frying seafood for 30 folks--what says the F&D broad do I need--

My thought is a total of 5-7oz per person. 40% fish, 40% shrimp and 20% oysters. I find more people eat fish and shrimp than oysters.

Shrimp are a little tricky because you buy it head on and in the shell. My guess is you loose 30% by weight to prepare them for frying.

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They want oysters, shrimp and fish. How much of each would you buy?

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And I want to come by and eat as well. Seriously, though. Get two fryers if you can. It will speed up the process. I don't know exactly how many pounds of each you will need, but I'm guessing around 6 pounds of shrimp, 7-8 pounds of oysters and at least 30 fillets or fish. My numbers could be way off because I've never cooked that much for that many people. I'm just scaling it on cooking for the 7 people I did a seafood fry for.