Cookout Compass

Your menu. Your kind of crowd.

A little dinner or the whole cookout

Choose your people and recipes, then make a shopping list. Two people count as a plan too. Your choices stay saved in this tab.

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The planner

Plan your meal

Set your guest count and recipe menu. Add separate meat cuts only when they are another main dish.

1 Who is eating?

Dinner for two counts too. For older children with bigger appetites, count them as adults.

Regular. Start with half a pound of cooked meat or one recipe main portion per adult. The allowance is shared across your main dishes. Sides and desserts keep their usual portions.

2 Your recipe menu

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3 Separate meat cuts OptionalNone selected
Cuts served outside your recipes

Your recipe ingredients already include their meat. Choose a cut here only if you will serve it as another main dish. Separate cuts and recipe mains share the same meal allowance equally.

Trimming means fat or scraps you cut off before cooking. Not sure? We will use a starting estimate for that meat. Cooking loss is included separately, even when you choose none.

Prices are optional and in US dollars. The estimate covers the meat you price, before tax.

4 Finish your list

Recipe rolls are already included. We add your leftovers allowance once across the menu, then round recipes up to full batches. Whole pies, pans and meat cuts can leave extra even when you choose no leftovers.

Adjust child portions

Your list starts here

Choose your people and menu

Build a shopping list from recipes, separate meat cuts, or both.

Recipe ingredients include their meat and rolls. Separate cuts use their own raw shopping weights, with trimming and cooking loss included.