A few questions

[twojacks]

Should be totally legal by May and we have a wedding reception in July for 200.
Having PP & buns, chicken leg qtrs, mac & cheese, slaw, beans, asst pies, and sweet tea.
Figuring 4-5oz of pork, 125lbs raw butts. Mostly adults are attending. Figuring on 4oz portion on the sides. Planning on 8 - #10 cans Bush's beans, 12 bags of slaw mix.
Questions:
Should I plan on 200 leg qtrs or back it down a bit?
How much uncooked macaroni for the mac & cheese? Looking at 4oz portions. I did not see it on the catering spreadsheet.
How much sweet tea (approx)? They are having a full bar with water, soda, beer and drinks so I am just supplying tea.
These are friends of ours so right now I am in the $18pp range. Using the cost x's 3.3 factor.
Any info, opinions, input advice appreciated.
Thanks,
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[Slow Heat]

Your pork numbers are good, a little high maybe but close.

Beans you are good if you plan to add to them and doctor them, if just straight out of the can you might want a little more.

I personally would cook the leg quarters and them seperate to a thigh and drumstick, that way when people get a pork sammie and some chicken thye don't throw half of it away. I think you can back off the leg quarters just a bit if you do so.

For mac and cheese what ever your recipe take to make a full regular steam pan will feed no more than 50 people if you have mac that people really like. It's going to be between 2 and 3 lbs of dry elbow to a full pan most likely.

I would bet you won't need a lot of tea with all the other drinks, but I don't have a great idea there. A SWAG would be 8 to 10 oz per person and that might be under or over kill. With all of the drink they are supplying you might want to price it per gallon and ask them how much they would like.

[ckone]

for the tea, Lipton makes cold brew bags that just need 3 minutes in cold water to "brew". Take extra water and some tea bags, make as needed.

Or, instant powdered tea. I grew up on the stuff be it at church picnics, weddings, or what ever else had a lot of people at it. Might just be nostalgia for me though....

I agree with cutting the chicken into 2 piece and doing less.
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[twojacks]

Great info. Thanks!
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[Jarhead]

Thirs-Tea is good too. Get the unsweetened and add simple syrup to it for sweet tea. If you order a case, you get a FREE dispenser.
I think you're pretty close on your butts with a 1/3 pound sammie. Each butt (8# avg) will yield 12 sammies.
Either separate or get thighs (5 oz) and figure 1 piece per person. I just got through doing 120 pounds of quarters last weekend. Just the trim was a PITA. Can't imagine separating them.
Beans look good.
Check out my Mac N Cheese. About 2/3 of the way down the page.
What size bags for coleslaw? A 3# bag from Sam's will serve 25-30.
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[twojacks]

Gunny,
Thanks much for the bourbon beans and mac & cheese recipes! I just did a smaller function using them and they were a big hit. I will be using the recipes for the wedding reception in July.

Thanks Again!
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[Jarhead]

You're welcome Two Jacks. Glad you liked em.
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[Jeff T]