**Question for the Caterers**

Here is a plan:

Wedding party Rehearsal dinner, 60-70 people max. Bride & Groom have made it obvious that they would like me to cook some meats.

Planning to roast a pig (75-85 lbs.) on a La Caja China #2 and likely chicken and Tri-tip on a Peoria or Lang trailer smoker. This is an out of town wedding and not local to me, @ 5 hours from home.

I can do this no problem, the problem we are encountering is the local caterers are reluctant to just provide the side dishes. They all seem to want to do whole menu services, stating liability etc.

I am part of the wedding party, and just want to see them happy and relaxed before their special day. Mid June date, so time is burning.

Would you take something like this request on?

Any advice to possibly smooth the caterers to the idea?

Hit me, I can take it!

Thanks for the advice from the caterers perspective, it was what I was looking for and wanted to share with others in the mix.

FWIW, We did have a local caterer, that agreed to provide sides, setup, servers/bussers, table settings etc. but wanted a waiver. I can understand that. Other than ironing out the fine points it should work itself out.