I'm looking for some inexpensive ideas to feed 40-50 grown men at our Masonic Lodge. I recently took over the Senior Steward duties, and any ideas y'all can throw at me would be greatly appreciated.
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A Jambalaya does a great job of plenty foods on one's plate at one time. -
Chicken quarters.
20 ish Chicken 1/4's and 10-15lb pulled pork.
Mac-n-Cheese is a great filler. Rice sides are great fillers.
Slaw of either type.
Just some of my go-to crowd feedings.Comment
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I agree with chicken quarters. Just last week I found some for 99 cents per pound. Cheap, easy to cook, tastes great, filling, and who doesn’t like bbq’d chicken??
For sides, make a Costco run and get big cans/tubs of beans and slaw. Very cheap and again, everybody likes them.
And don’t forget to have a good time!!Comment
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If you can catch Boston Butt on sale for $.97 a pound 25#s should feed them plus buns, sauce and sides like beans and slaw.Last edited by LA Pork Butt; May 17, 2022, 06:36 AM.Comment
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While everyone so far has posted the general go to items, a great fund-raising item that's cheap and fun is deconstructed tacos, assuming y'all do internal fundraising or if y'all do a fund raising booth at community events every now and then.
Get the value pack bags of tortilla and corn chips, cook up some seasoned ground beef, have some onions, cheese, tomatoes and or salsa, maybe some sour cream available, as well as some plastic forks. You sell a bag of chips give them one scoop of the beef and then they can load up the rest as much as will fit in the bag. Whatever doesn't sell, you freeze and then make chili at a later date. Profit margin is pretty good, effort is minimal, and cleanup is almost none.Comment
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Low Country Boil:
Suasage
Red potato
Onion
Corn Cob
Chicken Thighs
...go light on the shrimp and crab legs to save $$
Steamed in beerComment
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Baked potato bar or chili bar are always go-tos for me for a crowd. Good luck!Comment
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As you're from Texas, I'm guessing chili is a must?
Add to that dogs, brats, burgers, chips? Nothing fancy but should be filling
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I was going to suggest brats and dogs. Scoring them and smoking them make it look a little fancy. You can have a large assortment of toppings that are pretty cheap but make it look like a planned out menu. Potato salad and beans as sides.Comment
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Spiral hams.
Local grocery store had them on sale for 1.49/lb this week.
We grabbed 2 10-12 lbers for $14-16 each.
A simple 3 hour reheat on a gasser or smoker and your feeding a lot of people.
We were at Walmart today and they were selling off hams, not spirals, same approx size for $9-12.
Now this was here not there but may be worth a look see at your local grocery and/or Wally.
We figure these are left over stock from Easter but the best before date is still good.Comment
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Another one is kabobs using thighs or an eye of round, pepper, pineapple and mushrooms with a baked potato.Comment
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Breakfast food are typically least expensive, as is pizza.
Pancakes, pancakes, pancakes.Comment
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