What kind of people are you feeding? Are the guests mostly women and children at a church event? Or are you feeding linebackers, or a football team? These are questions you could ask to determine how many ounces of birdmeat each person will eat. The real question is How much meat will one turkey yield? After carving and cooking the bird, the weight will be considerably lower.
Let's figure each average guest will eat 1/2 a pound of turkey, or 25 pounds. A 14 pound turkey will yield almost 4 pounds less because we won't count the weight of the bones. So we will feed about 20 people per bird. This means we will need three 14 pound birds to get the job done, yielding 30 pounds. Don't eat the face
Let's figure each average guest will eat 1/2 a pound of turkey, or 25 pounds. A 14 pound turkey will yield almost 4 pounds less because we won't count the weight of the bones. So we will feed about 20 people per bird. This means we will need three 14 pound birds to get the job done, yielding 30 pounds. Don't eat the face
