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How many pounds?
Posted on 5/9/24 at 6:25 am
Posted on 5/9/24 at 6:25 am
Having a big mother's day/graduation party at our place and doing crawfish with all the fixings. Current headcount is about 60; I've accounted for kids in that number by halving them. Traditional math tells me 300lbs at 5lbs a head, but I have a feeling I'm going to be left with way more than I was hoping for. Was thinking about cutting it back to about 250lbs. Would rather run out at the end rather than being stuck with a bunch when everyone leaves. What's everyone else been doing for pounds per head lately?
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Posted on 5/9/24 at 6:31 am to bubba102105
For 60, 300 is correct. You need to take out the kids and factor them separately. How many kids are we talking?
Plus, what other food? Is it crawfish boil or other food plus crawfish?
Plus, what other food? Is it crawfish boil or other food plus crawfish?
Posted on 5/9/24 at 6:31 am to bubba102105
180-200 lbs. 6 + sacks
Posted on 5/9/24 at 6:50 am to SixthAndBarone
Not a lot of kids. If they were too young I didn't count them at all.
Thinking I may grab some pizzas to take most of them out of the equation but will mostly be just crawfish and deserts.
Thinking I may grab some pizzas to take most of them out of the equation but will mostly be just crawfish and deserts.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:06 am to bubba102105
300 lbs is probably too much unless you feeding 60 grown men.
4 lbs a person would be a better estimate.
200-240 lbs ought to do it.
Remember you just need to feed everyone not all a person can eat.
4 lbs a person would be a better estimate.
200-240 lbs ought to do it.
Remember you just need to feed everyone not all a person can eat.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:53 am to bubba102105
Do 4 lbs a head and you'll have leftovers, especially if you have a lot of sides, corn, potatos, sausage etc.....
Also if you serve them in the trays people eat less, if you dump them out on a table people will gorge themselves and eat till they're gone.
Also if you serve them in the trays people eat less, if you dump them out on a table people will gorge themselves and eat till they're gone.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 8:12 am to Mister Bigfish
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Remember you just need to feed everyone not all a person can eat.
Tell that to teenage boys
Little kids don't eat but a couple pounds, if that, but teenage boys can eat 15-20 lbs. each, especially if there's several of them and they get to wanting to show off against each other like it's a competition. And most of the time, all they eat are the crawfish and leave the corn, potatoes, sausage and whatever else you toss in the boil sitting on the table.
Once a year when my father-in-law was alive we'd do a boil and there'd be at least 30 people at his place. We'd figure 5 lbs. per person and never had any left over by days end. At the time there were 7 teenage boys in the group, only 3-4 little kids and the rest adults from 25-70 years old.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 8:12 am to bubba102105
If you add more than just corn/potatoes, especially sausage, you will have a lot of leftovers doing 5lbs a head. Id do 240-250 like someone suggested.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 8:46 am to gumbo2176
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but teenage boys can eat 15-20 lbs. each,
If someone lets their kid eat half a sack of crawfish at someone else’s party then shame on them and the adults that allow it. That’s not how one should go about food planning for a group. That’s what causes people to have an appointed person to serve controlled portions. If you want to have a boil at home for a small group and tell them to eat all they want that’s different, go ahead and eat your gluttonous heart out.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 8:58 am to bubba102105
Don't forget to factor in drinking. I usually over-estimate the amount of food needed because I under-estimate the amount of beer that will be consumed.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 9:44 am to Mister Bigfish
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someone lets their kid eat half a sack of crawfish at someone else’s party then shame on them and the adults that allow it.
What’s the point of eating crawfish if I can’t make myself sick?
Posted on 5/9/24 at 9:48 am to bubba102105
If you are talking live then traditionally one would usually account for 6 lbs per person. That's adults though so since there will be kids you could cut it down to 4 or 5 per person.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:02 am to Mister Bigfish
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300 lbs is probably too much unless you feeding 60 grown men.
4 lbs a person would be a better estimate.
200-240 lbs ought to do it.
Remember you just need to feed everyone not all a person can eat.
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Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:17 am to bubba102105
I find the larger the gathering to closer the average goes to 3lb a person. Especially if there's other snack food there like chips and dip, cake, etc. I would do 5 sacks
This post was edited on 5/9/24 at 11:23 am
Posted on 5/9/24 at 12:18 pm to gumbo2176
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, but teenage boys can eat 15-20 lbs. each, especially if there's several of them and they get to wanting to show off against each other like it's a competition
They can show off chugging a beer with each pound they eat. No one should let their teenage kids eat like that in a setting like this.
I doubt many kids can even eat 20lbs. That's an enormous amount of crawfish
Posted on 5/9/24 at 1:10 pm to Mister Bigfish
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If someone lets their kid eat half a sack of crawfish at someone else’s party then shame on them and the adults that allow it.
It was a family gathering over the Easter weekend. My wife's family is pretty big and they'd gather at her dad's house in the country for the boil.
I'd buy a sack for the me, the wife and her 2 kids. My brother-in-law and his wife with the 2 big teenage boys and 1 teen girl would buy 2 sacks.
Others would contribute as well according to the amount of people they had attending.
It wasn't like everyone was a guest at someone's house footing the bill for the boil. All who attended contributed.
Believe me, when my stepson was a teen and we went to someone's house for a boil, all I had to do is give him "the look" and he knew it was time to walk away from the table. If not, he'd eat until the last crawfish was gone.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 2:11 pm to bubba102105
250+ pounds and you should be left with very few if any. 8 sacks x 33 lbs per sack = 264 pounds
Low end where you should not have any left will be 200 lbs or 6 sacks x 33 = 198 lbs
I know you said you don't want to be left with too many. However, If you do have some left, peel for either an Etouffee in 2 days or take the time to make you a crawfish bisque to eat and freeze some. You can work on that the next day as that takes time, but its a good time when you have all these heads and extra tail meat to work with.
Low end where you should not have any left will be 200 lbs or 6 sacks x 33 = 198 lbs
I know you said you don't want to be left with too many. However, If you do have some left, peel for either an Etouffee in 2 days or take the time to make you a crawfish bisque to eat and freeze some. You can work on that the next day as that takes time, but its a good time when you have all these heads and extra tail meat to work with.
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