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  • #616
    Originally posted by statman View Post
    I NEED HELP!

    My niece is getting married in March, and my mom just called and asked if I could provide pulled pork for the main reception. The problem - my BiL comes from a HUGE family in the Rexburg area - he is one of 9 kids, and both his parents came from similarly sized families. He has dozens of cousins, and when you count kids of cousins - my niece's second cousins - you're into the hundreds. They're thinking they might have 250 "family members" at the reception, plus 50 or so friends of the bride and groom or parents. To me, that is insanity on stilts...

    Anyway, how much pulled pork do you need to feed 300 people? I'm guessing it's a proverbial shitload...

    I've got a big Texas offset smoker that can handle two and a half or three whole shoulders at a time (five or six big chunks of meat). I've also got an electric smoker that I know can do two shoulders at once, and a big green egg (XL) that can handle one more. So in theory, I could probably smoke 5 or 6 de-boned shoulders at a time, with the electric smoker being really easy to manage, the egg being pretty easy, and the offset smoker a pain in the butt to manage (it works perfectly and predictably in the summer, but in what I have to assume will be winter weather, it's a bitc# to keep the temperature narrowly regulated). How many shoulders will 300 people eat?

    I just may have to go drop a couple grand on one of those smoker trailers...
    Count on 4 oz (cooked) per person. Figure on about 30% shrinkage from the uncooked weight. Then add a little for good measure.

    You can pre-cook and vacuum seal the pork. Then boil the sealed package to warm up.
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    • #617
      Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
      Count on 4 oz (cooked) per person. Figure on about 30% shrinkage from the uncooked weight. Then add a little for good measure.

      You can pre-cook and vacuum seal the pork. Then boil the sealed package to warm up.
      No - he needs to buy the smoker trailer.
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      • #618
        Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
        You can pre-cook and vacuum seal the pork. Then boil the sealed package to warm up.
        A very good recommendation. I won't even have to buy the vacuum sealer! But I would kinda like the trailer...

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        • #619
          The FMCoug as ward/stake pitmaster thing is getting out of hand. Doing pulled pork for 120 for this Saturday night. I'm going to be out of town so doing it all ahead of time. 9 butts total. Had to do them in two batches, even using the UDS (I can do 5-6 at a time in there).

          I'm about ready to upgrade to a commercial size pellet smoker. Pelletheads has a forum with DIY builds using the SmokeDaddy kit. Pretty cool.
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          • #620
            9 butts for 120 people? there will be leftovers!
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            • #621
              Originally posted by statman View Post
              A very good recommendation. I won't even have to buy the vacuum sealer! But I would kinda like the trailer...
              You made me hungry. What did you end up doing? Did you buy the smoker trailer or go the easy way out?
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              • #622
                This stall is lasting forever.

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                • #623
                  Originally posted by SCcoug View Post
                  This stall is lasting forever.
                  Same. I put a 7lb boneless butt on my WSM at 3:30 am. It's been at 165 for two hours now.

                  Guests coming at 6pm, so I still have some time, but I'm starting to get anxious.

                  Do I keep temp constant or up it a little?
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                  • #624
                    Originally posted by Green Monstah View Post
                    Same. I put a 7lb boneless butt on my WSM at 3:30 am. It's been at 165 for two hours now.

                    Guests coming at 6pm, so I still have some time, but I'm starting to get anxious.

                    Do I keep temp constant or up it a little?
                    I put an 8-lb roast on at 4 am. Currently at ~190 degrees.
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                    • #625
                      Originally posted by Green Monstah View Post
                      Same. I put a 7lb boneless butt on my WSM at 3:30 am. It's been at 165 for two hours now.

                      Guests coming at 6pm, so I still have some time, but I'm starting to get anxious.

                      Do I keep temp constant or up it a little?
                      Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
                      I put an 8-lb roast on at 4 am. Currently at ~190 degrees.
                      This is what is so weird about pork butts. I've had them take 8 hours or 14 for similar sizes.
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                      • #626
                        Originally posted by Green Monstah View Post
                        Same. I put a 7lb boneless butt on my WSM at 3:30 am. It's been at 165 for two hours now.

                        Guests coming at 6pm, so I still have some time, but I'm starting to get anxious.

                        Do I keep temp constant or up it a little?
                        You should be fine but wrap it in foil if you are worried.

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                        • #627
                          Originally posted by FMCoug View Post
                          This is what is so weird about pork butts. I've had them take 8 hours or 14 for similar sizes.
                          I buy the boneless butts at Costco and I rarely get much variation.
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                          "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                          "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                          • #628
                            Hitting a stall with a blade in shoulder. 7lbs and went on at 5am. I think I am going to have to foil.
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                            • #629
                              Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
                              I buy the boneless butts at Costco and I rarely get much variation.
                              I've only to page 12 on this thread, but do you mop it?
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                              • #630
                                Originally posted by Surfah View Post
                                Hitting a stall with a blade in shoulder. 7lbs and went on at 5am. I think I am going to have to foil.
                                The stall is normal. The issue is how long it lasts.
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