Main bird, raw weight with bone
- Input
- 8 + 2
- Expected output
- BR 2.4 kg | US 6.25 lb
Turkey split with the ham; range 5 to 7.5 lb.
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christmas dinner for 10 people how much food
Ten guests, eight adults and two children, with turkey and ham at the center: the calculator returns each dish in pounds, cups and bottles, with a 10% leftovers margin already added and everything rounded up.
Turkey split with the ham; range 5 to 7.5 lb.
Bone-in ham.
Raw potatoes, ½ lb per guest shared with the sweet potatoes.
One slice per guest, 7 guests per pie.
One 5 fl oz glass per adult.
Plan 1¼ lb of raw turkey per adult (1 to 1½ lb in the sources), ½ to ¾ cup of stuffing, ½ lb of raw potatoes to mash, ⅓ to ½ cup of gravy, 1 to 2 rolls and a slice of pie, with half of each portion for a child. For 8 adults and 2 children (9 adult equivalents) that is 11.25 lb of turkey with no leftovers. The calculator shows every dish with its range and rounds up to what you can actually buy.
Yes, and that is why the math uses 9 adult equivalents instead of 10. If all 10 were adults, a turkey as the only main dish would rise from 11.25 lb to 12.5 lb with no leftovers. Teenagers who eat like adults should be counted as adults.
It is when the turkey shares the table with ham: 6.25 lb of turkey plus 2.25 lb of ham cover the 9 adult equivalents. As the only main dish the turkey needs 12.5 lb with the 10% margin, which is 1.25 lb for each of the 9 adult equivalents before the margin is added.
Soft drinks are the one non-alcoholic item here: 27 cans of 12 oz over 4 hours, counting the children in full. Add water or juice to your own list if you want, since this menu does not include them.
Yes. The list is grouped by store section with quantities already rounded up, and the WhatsApp button opens a chat with the text filled in. Under Who brings what you can split the dishes among households before you send it.
Added to food and drinks. 10% covers seconds; 50% is the leftovers factor in turkey guides.
Beer, wine and sparkling wine count only for them.
US-menu drinks are counted per hour of the party.
Weights are raw and bone-in, as you buy them. The cooked meat on the plate is noticeably less.
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Each rule comes from the sources below, checked on 2026-11-10. Where they disagree, normal appetite uses the middle value and the range shows both ends. There is no official standard for this.
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