For BBQ catering
Smoke the brisket, not your margins
BBQ is priced by the pound and eaten by the plate, and the gap between them is where the money leaks. Cost every protein and side from your own numbers, turn cooked pounds into a per-person price, and quote it before the pit is even lit.
Pounds become a price
Brisket loses nearly half its weight in the smoker; pulled pork and chicken each yield differently. Cost your proteins by the cooked pound, set your portions, and the per-person number stops being a guess made at the register.
Quote it before you light the pit
The graduation-party inquiry lands Thursday night; your itemized, branded quote goes back the same evening with a deposit line and an accept button. No “let me do some math and get back to you.”
Build day is a checklist
Shopping, prep, and pack lists build themselves from what you sold — scaled to the headcount, checkable one-handed at the pit, working offline when the venue is a field with no signal.
What it goes for
A 75-guest BBQ buffet, per person
$29.50 – $49.00
Total
$2,212.50 – $3,675.00
2026 market range: staffed buffet service, standard protein, three sides, national cost average. Your number comes from your own cooked-pound costs — that is the point.
Adjust this estimate for your guest count and region — free, no signup.
A starter bbq buffet menu
The by-the-pound spread, ready to cost: smoked meats, the sides that sell it, and the finish.
Smoked meats
- Pulled pork
- Beef brisket
- Smoked chicken
- Sausage links
Sides
- Mac & cheese
- Baked beans
- Coleslaw
- Cornbread
Sauces & finish
- House & spicy BBQ sauces
- Pickles & onions
- Peach cobbler
- Sweet tea & lemonade
Build this into CaterKit once as recipes — cost each item from your own ingredients, and every BBQ quote starts half-written.
Price it right
The deal, plainly
- No setup fees.
- Clients pay you directly. We never take a cut.
- No per-quote quotas.
- The price you join at is yours.
- Export everything, free, on every tier, forever.
Free is real — no card, no countdown. See pricing for the exact table.