How much Pulled Pork???

[picksbigwagon]

I have a guys trip the weekend of august 8th, I have volunteered to bring up pulled pork sandwhiches for 12 guys. I plan on making 16#'s of butts, but how much would you take with for 12 guys. I will leave the extra at home for the wife and kids to eat.......i am figuring 1 pound a guy uncooked or basically taking 3/4 of the meat or whatever I can get in the crocpot.

[JP Z]

I think the rule of thumb is always around 1/4lb of meat per person......so 1lb would be ample.

[otterman91105]

I did the same thing last year on a trip to lake of the woods and we had 14 guys and i ended up smoking two butts that were 7 lbs each. We had a lot left over but i didn't want to be short.

[Myrt]

my opinion is 1/5 to 1/4lb a sandwich, depending on the bun size, then know who you are feeding and if they eat big or small, for how many sandwiches to have

...2 sand/person/, at 1/4lb(big sandwich) = 24 sandwiches and 6lbs cooked

... 1.5 sand/person, at 1/4lb(big sandwich) = 18 sandwiches and 4.5lbs cooked

...1-4oz sand/person for 12 would be 3lbs cooked

...3oz sandwiches(reg size grocery hamburger bun) ...get 5 sandwiches to 1lb..and so on..

...just my opinion

[thirdeye]

Many times I have gotten a 55% to 60% yield from pork butts, but for safety I plan on a 50% yield and have never been burned. So just take your estimated serving size X the number of servings = amount of cooked pork. Double that, and you have the amount of raw meat needed.

[deerminator]

Agree with thirdeye. I like to go half a pound a person (raw) because I like to have some leftover. Mainly because there are always extra buns and my wife always makes way too much vinegar based coleslaw that rocks on top of the pork. I can eat it for a couple of days afterward (lunch and dinner) before I get sick of it. lol.

[vister]

As others have said, I also average about 60% yield at best when smoking butts. You may have more if doin it in a crockpot because there is no where for all that juice to go I usually figure on 1/3lb per person, just cause the left overs go well for a snack later with an ice cold beverage or two