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I don't do catering, but my rule of thumb with pulled pork: each pound of bone in pork butt yields two finished sandwiches. Five pound butt, ten sandwiches.

This assumes allowing guests to make their own sandwiches on hamburger-size buns, probably 5 to 7 ounces, and I also discard as much fatty/connective tissue as I can when I clean. Lately I carve off a good deal of bark and bag it separately for myself to snack on.

The best way to stretch the meat, other than good side dishes, is to go with smaller cocktail buns or hot dog rolls. People without a lot of experience with pulled pork tend to put less meat on two smaller buns than they would on one larger bun.
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