How Many Burgers Per Pound

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The days are warmer and the nights are getting longer—information technology must exist cookout season! If you're planning a backyard bash, y'all'll want to make sure you lot have enough food to go around...but not too much, every bit burgers don't go along particularly well. Check out our guidelines beneath to brand sure you have the right amount of tasty burger goodness for your BBQ!

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How Many Burgers Do You Need for Your Memorial 24-hour interval Cookout

To determine how many burgers your political party will eat, figure each person will swallow ~1.5 burgers. Hither'southward how many you will demand to feed (and satisfy!) everyone, based on that estimate:

4 people – vi burgers
6 people – 9 burgers
12 people – 18 burgers
20 people – thirty burgers

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How much ground beefiness to purchase for a party

If you're making the hamburger patties from scratch, figure you volition demand 4 to six oz. of ground meat per patty. Here'south how much you should programme to buy, if each patty is 6oz:

4 people – 24 oz. (1 i/3 lbs.)
6 people – 36 oz. (2 lbs.)
12 people – 68 oz. (4 lbs.)
20 people – eighty oz. (6 2/3 lbs.)

Happy grilling!

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