Should you double a recipe?

What if you don’t know how many people will be there?

It gets overwhelming pretty quickly.

Whiskey Barrel Burgers

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Quantities ofparty drinksandappetizersare a little easier to figure out, but what about largerrecipes made with ground beef?

To be safe, round up to the nearest full pound.

Meatballs

It’s trickier to determine how much ground beef per person is needed formeatballs.

All-American Sloppy Joes

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These factors make it hard to know how many meatballs to cook per person.

Basic Meatballs on parchment paper

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