Crawfish pot size and how much it fits

I have a 60 that will barely do a small sack plus trimmings. It's actually too close for comfort. The 80 is perfect for a sack at a time.

Ratio guy here. Multiply the quarts of the pot size by .6 and that will tell you how many pounds with fixings you can cook. A 100 quart would be ideal.

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So...with that tactic id be looking at about 48lbs. That sounds about perfect for a sack with the extras to me.

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If a sack holds more than 32 lbs you're getting towards peeler size. The bigger the crawfish the less lbs per sack.

I did a 34# sack on Sunday with an 80 qt. pot. Had potatoes, corn, sausage, lemons, onions, garlic and it fir fine.

I rather a larger pot....... they seem to come back to a boil quicker.

But an 80qt will boil a sack just fine.

I'm not completely opposed to that, but I've also never boiled myself before. I don't plan on having huge get togethers in that regard, possibly just having a few people over to taste test. Not saying I won't ever need to boil two sacks and I'll surely be able to upgrade later, I just feel like that much would be excessive to start with.

How is it excessive? Seems logical to me. I'm usually just boiling one sack but I can use more water and keep the temp higher with my big pot. And when I want to throw in two I have room. I see no advantage or reason to go small.