bbq: I'm having a BBQ on Sunday for my birthday and have about 14 people coming. How many pounds of beef should I buy, and for chicken? How much vegetables (green/red peppers, onions, etc). Any other suggestions on what I should have is MORE THAN WELCOME! Thanks!!|||Okay the American Culinary Foundation (ACF) has a set of guidelines for portion sizes. It states 6 oz of protein (meat), 4 oz of vegetbles and 4 oz of starch. HOWEVER it is a BBQ, so I would go with 8 oz of protein, 6 oz of veggies and 4 oz of starch, so that breaks down for you like this Meat for 14ppl - 7# Veggies - 5.25# Starch - 3.5#|||Happy B-Day. If serving both beef and chicken and then you asked about peppers and onions, sounds like you are planning on kabobs?? Very easy to make and fun. You could marinade the meats - 8 boneless chicken breast and 4 pounds boneless Top Sirloin cut into 1 1/2 inch cubes - cut veggies (green peppers, red peppers, onions, mushrooms) into 1 1/2 - 2 inch pieces. Have your friends build their own kabob and head to the grill. Chicken Marinade: Tequila Lime 1/4 cup tequila 1/2 cup olive oil 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes Juice of 1 lime Salt & Pepper Season chicken with salt & pepper, add ingredients to plastic bag, add cubed chicken and marinade 1 hour. Steak Bites with Red Wine & Balsamic Vinegars 4 pounds Top Sirloin - Cubed 1/2 cup Bourbon 1/4 cup red wine vinegar 2 tbs balsamic vinegar 1/4 cup olive oil Seasonings: 1 tsp onion powder 1 tsp garlic powder 1/2 - 1 tsp cayanne pepper 1/2 tsp paprika 1 tsp salt 1 tsp pepper Place ingredients in plastic bag, marinade 2 - 4 hours. I would serve quacamole, salsa, & chips, and a few other munchies prior to grilling the meat. A little ptoato salad with dinner would probably round out your meal. Cake for dessert. Have fun.|||well i manage a bbq restaurant and we as a rule of thumb say 1/2 lb of meat per person if your serving it as a dinner...or a 1/4 lb for sandwiches...mainly because you would normally have potato salad....cole slaw...beans....bread.....and a dessert.... so 7lbs of meat plus maybe an extra pound or 2 to be on the safe side.....2 lbs per person seems a little heavy but it depends on who your serving...if it's the front line for the Chicago Bears...i'd say 2 lbs!!!!!!!|||well are we talking all guys? if we are then I would do about 2lbs of beef a person and for chicken if it is boneless a pound a person. I f you are doing chicken breast with bone I would do about 20 ... for the veggies I dont know I always do that part by looking at what it looks like after it is cut up ..|||0.5 lbs. of beef and chicken per person I don't think would be out of the question. If your good with the "Q" you should plan for seconds. Potato salad and baked beans would be easy sides.|||A fairly safe rule of thumb is to allow 2lbs per person. Have several salads such as potato, macaroni, tossed green salads and a nice variety of dressings from which to choose.|||i think 1 lb per person is enough for both meat and chicken ...so if you have 14 people, get 7 lbs meat and 7 lbs chicken (or 10 lbs meat and 4 chicken, if people like meat better)|||2lbs per person is WAY too much!! Try 2lbs for every 3 people, and then add one or two extra pounds just to be safe. For your bbq, you'd need a total of 10-11 lbs.|||7 lbs|||ribs potatoes salad slaw ham|||hmmm if there fat.....i recommend 500lbs thin......3lbs