Making a jambalaya for 100

Ehhh, you’re probably pushing it. 10-12 oz portions says you can….

Who the hell eats a cup to a cup and a half of jam, though.

We usually use 5gal would feed 40ish as the only dish.

Make a side of corn? Green beans? Bread? It’ll make it go further.

If you want that to last you are going to have to use a metered serving. If you let people pull off of it themselves and it’s the only thing, it may be tough.

Good news is you won’t have any left, assuming it taste worth a shite.

Oh it’ll get eaten lol. There’sa reason they’re asking me to cook it. I’ve just never made one to feed that many people. I’ll just get smaller sized bowls. There will be other food options also.

Classic lol but that’s actually in the neighborhood of what I was thinking

If there are other “main dishes” so to speak, I’d say frick it and roll with it.

If there are finger foods and other sides…. frick it and roll with it.

If that’s the case no one except the occasional fatty is going to go over board if they’ve snacked and or sampled other stuff.

You can use the ol…. This is the only pot I have. I’d let them know ahead of time. Just say, this won’t feed 100 straight up, but it’ll get you there with other foods out there.

Again, a clean pot is way less work to clean up.

10 gallons is not big enough unless it is small side servings.

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10 gallons is not big enough unless it is small side servings.

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My cousin can. He use short grain rice. It fit more in the pot.

Yeah I know a couple people but I really hate borrowing other peoples shite. I always return it better than I got it but it’s just a personal thing. I’m thinking I should be able to make the 10 gal stretch so long as that’s not the primary dish and I portion it out. Maybe I’ll put my proceeds towards a new 15 gallon.

10 gallons is not enough if you want to make sure you have plenty, especially if there are a few ole baws weighing 270-300 lbs. If you have other dishes, then your full 10 gal. will be fine. You are looking at +/- 8-10oz. servings. I like big bowls and 16oz. servings!

You got a recipe to go by?

If not, you are correct about $200-220 costs

You will need 30 lbs. of meat- 12 lbs. pork shoulder cut up small pieces, 12 lbs. chicken thighs cut up, and 6-7 lbs. smoked sausage.

Rice, Guidry's fresh cuts, oil, chicken stock, onion tops, lil bit of roux, plastic bowl/forks, etc.

For costs, I'm sure you will get a few $350, but that is a bit light, unless these are a bunch of buds. Go cost of $200 x 3.5 = $700 (get $500 profit!)

So- Get a bigger Pot !!!

Yeah my recipe has proven to be solid so I’m all set in that aspect. I’ve never heard of using roux so that seems interesting to me. I’ve made big pots before for the fellas at work (5-6 gal for 20-30 “healthy” dudes) and it’s always scraped clean but it was the only dish. Everyone ate enough to get full and a few took home some clamshell trays. I’m thinking with other foods available I’ll be ok.