So I was asked to cook for a cousin's wedding.

[demosthenes9]

no problem.  How many people ?  Started out with about 70.  Then went to 100.  Final count is between 100 - 150.

Wedding is on Sunday, and of course, it's an hour away from me.

Here's the bill of faire:

Pulled Pork (10 Boston Butts, about 90lbs)
Spare Ribs (10 racks)
Brisket (4 or 6 flats, haven't decided yet.
20lbs grilled chicken (cooked on site on my Ranch Kettle)
40 burgers (on site)
40 dogs (on site)

Sides:
Smoked baked beans (7  1/2pans)
Smoked Mac and Cheese (6  1/2pans)
Red Tater salad (Sams)
Yellow Tater salad (Sams)
Slaw (4 pans, bagged mix with jar sauce)


Will be interesting to see how it goes.   That said, the fun has begun.

First up was 4lbs of bacon, 6 green peppers and 6 onions (for the baked beans) on the Blackstone.  Screwed up and didn't get pics of the bacon while it was cooking.  But what can you do ?















 
Smoke Hollow 44 #1 with 5 butts and 2 pans of beans:







Smoke Hollow 44 #2 with the other 5 butts and 2 pans of beans:







Group shot of both Smoke Hollows:






Brisket, Ribs and Mac and Cheese will go on tomorrow night.   Ribs will probably be done on the Smoke Hollow.  Brisket will probably be done on my other Ranch Kettle.

[Travis]

That's a beautiful site seeing those cabinet smoker loaded up. Good luck, bud. Sounds like it will be a fun day. You gonna have help? Need some?!


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[kettlebb]

That's a lot of work! Good luck to you.


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[Bustin Butt]

I'm exhausted just from reading your menu! Good luck with that!


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[demosthenes9]

That's a beautiful site seeing those cabinet smoker loaded up. Good luck, bud. Sounds like it will be a fun day. You gonna have help? Need some?!


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Thanks Travis.  Someone else is putting the slaw together, and will put the tater salad into serving dishes.  Other than that, I'm on my own.   Need help ?  Sure, what time can you be here ? 

That's a lot of work! Good luck to you.


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Thanks!  The real hassle is going to be Sunday morning, getting the timing right for the brisket and the ribs, then trying to bring the pulled pork and the beans back up to temp.  Also have to finish and smoke the Mac and Cheese.   One of the two Smoke Hollows is being picked up Saturday so that it can be onsite to use as a warming/holding oven. 

I'm exhausted just from reading your menu! Good luck with that!

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Thanks!  Yeah, it's hectic.  Don't know how much sleep I'm going to get this weekend   

[pbe gummi bear]

You'll knock it out of the park! Be sure to take some pics.

[WNC]

Already looks great!
Those pics have really got me wanting some pulled pork

[myron]

Oh man, that's lot of food. Good luck!

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[Garvinque]

Wish you all the luck, and you started well so far! Good looking butts and beans.

[kettlebb]

How did it turn out?


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[demosthenes9]

How did it turn out?


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Oh, it was an adventure to say the least. The person who was going to pick up one of my smokers burnt out his clutch, leading to a major change in plans.   Ended up loading everything into my van, including my two smokers and  did the cook on site.  Things were going fine right up until a small fire flared up in my drip pan.   I instinctively opened the door, slid the pan out and dropped it to the ground thinking I'd deal with the flames there.    When the pan hit the ground, the water and drippings sloshed everywhere, spreading the fire a bit.  It was a small fire, no big deal.  Was easily put out with some baking soda.   But, when the pan hit the ground and everything splashed out, some of it hit both my lower legs and man, it hurt.    Luckily, no blisters or major burns, but it was painful. 

Timing couldn't have been worse as that was about when the chicken, burgers and dogs were supposed to go on the RK.  Luckily, my brother jumped in and manned the RK.  That itself was an adventure as he's never used an RK and doesn't use charcoal either. 

further complicating matters was that my smokers struggled to get up to the temps that I wanted.  I think this was largely due to how much stuff they were loaded down with.   Fortunately, I was able to juggle some things around and stay ahead of the serving line for the most part.  It wasn't my most successful cook, and definitely didn't go off as planned, but people still loved the food, and that's what counts.

[kettlebb]

Wow. Sounds like you did a hell of a job considering all the battles you had to fight. Way to go, now get a beer and have some rest.


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[Travis]

Hell yes. A beer or two for you. Glad it turned out bud


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[MikeRocksTheRed]

Wow, that is one tall order.  Glad everything worked out and the Fire Department or ER weren't a part of the story.  Great work!!!