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Mokin Bandit
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So I am going to be working on smoking turkey and ham for about 300 people, half and half. I have never cooked this much for so many people. Can anyone help me with how much I need of each?
300 People sounds like allot of food. Wish you luck with that!
When I do a large cook I always try for 1/4 lb of each meat cooked. Some will take more some less. Now having said that ...it also depends on your sides. The more sides you have the closer to the 1/4 lb total. If you have only a couple of sides people will eat more meat.
If you are only having one side I would look at 1/2 lb per person ...per meat. This sounds like a lot but grab some meat that you have cooked and put your portion on a plate and weigh it!
Just think of a plate, add some sides a roll, then meat and you can see that if you put more in front of people most will "sample" each vs loading a plate full of ham and turkey.
Now for a better trick use smaller plates!..
Yeah and I am doing if for free for a family member. Wasn't given much of a choice, my wifes sister. I'm stressing hard cause well if you look at the sig I got 2 webers and the big tank is retired. Yeah I'm looking at cooking in waves and reheating.
Build 10 UDS fill with meat. When done flip them over and the use the bottom to serve off of! either way good luck.