Countryboyswagger
Knows what a fatty is.
- Joined
- Jul 7, 2012
- Location
- Gray, GA
So my friend and his fiance asked if I would cater their wedding reception/backyard party for them in a couple of weeks. They asked for pulled pork and grilled chicken. I'm not much worried about getting the food cooked-it's more that I'm not sure how much I should need.
I've read in here a few times about how to figure the amount of meat served vs how many meats and whatever. My question becomes how should I count the chicken? Should it be by the pound or by the piece? I was planning on just buying whole cut up chickens to lessen my workload and also because I am terrible at cutting up chicken. It'll give the all white vs all dark crowd some choice too. There's going be coleslaw, baked beans, mac and cheese and potato salad to go with it all.
They've got about 125 RSVP so far, and I think it'll stay about that. Mixed between old/young and maybe 15 - 20 kids.
I was planning on about 40 lbs of pork and maybe the equal amount of chicken if we go by pounds? I'm thinking each chicken might weigh 4 pounds or so so ten whole chickens would be equal the amount of pork, or about 80 pieces of chicken? Maybe toss in a few extra legs for the kids. Should be fair right? Am I doing this right?
Thanks guys. They really threw me a curve ball when they started changing it up. Making my first catering gig a challenge!
I've read in here a few times about how to figure the amount of meat served vs how many meats and whatever. My question becomes how should I count the chicken? Should it be by the pound or by the piece? I was planning on just buying whole cut up chickens to lessen my workload and also because I am terrible at cutting up chicken. It'll give the all white vs all dark crowd some choice too. There's going be coleslaw, baked beans, mac and cheese and potato salad to go with it all.
They've got about 125 RSVP so far, and I think it'll stay about that. Mixed between old/young and maybe 15 - 20 kids.
I was planning on about 40 lbs of pork and maybe the equal amount of chicken if we go by pounds? I'm thinking each chicken might weigh 4 pounds or so so ten whole chickens would be equal the amount of pork, or about 80 pieces of chicken? Maybe toss in a few extra legs for the kids. Should be fair right? Am I doing this right?
Thanks guys. They really threw me a curve ball when they started changing it up. Making my first catering gig a challenge!