bbq: I'm getting married in July 2008 and need to know how much my mother in law needs to buy to make pulled bbq brisket. I am so very afraid that she won't buy enough for 100 people!!!!|||I'd say 10 pounds.|||Congrats, hope it goes well, and for brisket hmmm. A wholesale size brisket can feed about 3-4 people depending on size, 30-35 briskets. and by pounds one person usually eats around half a pound (8 ounces) or 50 pounds. or its a course menu, go for (4 ounces) or 25 pounds|||rickey_d's answer (above) is the accepted formula in the food industry. He gets the math wrong, though -- 25 lbs for sandwiches, 50 lbs for a main course.|||Wow thats a lot of mouths to feed! Congratulations on your wedding...to serve 100 is more then just buying the meat, its also the prep and cooking time for that amount. Wish I could give you some sort of good formula to follow, here are a few recipies you could go over with her and decide how much time she wants to put into this as well as try a few of the recipies and decide which one you both really like! http://search.foodnetwork.com/food/recip… Good Luck!|||About 35 lbs raw, some will eat more some less. allowing for 1/3 pop children if not 40 lbs or so|||Congratulations! My son recently graduated from college and I had approximately 150 guests. I had 80 lbs of brisket, and thankfully that was more than enough. If you add a bit of bbq sauce not only will it prevent the meat from drying out, it will also give it a little more flavor and stretch the meat a little bit further. Good luck!|||1/4 pound per person is what we do in our restaurant for sandwiches...if for dinner we do 1/2 pound..... so 40lbs for sandwiches...50 lbs for dinner!