18 Quart Roaster Oven of Chili - How Many People?

[brunner]

How many people (men) can I feed with one 18 quart roaster oven of chili?

In one roaster oven I can fit my chili recipe expanding it to a 7lbs of ground beef, mushrooms, kidney beans, tomatoes, and onion recipe, normally it's a 2 pound recipe. My wife and I can eat on the two pound recipe for two days (4-5 total meals).

Do you think I can feed 35 men with two 18 quart roaster ovens full of chili?

[rtp]

That is basically 1/2 quart per person. How big a boys are talking about?

[brunner]

Plant workers all shapes and sizes

[brunner]

It's pretty hearty chili if that helps. If rather have way to much that too little.

[Chef]

36 at 8 oz per person. Should be enough if you are supplying crackers/fritos/cheese/onions/cornbread

Dont do the math... some take more, seconds....

[parkchief100]

36 at 8 oz per person. Should be enough if you are supplying crackers/fritos/cheese/onions/cornbread

Dont do the math... some take more, seconds....

This plus cornbread!😁

[brunner]

lol I have crackers cheese and Fritos. Too difficult to do corn bread this late and from my office

[brunner]

lol I have crackers cheese and Fritos. Too difficult to do corn bread this late and from my office

[mdb]

If you are providing the bowls and utensils, get the smaller or medium size bowls. Not the big huge bowls. At least everyone gets one round with 2 roasters. I bet they can get seconds with 2 roasters.

[Slew]

Mushrooms in chili! My wife goes nuts if I put beans in it.

I think you will have plenty w 2 roasters full.

[bdchorn]

Get a rope!!
That's not chili. That's bean soup.

[johnpaul]

I think you will have plenty w 2 roasters full.

We do 4 lbs at a time and it is basic chili, none of that extra stuff. None of that other stuff and I bet I could feed 10-12 easily off that.

[Tmag]

36 quarts for 35 men ought to work, lot of chili in a quart when you add chips and cheese.

[brunner]

It fed a total of 38 men. Some had second helpings. I will in the future next time use 8 lbs of chili meat per roaster oven. It was a little more soupy than I prefer, eve though I had no complaints.

As far as the chili connoisseur folks lol I like to have a meal in a bowl that's not straight meat. I prefer my chili to have beans, onions, tomatoes, garlic, and mushrooms. Call it goolash if you must but that's my preference. only time I like chili with no beans and extras is on hotdogs.

[Tmag]

Good deal, I like a lot in my chili too. Not crazy about the bean part but I'll eat it.