Want to make TURKEY SOUP for 250 PEOPLE, how many turkeys do you think we will need?

Half the weight of a turkey is going to be lost. ie the bones. so if you would like to have each person consume 4 oz of meat then

4 x 250 = 1000oz of Turkey

1000oz / 16 oz to a pound = 62.5 pounds of meat needed

If you are going to buy whole turkeys you would need to

multiply 62.5 x 2 = 125 lbs of fresh turkeys (this will take into consideration the bones and fat.

just divide 125 into the average size bird and you should be good to go.

I would also suggest that you add up to 20%. you never know. If you buy small birds the bone to meat ration is going to be greater for the bones so you will need more.

hope this helps

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This will be a long answer so I'm answering you now just so I can find the Q later .

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OK have a pencil , a legal pad , and a calculator available before you get into this answer

The coin of the realm in food service is portion size Once you establish a realistic portion size for your particular application then accurate numbers can be generated from that

A standard soup bowl will contain 8oz of soup in a 10 oz. bowl

So

250 *8 = 2000 oz

2000 oz/ 128 [ounces to a gallon ] =15.625 gal. >15gal+ 2 qt + 1 pt

Assume 100 people go back seconds and the numbers change to

350*8 =2800

2800 / 128=21.875 gal

Still here?

A quickie yield test on a reconstituted can of Cambells vegetable beef soup reveals that it's about 50 % broth and 50 % solid matter

Ah Ha Now we're getting somewhere

2800 oz/ 2= 1400 0z

1400oz/16[oz/lb]=87.5 lbs of solid material

At equal parts meat and veggie

87.5/2=43.75 lbs of turkey needed

43.75 * 16 =700 oz

700oz/350 portions = 2 oz per portion.

That's the end of Part I

I'll do Part II tomorrow

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Wow... yeah I was going to say between 15-20. That's a lot of soup!

Actually, if you count 1/2 lb per person (minus bones, which weigh next to nothing anyway), and divide by a 17 lb bird, you may get away with only 10 birds.

Probably 18-20 turkeys (17pounders). Roughly 3/4 of a turkey per pot of soup and probably 25 pots of soup, serving around 10 people per pot (big pot though). I hope this helped and thank you for wanting to help.

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