re: Help! BBQ for large group UPDATE

Cooking that much chicken will be a flare-up nightmare. Need spray bottles to control fire and even then I don't know what will happen when the fat starts rendering and the coals catch fire.

I'm not trying to be cruel, but unless you have done it several times before you will fail tring to cook that many (35 - 40) birds. Just cutting them up will take a while. Making certain they are all done and holding them at safe serving temperature until they are will be more than a novice can do.

Find a local BBQ caterer and get a price quote. They will have the grills and experience to do it.

Option - go to Sam's and see if they will cook 35 birds for you, then cut them up, BBQ sauce them and put them in an institutional oven. Even then, you will need competent help.

35 birds at Sams will be only about $210.00. I would consider serving them as they come off the oven at Sam's and serving sauce along side for those who want sauce. You'd still have to cut them up. Might want to find someone who will deliver them to you in serving pans already cut up.