Work out how much meat to buy for dinner, based on number of guests and type of meat.
The calculator multiplies the number of people by a recommended amount per person for the selected type of meat:
Bone-in meat (like whole chicken or ribs) requires more raw weight per person than lean, boneless meat, since part of the weight is lost to bone and cooking loss.
Bone and cooking loss make up part of the weight of bone-in meat, so you need to buy more raw weight to end up with the same amount of ready-to-eat meat as with boneless cuts.
Yes, children typically eat less than adults. You can count a child as roughly half to two-thirds of a portion depending on age, or adjust the number of people in the calculator manually.