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BBQ Beef for 75,000

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Construct 4 underground brick pits, each 8'w x 15'l x 8'd. Cover bottoms of pits with large rocks to hold heat. Build a fire in each pit and let burn for 8-10 hrs so there is a solid layer of coals covering the rocks. Cover coals with sheets of iron and place a layer of wet burlap sacks on the sheet iron. Meanwhile cut 40,000# of prime Charolais beef into 25# chunks, tying each in cheese cloth. Saturate cheese cloth with bbq sauce made from the following ingredients cooked together for about 1 hour.

300 crates tomatoes, chopped
4,000 # onions peeled and chopped
50 # garlic
25# green chiles seeded and chopped
15 gals vinegar
50 # ground celery seed
50# ground oregano
10# ground cumin
125# black pepper
700# salt

Place wrapped and sauced meat in pits on wet burlap sacks. Cover pit with boards, then canvas and finally with 18" of sand to hold in heat. Leave in pits for 24 hours. When removed bones will slip out of beef and no knife will be needed.
 
Sounds like a David Little project to me :lol:
TIM
 
kc,

That shelf you asked me to build is gonna be way too small!!!!!!!!! :shock:
 
Sounds like dinner at my house...
 
And - why are we doing this?

Because we can! :D

I think I saw an example of this on one of the BBQ specials -- some town has a barbeque feast and it's just about this big -- huge pits dug in the ground and lined, etc. etc. etc.

Don't think they used Charolais, though! ;D
 
This recipe is from a Charolais association cookbook my dad got when he was foreman on a Charolais ranch back in the 70's. The recipe was used by the LA County Sheriff's Annual benefit picnic. Have no idea if they still do it. Just thought the recipe would be a fun thing to post. Sauce looks kinda good, might try it, in a smaller batch :wink:
 
That may be it! I've seen pics either on a special or in a book about 'que. :D
 
8' wide X 8' deep?

I`d like to see the utensiles used to get the meat out after cooking.

40,000 lbs divided by 25 lbs chunks is 1,600 pcs of meat.

Amazes me what the human mind will come up with when hungry!
 
Moses had a similar problem and he had to resort to a caterer that could work miracles.
 
Thought I'd revive this thread just in case anyone has a lot of company coming over soon:wink:
 
Anybody have pics of the real deal? I would love to see that operation . . .
 
Hmmmm, the boy's birthday party is coming up....
 
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