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- May 26, 2009
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No, it's not a quote from the latest Jeopardy rerun, I just volunteered (?) to help my spousal unit prepare pulled pork baked potatos for our church's Wednesday night dinner next week. Usual crowd is 80 -90 but the standard is to prepare enough for 100 since the attendance is growing. The church provides the meat, so the real question is how many butts do I need to cook for this event. Since it is going on a potato, I am assuming about 1/4 pound of cooked pork per person, so I will need about 25 - 30 pounds net. If you assume a 75% yield, I would need around 40 pounds uncooked. I'd like to do this in one cook on my 22.5 WSM, but I can fire up the offset if necessary. I don't know if I can get five 8-pound butts on it since I have never done that many. The last time I did a butt on the offset I tried Myron's method in a foil pan and it took two forevers to get done (but it was really good). Any of you guys with catering experience care to comment?