Amount of meat for 100 guests

[e_tietze]

I have a friend who has asked if I could cook pulled pork and brisket for a wedding reception. They are expecting about 100 guests. I've never cooked for this many before and am trying to figure out quantities of each.

I've seen to figure about 50% shrinkage/bone weight on pork shoulders and butts from raw to cooked weight, and then figure about 1/3 lb. per person for serving size of cooked meat. This would give me a figure of about 66 lbs. of raw meat if serving only pork, correct?

Now, adding brisket to the equation is where I'm unsure. I don't know what to figure for shrinkage weights on the brisket. I'm figuring I can't just figure a 50/50 split of people eating brisket & pork so I'll need a little more of each than just 1/2 of the total amount of meat needed.

We are also going to have a salad, pasta salad, BBQ beans and vegetable tray for sides.

 

[aawa]

If you are doing 2 meats and sides you can figure about 1/4lb per serving on both the meats.

So for 100 people. You will need 25lbs of cooked pork butts and 25lbs of cooked brisket.

Both have about 50% yield, so 50lbs of raw pork butts and 50lbs of raw brisket is what you would start with.

 

[e_tietze]

If you are doing 2 meats and sides you can figure about 1/4lb per serving on both the meats.

So for 100 people. You will need 25lbs of cooked pork butts and 25lbs of cooked brisket.

Both have about 50% yield, so 50lbs of raw pork butts and 50lbs of raw brisket is what you would start with.

Thanks. I didn't know what the % yield would be for brisket.

 

[e_tietze]

If you are doing 2 meats and sides you can figure about 1/4lb per serving on both the meats.

So for 100 people. You will need 25lbs of cooked pork butts and 25lbs of cooked brisket.

Both have about 50% yield, so 50lbs of raw pork butts and 50lbs of raw brisket is what you would start with.

She also mentioned possibly substituting turkey for brisket. Do you know what weight percentage you can figure for cooked meat from a raw whole turkey? I'm guessing it's a lower percentage due to all the bone structure.

 

[aawa]

I do not know the rough estimate on hand with how much yield a turkey has. However a 10-12lb turkey during Thanksgiving can feed 7-8 people with no issues. But once again that is just a loose guess more than an educated answer.

 

[MikeyBfromTN]

Here are some Turkey yield numbers:
Whole Turkey 65%
1/2 Turkey 65%
1/4 Turkey 65%
Breasts 85%
Drum Sticks 60%
Thighs 65%