Serving speed

Can't help you but welcome back Todd.

Good to be back even it's just briefly. Glad to see you're still smokin' Pags.

Good to see ya around and busy.

Can't help on that nunmber,but as an aside,the Army would allow 21 mins to feed and clear out a 45 man platoon with lines coming in two directions.

The last guys in line had to eat quick.

how many meats are you serving?

We just served 600 at Ft. Bragg for BBQ for the Troops and started at close to noon and even though I did not keep a stop watch we were done easily in 1.5 hrs but we did serve them and kept the line moving. We had 2 serving lines. Maybe if they know they only have so much time they will move along faster.
Thanks,
Mike

Todd, M Lewis and all the others who helped you: Thank you for honoring those who defend our freedom by serving in the military. There is only one Honor that is greater than serving one's country and that is serving one's God. There is not a more Noble cause than showing appreciation to those who serve. As a Vietnam vet, I know what it feels like to be on the other side.

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Originally posted by Todd G:
It's been a while since I had to feed "X" number of people in "X" amount of time. I've got a job coming up where I need to feed 600ppl in 60 minutes ideally, but no more than 90min tops. It's a manufacturing facility and they can't shut down their lines for more time. The people will hit the serving area over about a 15min period as they have staggered eating times.

600= 4feeding periods in 1hr
150= 1 period(15 minutes)
10=1minute(60seconds)
5= 30 seconds( guessing aprx time to get through line)

Sounds like you need 5 lines to me, but heck, I've never done this Todd! Nice to see that you stopped by and wanted to know what I thought, THANKS and GOOD LUCK!

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Originally posted by Big Frog:
As a Vietnam vet, I know what it feels like to be on the other side.

Big Frog I think I can speak for a lot of us on here and say thank you so much for what you did to serve your country and defend our freedoms with your time served in Vietnam!!!

todd here what i have done in the past for large caterings.don't use the larger plates ( 9" ) the sides are cheap compared to the meats so set the buffet tables and let them come down both sides and serve them self. at the end 2 meat shaffer will fit long way. one person serving controlling the meat. i put the sauce away from me so the people won't hold up the line. then i have 1 or 2 people as runners to keep everything full. so 2 sets of tables will give you 4 lines or do 3 sets of tables to give you 6 lines.

Thanks for the responses. I'm going with 4 single sided lines due to space restraints. I'll make the lines pretty long so people don't get bunched up. Drinks and desserts are on several different tables, so people have to move along. The staggering of the arrival times is a big help because people that arrive together tend to stop and talk. Think of the crowd exiting a church service and how they bunch up.

This is to celebrate the anniversary of a furniture mfg. in High Point NC and we'll be doing BBQ to recognize their American roots, chicken enchiladas for their Mexican connection, and beef stir fry for their new Chinese branch, plus a bunch of sides to go with the entrees.

Multiculturalism is hard people. Really hard.