smoked turkey for 50

[butt head]

I have a party to do in may(got insured and licence last year) and they asked for sliced turkey. Will be serving pulled pork, kilbasie(think thats how you spell it:icon_blush:) with mac&cheese,aue graton potatoes,garden and fruit salads for $18 a head.I'm guessing the same as pork 1/4 lb per person so maybe 15lb pre cooked would do for the turkey. Do's that sound right.

Thanks for any help. John(head butthead)

[PorkQPine]

Are you doing whole turkeys or the double bone-in breasts? The double bone-in breasts are easier to handle, take a brine quickly and are a snap to carve plus there is less waste and shrinkage.

[butt head]

I was thinking bone in breast for same reason

[butt head]

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[BigBellyBBQ]

Stay away from Swanson or sara Lee, breast they are chopped up, Rightfords or Jenny O alway good. I get the boneless....bump up your serving per person, people love this..big seller up here...

dont waste your time with a whole bird..to much time to carve..

[butt head]

Stay away from Swanson or sara Lee, breast they are chopped up, Rightfords or Jenny O alway good. I get the boneless....bump up your serving per person, people love this..big seller up here...

dont waste your time with a whole bird..to much time to carve..

thanks, was looking at doing bone in whole breast so i could stuff the cavity with orange and lemons, did this with whole turkeys before and taste great. so maybe 3 servings per pound ?

[vafish]

General rule of thumb I have always uses for thanksgiving was 1lb of fresh whole turkey per person.

That leaves a lot of leftovers and a lot of waste.

With all the other meat you are doing I'd think you 1/3 lb per person would be enough.