of cooked pork left after everyone ate (about a 50/50 mix of guys vs gals).  I will let you take that and figure how much you need.  I would say at least double.  Here is the post from my cook.

http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1143983/first-party-help-with-lbs-and-cook-time/p1

Not sure about Dizzy's pineapple but it sounds good.  Might do half the butts with that and half the butts with a regular rub?

erblove

What's going on man...it's been a minute. Had a lot going on with work. Haven't posted much, but I haven't neglected the egg either. I'll have to do a catch up post soon. Thanks for the info. I welcome others. 

SmokeyPitt

http://www.nakedwhiz.com/ceramicfaq.htm#howmuchmeat

I think you basically divide the number of people by 2.4 to calculate the uncooked weight, so that is about 32 lbs of uncooked butts.  Note this is just a starting point and you need to factor in men vs women vs kids and all that stuff. 

I have seen a few post of Kalua Pork where people wrap the pork in a big banana leaf or ti leaf.  That might be too much trouble since you are feeding so many.  You could inject with something like this:

http://www.lawrys.com/Products/Marinades/Hawaiian.aspx

henapple

Depending on how much time you have before your party you could turbo a butt and experiment a little. Let your imagination run wild... A few drinks helps.

Eggcelsior

henapple said:

Depending on how much time you have before your party you could turbo a butt and experiment a little. Let your imagination run wild... A few drinks helps.

So does his namesake 

pgprescott

I would just cook the pork the way you do best and accessorize it with different condiments and sides to add the flare. I was in Maui last spring and I thought the pork was ok, but I have had far better off the egg. Just whip up some of that bland purple paste. What's it called? Just my. 2 cents.

SmokeyPitt

Here;s an easy call...use Kings Hawaiian rolls!

http://www.kingshawaiian.com/

They have some recipes on their site that might give you some ideas.

Little Steven

I do a "Polynesian pork stew" with pineapple, tomatoes, Thai chili, garlic, ginger and soy sauce as the main flavor ingredients

U_tarded

Look up kaluha pork, it can be transitioned from the oven to the egg super easy. Make sure the recipe you find has cabbage. Super good, their is a big Polynesian culture where I live and I've had several variations all are great

FanOfFanboys

Little Steven said:

I do a "Polynesian pork stew" with pineapple, tomatoes, Thai chili, garlic, ginger and soy sauce as the main flavor ingredients

I'd love that recipe PMd to me or a thread made with it I could bookmark!