Cooking large batch of jambalaya in a crawfish pot

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Could I use a crawfish boiling pot to do this?

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not the best to use, you need a rounded bottom and sides to stir properly or it clumps up bad and burns on the edges since its not being mixed well.

its not impossible, but that is the reason that jambalaya pots are made the way they are.

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I think that in this case, the flat thin bottom of the boiling pot is going to result in burning in the middle rather than the edges. That thin metal won't distribute the heat.

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you make a good point

might be a 2 for 1 and just burn a crust everywhere?

OP needs to borrow a pot AND spoon for that pot from someone or hes in for trouble

Where you at baw? Check rental places. sometimes those tool rental places will have jambalaya pots

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I'm amazed at the amount of people that come on here with the task of cooking for a large group of people(100 or so) and have never done it ever.

I would be nervous as hell. If you mess up, well your 100 people's main course is now ruined.

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No shite huh? Like did OP volunteer to take this on or did someone ask him to do it not knowing he doesn't have the equipment to do it?

OP if you're hell bent on not buying a proper set up to handle this size cook, I'd pre make however many batches in whatever pot you usually cook in and just heat it back up on site to serve. Using a crawfish pot is a terrible idea.

Jambalaya calculator says you'll need a minimum pot size of 7 gallons to make the amount you want FWIW.

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Where you at baw? Check rental places. sometimes those tool rental places will have jambalaya pots

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Hmmm I’ll look into this

Naw son!

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a 6 gallon flat bottom dutch oven

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If you didn't misspeak and really meant 6 gallon, please share a photo of this.

Thanks! That's impressive. I'd never seen one. My flat bottom go to is a 9qt that I use for most jambalayas. I have 10 gallon round bottom in the shed. I also, don't believe shape is that big of a deal.