Beef. It's what's for dinner.

[BigFatMeanie]

Lol. BFM with a drive by.

Hah - didn't mean it that way, but, what the heck, I'll own it.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Delta Center as well, but I'll be eating at a different restaurant than SMR.

Lol. BFM with a drive by.

[Bo Diddley]

Delta Center as well, but I'll be eating at a different restaurant than SMR.

Competing parties!

[BigFatMeanie]

Delta Center as well, but I'll be eating at a different restaurant than SMR.

[smokymountainrain]

Now I'm torn. To Heber or to the Delta Center?

delta center - come to crown burger at 6 to break bread with us.

[Pelado]

Heber at 6:00 pm tomorrow night. I am guessing there will be a ton of extra food. So if you’re serious, I’ll get you the address. You’re all invited.

Do you deliver to the Delta Center? I'll be at the BYU game.

It does sound awesome. That is way better than any ward party we do.

Now I'm torn. To Heber or to the Delta Center?

[CJF]

Your numbers are very similar to my estimates. I do these things on a pretty regular basis. I’m switching some things up but it’s have enough experience to know we have way more than needed for 250. We will be providing several families additional meals as I’m bringing to go boxes to deliver to families within our stake. Hopefully not much is wasted.

I’m making the root beer in 5 gallon increments after the first batch of the yeast root beer. Probably won’t have to make the dry ice version. Just have to keep the YM from finding the unused dry ice and blowing up mailboxes in the neighborhood.

[BigFatMeanie]

Heber at 6:00 pm tomorrow night. I am guessing there will be a ton of extra food. So if you’re serious, I’ll get you the address. You’re all invited.

Well there will definitely be enough root beer. 30 gallons = 3840 ounces / 350 people = 11 ounces per man, woman, and child. If you only get 250 people, you would have nearly 16 oz per person. I bet 40%+ will be kids and of the attendees you're not going to get 100% root beer consumption. I bet you don't through through 15 gallons max, maybe not even10 gallons.

175 pounds of beef is at least a half pound for every man, woman, and child at 350 people (not counting shrink during cooking). The average adult is probably going to be 1/3 pound at most and kids are going to be 1/4 pound and waste most of that. So, at 250 people with 40% kids I'm estimating you only burn through 50% of your meat at most. More likely 40%.

Based on my most recent Thanksgiving, 7 pounds of potatoes was enough for 15 people, all adults, with plenty of leftovers. At that same ratio, and assuming 40% kids with kids eating 1/3 the potatoes as an adult my math says you need 83 pounds and you would still have leftovers, so you should be good to go for 250 people. If you get 350 people and have a high adult/kid ratio then you might run low on potatoes although when you run low then people will voluntarily limit so I don't think it will be a problem.

Mrs. Meanie just called me to come to dinner so I don't have time to run my estimations for your other items. But do follow up and let me know if my estimates are accurate.

[BigPiney]

Heber at 6:00 pm tomorrow night. I am guessing there will be a ton of extra food. So if you’re serious, I’ll get you the address. You’re all invited.

Do you deliver to the Delta Center? I'll be at the BYU game.

It does sound awesome. That is way better than any ward party we do.

[CJF]

Sounds like quite the undertaking. I have no doubt it will all turn out delicious. When and where is the Ward Christmas party being held?

Heber at 6:00 pm tomorrow night. I am guessing there will be a ton of extra food. So if you’re serious, I’ll get you the address. You’re all invited.

[CJF]

Chuck rolls are awesome. We've done pulled beef sandwiches with them a few times and it always turns out great.

That’s encouraging. I can’t find many example of people using this as a big meal. I’ve pulled 6 of the 9 and wrapped. The small sampling is really good. I’m cautiously optimistic.

[CJF]

what is your go to homemade root beer recipe?

Recipe off the concentrate bottle. The first 15 gallons will the yeast recipe and the rest depending on need will be done in 5 gallons increments with dry ice. I’m using Zatarian Root Beer concentrate.

[Copelius]

Sounds like quite the undertaking. I have no doubt it will all turn out delicious. When and where is the Ward Christmas party being held?

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[Pelado]

Sounds like quite the undertaking. I have no doubt it will all turn out delicious. When and where is the Ward Christmas party being held?

[All-American]

Chuck rolls are awesome. We've done pulled beef sandwiches with them a few times and it always turns out great.