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Ideas for a very large bbq
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I did one for about 40 last year, it was chaos on one small bbq. Borrow additional bbqs off people if you can. I took my 'George' with me to part cook food there (I'd have done it under the grill at home if we were at home) but unfortunately after cooking for 40 hungry men it gave up on me.
We didn't do much in the way of extra salads etc, I got most of the meats from the farm shop butchers I use and it cost under £5 per person which wasn't bad at all. It was paid for by tickets so wasn't too bothered about the cost as long a ticket cost covered it.
One thing is try not to over cater, making things like party sausage rolls and keeping them covered until needed etc is a good idea, keep things in seperare cartons covered incase there are left overs (stops them all getting 'fondled') Keep unused bread rolls out of the way putting out when needed (so these don't get fondled) then you can use/freeze whatever is left over. If you buy meats that are fresh you can freeze any you don't need, you can cook then freeze if you buy frozen which needs defrosting.
Anything you can do in advance or get help with like slicing rolls will help, if it's just adults you can leave a knife for them to do their own but wouldn't recommend it with children around as people forget to put it back 'out of reach' and brave older children will try to have a go.One day I might be more organised...........
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Pasta salad - cold pasta, cheap mayonaise, chopped onion, chives sprinkled with paprika looks posh.
Potato salad - as above using potato in place of the pasta.
Asda sell 36 packs of bread rolls for roughly £1.50
Meat skewers are cheap and easy. Use disposable wooden skewers 50 for £1. Cubed meat the cheaper the better. Lots of chucky veg and alternate onion, veg and meat. You can usually get away with 3 pieces of meat per skewer. Serve in pitta breads.
Vegi skewer - as above but minus the meat.
Sausages are also cheap and easy.
Chicken drumsticks
Kids love traffic light jelly. Find an enormous clear or opaque bowl (I have been known to use a washing up bowl) make up green jelly and pour into bottom. When this has set add cooled orange jelly, when thats set add red jelly. Serve with value ice cream.
You can hire catering size gas BBQs from HSS or invite the neighbours and ask them to bring a BBQ, garden chairs and tables, parasols and picnic blankets.
If you talk nicely to your local butcher you can usually get your meat very cheaply, especially if you warn them in advance. May also be worth borrowing a chefs thermometer just to make sure that meats are cooked throughout. All school kitchens have them, they won't be needed on a weekend...... if you talk nicely to the school cook you may even be able to persuade him/her to help with the catering for a reeasonable fee which will leave you free to enjoy the day.
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We had naming days for both our children in our garden for alot of people we hired a gas powered spit and talked to our butcher who got us a whole pig about £80 i think, the spit man gave the spit pole to our butcher who put the pig carcass on it and then we cooked it for 3 hours, it was amazing when it was finished and we didn't have to worry about cooking all the different meats and them being ready at the same time, we provided rolls, salads and some booze and asked everyone to bring some wine/beer, altho the pig sounds expensive we had loads left over, and you could discuss with your butcher the size you want, it was a local pig from a local farm which wouldn't stop eating so free range as well!! :T you might find buying lots of meat in the end coming to about the same price, and we didn't have to buy to much to go with it.
My daughters was called Henretta and my sons Henry and yes we did get the head, great for chasing the kids round the garden with and the legs made in to stew!:TWould love to be a "Yummy Mummy" but more a "Slummy Mummy"!!:rotfl: :rotfl:0 -
for that many people a hog roast may actually work out cheaper, a friend of mine had one of these a few years ago and he rented the roaster as well, it served loads of people (not 150 I dont think though) and they had a lot left over,0
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I would suggest finding your nearest catering/fast food wholesalers - most towns have more than one! I'm suggesting this because I work in one and know most of the prices! You can normally buy boxes of 48 x 90% beef burgers for £12 and we sell 10lb sausages for £7.00 (80 small ones or 40 large), and because they are designed for the catering trade, you cook from frozen so will not have any waste - just keep what you don't use . You can also get all sorts of sauces, napkins, cups, rolls, etc for much cheaper than you will find in a supermarket. We are always happy to sell direct to the public but I would suggest just giving your nearest supplier a call to check.0
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We catered our own wedding last year and made big pots of chilli and rice which went down well, it's cheap and easy as you can make the chilli ahead of time and reheat it.
We also got our local fish & chippy to deliver fish and chips which we put on serving trays, we got them to cut the fish in half before they cooked it so we got smaller portions which served more people.
BBQ's are quite hard going for a lot of people and can be quite pricey.
I'm glad that your little one is well and it's lovely that you want to thank people.
Have a great day!Piglet
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First of all, congratulations on getting throgh the last year - sounds like you deserve a party!
Wholesale / catering suppliers as previously mentioned by someone (sorry, I've forgotten who!) is a great idea. If that doesn't work, find a good butcher and shamelessly flirt, flutter your eyelashes and see what discount they'll give you!!!
I went to a bbq for 50 people and the amount of meat that was left over was shocking because the hostess made the most fab potato salad and garlic bread plus salads etc so we all filled up on that before the burgers etc were even cooked!!
I hope you all have a fantastic time!
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Kebabs always all go at ours. Marinade meats in smokey bbq sauce (shop bought I'm busy!) or balsamic vinegar, brown sugar + onion - thread onto soaked skewers alternating with mixed peppers, onions. cherry toms, mushrooms. Also do some plain always someone who doesn't like 'flavours'. Enlist family help with threading, done in no time. Salads full of lots of colours, couscous, jacket spuds, savoury rices, houmous + dips. Burgers + sausages - we have one of the metal 4 sausage holders easy to turn on bbq.
If you have some time, shop late for reduced steak or chops and stick in freezer for big day. (That's what I do)
Good luck, happy birthday to little'un, all the best0 -
I definitely agree with the others and pad out the food with a range of salads, breads, crisps and torillas.
Maybe do a bowl of fruit salad so people can have some form of pudding if they'd like something.
Could you ask your family and closest friends to bring a dish to help you out a bit as they've offered to contribute.
Or if you feel really that you want to do everything yourself, how about putting out a collection bucket and tell them if they still feel they'd like to contribute to put some money in there. Then add up all the money and donate it to the unit which helped your little one pull through?Comping, Clicking & Saving for Change0 -
Definately agree with jacket spuds, a great filler that can be cooked in the oven well in advance. We bought some of the gel burner trays from Costco when we did a bonfire night barbie, as well as the usual bits and pieces, we did a pile of chilli, curry, rice and scouse and they were the first things to go! It worked out much cheaper than doing lots of meats on the barbie and fiddling around making salads. Plus we had the added bonus that had there been anything left over, we could have put it in the freezer as its stuff we normally eat anyway (probably not the rice, not keen on re-heating it).0
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