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Default Quantity suggestions (pulled pork for 200 sandwiches)

On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 13:44:58 -0500, bbq > wrote:

>On 6/12/2010 12:51 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>> Figure 1/4lb of pork for each sandwich (not including sauce and
>> slaw). You did say 'healthy', right?
>>
>> 4.5lbs of meat per butt net weight.
>>
>> 17 sandwiches per butt.
>>
>> I say 13-14 butts. I have of course used the worse case scenario
>> at each calculation/estimation.
>>
>> -sw

>
>Your 4.5 lbs of meat per butt is equal to my calculation based on a butt
>being 7 lbs.


Well, yeah--Sqwertz was meaning "4 1/2 lb of cooked meat" which is
about right for a 7 lb butt.

>We differ though on "healthy size". Unless you're comparing them to a
>White Castle or Krystal burger ;-)


1/4 lb of meat is a pretty fair sized PP sandwich, really.