Calculate Meat

Meat calculator

Meat calculator

How many pounds to put in the cart — worked back from what people actually eat, after the bone, fat, and shrink come off.

Who's eating
How it's served
What you're cooking

Choose one or several. With several, the portion splits evenly between them.

Kids count as half an adult, which is about right at nine and generous at three. Put teenagers in the adult box.

Ribs and prime rib are sold by the rack and the bone: the pounds here work out to roughly half a rack of spare ribs, or one rib of a standing roast, per person.

Whatever the crowd favorite is will go first, so buy that one a little heavy. Print this page to take the list to the counter.