re: How many lbs of shrimp to boil for 100 people?

150-175lbs


eta: we cater a lot and 1.5lbs per person is normal. For smaller groups your backyard, I do 2lbs per person.

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150-175lbs

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Of headless shrimp?

That's like 130-150lbs of meat. That's almost a pound and a half of meat per person to go along with corn, potatoes, etc.

2# per person?!? No. Maybe if you are feeding a bunch of gastric bypass candidates.

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we cater a lot and 1.5lbs per person is normal.

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You either don't really cater a lot or lose a lot of money when you do. Do you serve 24 ounce steaks to every man, woman and child at these catered affairs?

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Holy frick dude you're gonna need to take out a loan

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Exactly what I was thinking. Every trip my family of 16 or so takes to the beach, we do a couple of nights of shrimp boils with corn, baguettes, and salad. We all try to strategically maneuver the grocery duties so that we're not the ones going to pick up provisions for that night. It always runs around $200 for 10 adults (other 6 are kids). So multiply that times 10.

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No way in hell they taste the same. Don't y'all suck the heads? It's the best part.

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The meat pretty much tastes the same. If you want to suck the heads that's a different thing.

I usually boil head-on shrimp but have boiled headless tons of times. In his case, he said he was doing headless and everyone said it was dumb. It's still shrimp and in certain situations it will save some time and cleanup.

100 pounds


also if 100 people are invited look for 70 max to show up

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I don't know about yall but I can eat a shitload of shrimp

I bet I could eat 10 lbs if its all I ate

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Not headless you couldn't

i would go with 125#

with that much quantity, might be able to get for about $7.50-$8.00 a pound headless.

It's been running between $9 & $10 for 16-20 headless