Party Trays | Readfield Meats & Deli (2024)

FAQs

How much meat do I need for a party tray? ›

A question we often get is “How much meat do I need?” The starting rule of thumb is: Boneless Meat: 1/2 lb. per person for adults and 1/4 lb. per person for children.

Medium Trays: 15-20 people (16″ tray – 5 lbs total, 1 lb. of each) 23-30 people (16″ tray – 7.5 lbs total, 1 1/2 lbs.

An Italian cold cut platter is also common. This style will have a variety of Italian cold cuts like mortadella, capicola, salami and prosciutto. The cheese that you will find on these platters is usually fresh mozzarella, sliced provolone and sharp provolone.

Once you've decided on your event of choice, here's how to calculate how much food you'll need. Aim to provide around 6-8 courses of small bite size food per person. Each course should have enough for 1-1.5 pieces of food per person.

Handy Sandwich Platter Catering Tips

As a general rule, ordering 1.5 sandwiches per person is the perfect number. If you're ordering a salad or an accompanying platter, 1 sandwich per person is the preferred portion size.

(Half trays serve 20 people. Full trays serve 35-40 people.)

Generally, a catering tray can feed 15-20 people. For example, a full tray of chicken breasts should have enough protein for 15-20 people. However, remember that people may choose sides like salads and desserts, which may not factor into this.

Here's a good rule of thumb: 1 pound of deli meat, sliced sandwich style, makes about 5 – 6 sandwiches. Cheese slices should be ordered thinner than deli meat, so you'll have more cheese slices to layer on.

Depends on the sandwich size, typically 5 or 6 ounces per sandwich, thus 50 sandwiches can be made with either 16 pounds to 19 pounds of meat.

What kind of meat goes on a meat tray? ›

Whatever types of salume or dried meats or sausages you prefer. Most common are hard salami's, dried cured hams or smoked, dry/smoked sausages, prosciutto, mortadella, sopressata, capicola, black forest ham, pepperoni, and some people use smoked salmon which is one of my favorites.

The 3333 rule applies to the number of foods to create the perfect board. To follow the 3,3,3,3 rule, stick to three cheeses, three meats, three starches, and three accoutrements.

To feed 50 people with sandwiches, you may need around 100-150 sandwiches, depending on the size of the sandwiches and the other food being served.

A typical board would be meat, cheese, extra (fruit, veggies, crackers). Therefore if you have 50 people you would want 50 ounces of meat, 50 ounces of cheese and 50 ounces of extras. One pound of cheese, one pound of meat, and one pound of a combination of fruit, veggies and crackers= 16 people.

VooDoo BBQ & Grill advises that 9 pounds of a meat like brisket will feed around 20 people, and 12 pounds will feed 30 to 35.