How Many Pounds Of Pork Spare Ribs Per Person?
A Handy Rib Table For The Exact Number of Ribs And Servings Of Ribs Per Person When You Are Catering for a Large Group – see below.
Entertaining can be hard without being concerned about if you’ll have enough food on hand to feed all guests or everyone. Now coming to loverly ribs, the problem can get even harder as everyone loves them. This post calculates the exact amount of ribs so your event goes off as planned.
Also, see the best side dishes to serve with ribs for 2024
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How Many Ribs To Cook Per Person: The Basics
Part of the skill of cooking pork ribs (or beef rib, short rib, spare rib) is to create a menu or at least a picture in your mind of what else you are planning to cook with your half slab. Will you have fries, chicken wings, ground beef hamburgers. Or will you have a salad or a side of green beans?
See Our Recipe How To Make Pork Ribs In An Instant Pot
Let’s ask the question another way?
How Many Side Dishes Should I Serve With Ribs
Most people will serve some potato dish – fries, wedges, or a baked potato with their ribs. Perhaps a side garden salad and some corn.
So you should serve 3 sides with a single serving of ribs.
Grandma’s Butter Baby Carrots Also Go Really Well With Ribs – See Recipe
How Many Ribs Do I Need To Feed 10 People
With 1 Side Dish
- 100 ribs or 7.5 slabs for 10 people – with one side dish
- 120 oz or 7.5 lb ribs for 10 guests- with one side dish
With 3 Side Dishes
- 70 Ribs or 5 slabs with 3 side dishes will feed 10 people
- 80 oz Ribs or 5 lbs with 3 side dishes will feed 10 people
How Many Ribs Do I Need To Feed 20 People
With 1 Side Dish
- 200 ribs or 15 slabs for 20 people – with one side dish
- 240 oz or 15 lb ribs for 20 guests- with one side dish
With 3 Side Dishes
- 140 Ribs or 10 slabs with 3 side dishes will feed 20 people
- 160 oz Ribs or 10 lbs with 3 side dishes will feed 20 people
How Many Ribs Do I Need To Feed 25 People
With 1 Side Dish
- 250 ribs or 18 slabs for 25 people – with one side dish
- 300 oz or 19 lb ribs for 25 guests- with one side dish
With 3 Side Dishes
- 175 Ribs or 12.5 slabs with 3 side dishes will feed 25 people
- 200 oz Ribs or 12.5 lbs with 3 side dishes will feed 25 people
How Many Ribs Do I Need To Feed 50 People
With 1 Side Dish
- 500 ribs or 37 slabs for 50 people – with one side dish
- 600 oz or 38 lb ribs for 50 guests- with one side dish
With 3 Side Dishes
- 350 Ribs or 25 slabs with 3 side dishes will feed 50 people
- 400 oz Ribs or 25 lbs with 3 side dishes will feed 50 people
How Many Ribs Do I Need To Feed 75 People
With 1 Side Dish
- 750 ribs or 56 slabs for 75 people – with one side dish
- 900 oz or 56 lb ribs for 75 guests- with one side dish
With 3 Side Dishes
- 525 Ribs or 37 slabs with 3 side dishes will feed 75 people
- 600 oz Ribs or 37 lbs with 3 side dishes will feed 75 people
How Many Ribs Do I Need To Feed 100 People
With 1 Side Dish
- 1000 ribs or 75 slabs for 100 people – with one side dish
- 1200 oz or 75 lb ribs for 100 guests- with one side dish
With 3 Side Dishes
- 700 Ribs or 50 slabs with 3 side dishes will feed 100 people
- 800 oz Ribs or 50 lbs with 3 side dishes will feed 100 people
How To Keep Ribs Warm When BBQing or Cooking For Big or Large Groups
If you’ve ever tried to BBQ ribs or meat for a crowd or large gathering, you may notice that it can be hard to be successful. This is true if your BBQ or grill is not big enough to cook all the ribs at once. Fortunately, you can keep the cooked ribs nice and warm as you BBQ or grill the next ribs or steak
Start by filling a well-insulated cooler with hot water. Shut the lid and let it warm up for 20 minutes.
Next, tip out the water, Next put a clean towel to the bottom of the warmed-up cooler. Put a tin or aluminum container or tray onto the top of the warm towel.
When the ribs are complete, place them in wrapped foil and put them in the aluminum tray. Place an additional towel on top of your meat or ribs. Now shut or close the top of the cooler. Keep it shut till you’re ready to serve.
For the best results, don’t let the ribs stay in the cooler for more than an hour. It is good to use a meat thermometer to check the internal temperature of the meat on the ribs.
How To Make Perfect Ribs – Use a Great Barbecue Sauce
The flavor of the ribs comes from brushing them with barbecue sauce for a true BBQ rib result. You do this when basting them and just before serving.
I make my own homemade barbecue sauce it is easy and delicious – see our recipe above for pork spare ribs and it includes an amazing ketchup-based bourbon BBQ sauce.
However, your favorite store-bought barbecue sauce will be great and there are some really good ones out there now.
Thanksgiving and 4th of July Rubbed Barbecue Pork Back Ribs
Every year we have a tradition for this big family gathering, this will be our fourth year barbecuing pork back ribs for our Fourth of July dinner and the whole extended family loves it.
Pork back ribs are my favorite because if cooked right they are pull-apart tender.
See this really simple way.
I make a rib rub with some spices and cayenne pepper and brown sugar, kosher salt. By rubbing all over but especially on the meaty side of the ribs then letting them sit in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour – longer is better, they absorb the flavors of the rub and when you baste them with barbecue sauce they end up amazing.
See Our Pork Ribs Recipe.
What veggies go well with ribs?
Green Beans sautéed in butter with sliced almonds are my favorite but other classics are
- Corn On The Cob
- Smashed Peas
- Baked Potato
- Grilled Tomato
- Green Beans (See quantity per person)
See a full list of sides that go with ribs here.
How many ribs are in a full slab?
There are between 12-14 ribs on a full slab.
So now you can prepare a Rib Cookout for a picnic, bbq, or family gathering knowing just how many ribs per person for a large group are needed.