re: cooking red beans and sausage for 100

I did some experimenting around for a possible red beans and rice calculator and came up with these amounts:

Red Beans Yields

Soak:
1 lb beans
8 cups water
1 1/2 Tbs salt

After Soak you'll have:
5 cups water
6 cups soaked beans

Drain the water and rinse the beans very well.

To cook
6 cups soaked & rinsed beans
8 cups water (will cover beans by about 1 inch)
3/4 lbs sausage

Yield:
8 cups red beans and sausage
That's 1/2 a gallon of cooked beans per pound dry

Rice for beans:
2 cups raw or 6 cups cooked

To serve
Use 1/2 cup rice for 3/4 cup red beans

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also splitting it up into two 18 qt roasters. should that be enough space?

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Yep, those 2 pots should give you just enough capacity. It's a gallon of cooked beans for every 2 pounds of dry beans. You'll have 36 quarts of pot space and 32 quarts of beans using the recipe you linked.