Feed the whole crowd — with the math done right
How much brisket for 25 people? When does a 13-pounder go on to serve at six? BBQ Math answers with the raw → cooked → per-person chain worked out in the open — plus the drinks, sides, fuel, and brine arithmetic every cook day needs.
🔥 Planning a weekend cook? Start with the brisket math →All tools
BBQ Meat Calculator
Guests × cut × appetite → raw pounds to buy, and what that looks like at the meat counter.
⏱️Cook Time & Start Planner
Cut × weight × pit temp, planned backward from serve time — rest and cooler hold included.
🍺Drinks & Ice Calculator
Guests × hours × drinker mix → beers, wine bottles, spirits, and pounds of ice.
🥘BBQ Sides Calculator
Beans, slaw, mac, potato salad, cornbread — scaled to your headcount in quarts and hotel pans.
🪵Smoker Fuel Estimator
Cook hours × cooker type → pounds of pellets, charcoal, or wood splits, with spare margin.
🧂Brine Calculator
Water + meat weight × target percent → grams of salt and sugar, in your salt’s actual spoons.
How much meat per person — by cut
Portion charts with the trim-and-shrink yield every blog post skips — see all cuts →
Smoker cook times
Hours at 225, 250, and 275°F with pull temps and rest plans — the full chart →
Coming soon
Cook Day Timeline SheetSoon
Meat plan + start times merged into one printable schedule for the whole cook day.