10 people, 4 h, no margin
- Input
- 4 homens; 4 mulheres; 2 crianças
- Expected output
- R$ 412.59 / R$ 41.26 por pessoa
Classic mix, beer included.
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barbecue shopping list cost per person
Edit the price of each item, tick what has been bought and send the list on WhatsApp. The starting prices are the author examples: replace them with the values in your city.
Classic mix, beer included.
Tool default.
More chicken and sausage.
More soda instead.
Closed items weigh more.
Common practice is 400 to 500 g per adult over 4 hours. The tool uses 450 g per man, 350 g per woman and 200 g per child, counting all meats and cheese. For 4 men, 4 women and 2 children that is 3.6 kg, or 3.96 kg with a 10% margin.
They are not quotes. They are example values estimated by the author just so the list appears with a total. Replace each price with what your butcher and store charge. The tool keeps the edited prices in the browser.
Use the Print button: it opens a sheet with the items by section, a box to tick, the quantity and the price. If the browser blocks the window, use Copy list and paste it into a document.
Switch the beer option off and add your own drinks on the side, or lower the number of drinkers. The other items stay computed. Then use the bill splitter tool to share what is left.
Each adds 30% of the average adult portion.
They leave the meat count and get 150 g of coalho cheese.
Planned surplus on meat, sides and drinks.
Rule of thumb: 1 kg of charcoal for each 1 kg of meat.
Relative weights: the total is rescaled to 100%. Set a cut to zero to drop it from the list.
Order on the grill
Shopping list
Example values from 2026-10, estimated by the author to fill the screen. They are not quotes: replace them with your butcher and store prices. They are saved on this device.
There is no official standard for meat per person. The tool uses common practice from public guides: 450 g for a man, 350 g for a woman and 200 g for a child at a 4-hour barbecue, adding up all meats and cheese. Duration changes the amount by 12.5% per hour against 4 hours (2 hours = 75%, 6 hours = 125%, capped at 150%). Meat as the only dish needs 25% more, and plenty of sides 10% less. Meat is split by the mix weights (classic: 40% beef, 20% sausage, 15% chicken, 15% pork, 10% cheese). Ribs and chicken have bone, so the weight you buy is higher than the edible weight (ribs 1.4 times, chicken 1.25 times). Charcoal is 1 kg per kg of meat, coarse salt 40 g per kg, beer 250 ml per drinker per hour, soda 130 ml and water 75 ml per person per hour, and 1 kg of ice per person in hot weather. These are practical rules, not standards: adjust them to your group.
References checked on 2026-10-18.