All BBQ Planning Tools

Pick the question you have. Each tool hands its numbers to the next one, so you can go from guest count to shopping list to cook timeline.

BBQ party calculatorMeat, sides, drinks and cost for any guest count Shopping list30 guests, mixed BBQ: 21 items in store packs, about $355 Grill planner40 burgers on a 22-inch kettle: 40 minutes Catering quote and pans100-guest buffet: about $21.83 per guest Ice and cooler calculatorPounds of ice, bags and cooler space Smoke time calculatorFinish-time range for brisket, pork butt, ribs and more Yield calculatorRaw weight to buy for the cooked meat you need BBQ day plannerA timeline back from serving time, with calendar export Food safety timerCountdown for every tray on the table Leftover plannerEat-by and freeze-by dates, containers and labels Potluck sign-upSplit the shopping list into slots, share one link Super Bowl party foodWings, sliders, drinks and a kickoff-to-halftime timeline Prime rib calculatorRoast size per guest and a smoker timeline for holiday dinners Pig roast calculatorPig size, cook time and charcoal by method Cookout calculatorBurgers, hot dogs and timing Charcoal calculatorBriquettes or lump by hours and grill size Steak temperature chartDoneness temperatures and rest Gear by party sizeGrills, smokers and coolers by what they hold Meat per person by party size10 to 150 guests, every meat Open dataThe tables behind the tools, as CSV with sources

Every tool runs in your browser, needs no account and shares its result as a link. Numbers and sources: How we calculate.