Cooking Jambalaya for about 250-350..

You'll need at minimum 2 20 gallon pots...or the resources to cook a batch, clean out your pot and cook another

Ok, being actually helpful I can say this:

You don’t need jambalaya for 250-350 servings. Even if your tailgate is that big, jambalaya will not be their only meal. Figure enough for everyone to get a small taste, not even a small serving in the calculator. Think maybe 1/2 of that. Cook for 100-120 of the small servings. If you run through that, oh well, it’ll be game time.

Just need the rules of thumb. 250-350, so let’s say 300. Use “6” as magic number. 300 divided by 6 equals 50 lbs of rice. Then double for meat- 100 lbs of meat (Pork and sausage). Like earlier poster said, gonna need two 20 gallon pots or better. Normally use the 10 or 11inch banjo burners for this size pot.

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You don’t need jambalaya for 250-350 servings. Even if your tailgate is that big, jambalaya will not be their only meal. Figure enough for everyone to get a small taste, not even a small serving in the calculator. Think maybe 1/2 of that. Cook for 100-120 of the small servings. If you run through that, oh well, it’ll be game time.

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Make sure you have a side I’m a 5 gal pot. Green beans are an easy side to do.

Gotta say, that's a hell of an undertaking for your first time out. All I can do is wish you well when tackling this and hope it's not too hot of a day to be standing over the pots needed to pull this off.


ETA: Like mentioned in another post, this is not the only thing people will be eating, so you don't have to cook enough to make it the brunt of an entire meal.

My brother-in-law lives near the parade route for Endymion and had 50+ people that come to his house for the parade. I cook a 5 gallon pot of jambalaya and that is more than enough considering he has pulled pork, hot dogs and chili, chips and other snack food offered. At the end of the day he usually has left over jambalaya.

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Cooking Jambalaya for about 250-350..

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I need some help. Which/how big of a pot? Burner? Recipes?

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Dude, why in the WORLD would you volunteer to cook for that large a group unless you were experienced as hell and had the proper equipment???? Im worried about your prospects for success if you have to ask my brotha.

You'll need 2 20 gallon pots with some cushion with 20 lbs of each item for each batch. that would be enough for 400...your call on going smaller. Some would say 30 gallon will do it, Id agree but would hate to see you run short.

Tip- serve dinner rolls with it; cheap and people eat a lot and fill up on them.

Best of luck

I agree with some posters here. You will need 30 gallons for 300. Might be easier to cook two 20’s. Cook some white beans to go with it along with some rolls or sliced white bread.

It was a decent serving in a 12 oz. styrofoam bowl. Grated there was other foods and the red beans also. Still, we had plenty enough to go around.






What leftovers we had we delivered to the Scottsboro police dept. and one of the fire stations near the Goosepond Colony in Scottsboro AL.
This was the third or fourth year myself and two friends did this.

Well if any of you baws want to teach me, I'll do learning pot and invite all y'all to come sample.