Cooking for a crowd

[Livermoron]

That's where sous vide comes in handy. For a large group, I'll SV pulled pork ahead of time and finish it at the event. I've also done burgers & dogs to supply parties at the park...

[Thom Emery]

Do you have a smoker? How big is it?
75 ppl is a fun size cook
You can still visit and enjoy the event
Once you go past 500ish its just work

We are doing 1200 on Friday at Camp Pendleton
Ill have the smoker full of boneless skinless thighs
Love cooking for the troops

For 75 Californians and I have grills
I would consider ribs
But Pork but would be easy
4 butts in hold when you get there
makes this a fun cook

[CaptainMike]

Yeah, 75 is fairly easy, but by yourself ain't fun. Biggest cook we did for the FD was 2500 folks and we did barons of beef, which everyone liked so much that we stopped doing tri tips.

[PaulstheRibList]

1,200!!!! Super Fun!

[SierraBBQGuy]

Wow, thighs for 1200! That’s ambitious.

[Thom Emery]

We have 5 big pits lined up
Brisket, Butts, Chicken, BBQ Beans and Slaw
right on the beach at Camp Pendleton

We are cooking at 29 Palms Marine Base in November
SoCals hit me up for a invite

[CaptainMike]

Very interested Thom, is there a place to park an RV? What can we do?

[Thom Emery]

29 Palms is a Tuesday serve in Thanksgiving week
Not the easiest to recruit for
There will be enough pits
Prep and Serve personnel is the need
RVs maybe 29 palms has open space not like
Pendleton at the beach parking lot no RVs there

[Thom Emery]

I know some of you have been recruited into cooking for a big crowd. I am doing this soon for 75. The facility has a few large grills, with the height adjustable grates, and a nice commercial kitchen available. I’m searching for ideas on what to cook. Being in Ca, tri tip is readily available, I have done that for 30 people in the past, the problem was slicing up that much meat is a pain (literally) in the arm LOL. Also thought of chicken halves (or spatchcock) and cut up after cooking.

Other ideas? What have you all done for something like this?

Sorry for hijacking your thread

Whats your plan Brother ?