Cooking for a TON of people Options

[Sink]

Don,

Thanks for the info and picutres. Great set up. Some day I'd like to hit the competition circuit but that will be a while.

I can do about 30 racks total on my smoker with the rib racks. I don't have a thermostat or gas fire with mine. Just have to stay up all night when doing butts. Every 2 hours I have to mess with the fire. Butts make for a long day with serving the next evening.

[Darren S]

Sounds like you need my CyberQ II more than I do. Present from Mrs. Clause this year perhaps? Put away $25 a week and it can be yours. I highly recommend it especially for those long thru-the-night sessions. Other models don't have the computer connection but that is why I liked this one.

[JamesL]

Thanks all for the replies. I seem to be able to find about 6lb pork butts, do you see bigger ones usually? I'm wondering if I should go talk to a local butcher, instead of grocery stores, etc. See if I can't get a bigger cut around 8 - 10lbs.

I will be doing a 2nd burn in on my smoker this week, and maybe just smoke some brats for kicks while i'm doing it. My first true test-run will be for a family reunion at the end of this month, I will use my new smoker and do about 35lbs of Pork butts, I need to feed about 75 people.

Then my huge first time test will be for about 350 people, so I will do about 175lbs of Pork butts.

I will be using my Big Daddy Triple Barrel smoker I just made, at least that's my name, based on a different version of Big Baby Double Barrel

I will be posting some new pictures of it, now that I have added smoke stacks, fire box door, and a 2nd temp guage.

[Ronald]

Thanks all for the replies. I seem to be able to find about 6lb pork butts, do you see bigger ones usually? I'm wondering if I should go talk to a local butcher, instead of grocery stores, etc. See if I can't get a bigger cut around 8 - 10lbs.

I will be doing a 2nd burn in on my smoker this week, and maybe just smoke some brats for kicks while i'm doing it. My first true test-run will be for a family reunion at the end of this month, I will use my new smoker and do about 35lbs of Pork butts, I need to feed about 75 people.

Then my huge first time test will be for about 350 people, so I will do about 175lbs of Pork butts.

I will be using my Big Daddy Triple Barrel smoker I just made, at least that's my name, based on a different version of Big Baby Double Barrel

I will be posting some new pictures of it, now that I have added smoke stacks, fire box door, and a 2nd temp guage.

Have you tried going to Costco.
They tend to have large cuts of meat.
Also is there a slaughter house near you or any farmers.
You should be buying whole hogs for that kind of cook

[Don S. (The Barb...]

Don,

How long can that smoker last on the two tanks of fuel? Will it cook the 198 racks on just one tank? I've no idea - but it looks huge and I'd assume it would go through a lot of propane.

Do you haul it with just a pickup truck? I know you have the booth which must be a trailer also, right? Are you a caravan traveling to the shows?

Mike

I tow a 20 foot "kitchen" with my F250 v10 and we use a 14 foot box truck (with hydraulic lift gate) to tow the smoker. I thought I posted this overhear pic of all my stuff in one spot before, but here goes. Have pity on me

[cuskit]

I tow a 20 foot "kitchen" with my F250 v10 and we use a 14 foot box truck (with hydraulic lift gate) to tow the smoker. I thought I posted this overhear pic of all my stuff in one spot before, but here goes. Have pity on me

Have pity on you?!?!? With that line of people with their hands stuffed full of cash just waiting to hand it to you? Geez - I've never seen a line like that at my door! ;)

Okay - I see your equipment. Like I said - a caravan (or is it convoy)?

Thanks for clearing that up!

mike

[JamesL]

Have you tried going to Costco.
They tend to have large cuts of meat.
Also is there a slaughter house near you or any farmers.
You should be buying whole hogs for that kind of cook

We have a Sam's Club membership, I could check them out. Also, about 20 min from my house there is a huge butchershop, one of these days i need to go there and ask them what they can supply.

Also, as far as the whole hog, I've done that before, and it was pretty messy cleanup. I'm sure I'll do a hog again some day in the future, but not this time around.

[Don S. (The Barb...]

We have a Sam's Club membership, I could check them out. Also, about 20 min from my house there is a huge butchershop, one of these days i need to go there and ask them what they can supply.

Also, as far as the whole hog, I've done that before, and it was pretty messy cleanup. I'm sure I'll do a hog again some day in the future, but not this time around.

Sam's Club will sell boston butts by the case, little lower price than at the counter.