Newbie in North Florida

[nettesmail]

Just joined the club. My husband has been grilling for years! I mainly was the "gofor" or scut work. I have become interested in starting to cook on the grill. I do have a question. We are cooking for a wedding and need to figure how many pounds of pork butt we need to obtain. Looks like 50 people so far. Could someone help? Is it 1 lb per person or 2? Thanks in advance.

[nettesmail]

Change that to 1/2 lb not 2.

[LA Pork Butt]

Half pound should be fine unless all the guests are college age males.

[RichieB]

Welcome from Western Massachusetts. You will certainly get your question answered. The experts will have to handle it, which excludes me.

[HawkerXP]

Welcome to the Pit! Yes some others have done BIG cooks and they'll be along soon. jfmorris

[nettesmail]

Thank you for the welcome! Richie B and HawkerXP

[RonB]

Welcome to The Pit.

[Texas Larry]

Welcome from Wilson County, Texas!

[JoeSousa]

Welcome to the Pit! I did a 5 year stint in North Florida (Jacksonville) but moved back home a couple years back.

To answer your question I would plan on 1 pound pre-cooked weight per person. After some minor trimming and cooking weight loss you will probably end up with 1/2-3/4 pounds of meat per person. Most people won't eat 1/2 pound, some will, but you definitely don't want to run out of food at an event like this.

[ofelles]

Welcome to the pit from the California Delta.
I did a pulled pork cook for about 100. Smoked 70# of butts and had a little left over. If you have sides 1/2 per should be good.

[MBMorgan]

Welcome from Colorado ...

[DavidNorcross]

Welcome from Virginia

[Skip]

Welcome from Minnesota.

[ScottyC13]

Welcome from Massachusetts.

[Elton's BBQ]

Welcome to the Pit!
Cheers from Norway

[nettesmail]

Thanks to those for the weights! Thank you to everyone for the welcome!