One pound of of white or russet potatoes makes approximately 1 3/4 cups of mashed potatoes. Using that measurement, then five pounds of potatoes would make approximately 8 3/4 cups of mashed potatoes.
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To serve mashed potatoes for 150 people at a serving size of 4 ounces each, you will need a total of 600 ounces (150 people x 4 ounces). Since there are 16 ounces in a pound, this amounts to 37.5 pounds of mashed potatoes needed. Generally, raw potatoes yield about 2 to 2.5 times their weight when cooked and mashed, so you would need approximately 15-20 pounds of raw potatoes to produce the required amount of mashed potatoes.
mashed potatoes for 1 person would be about two good sized potatoes, which weigh approximately 400g. Therefore 80kg of potatoes would feed about 200 and if anyone wants second portions or there are some larger people in your party, then 100kg or 220lb of potatoes should suffice.
About 1/2 pound per person, so 22.5 lbs ---- The answer depends on the quality of the potatoes and how much each person will eat. If you use excellent potatoes (no defects) and you WILL NOT be peeling the potatoes, then: Assuming the following: # of people: 45 Pounds consumed by each person: .5 Edible %: 100% (potatoes with no defects, baked in skin) Lbs of normal sized potatoes required: 22.5 lbs = 45 * .5 lbs / 1 Lbs of large sized potatoes required: 33.75 lbs = 45 * .75 lbs / 1 Lbs of ex-lg sized potatoes required: 45 lbs = 45 * 1 lbs / 1 If you use excellent potatoes (no defects) and you WILL be peeling the potatoes (for boiled or mashed potatoes), then: Edible %: 90% (potatoes with no defects, peeled) Lbs of normal sized potatoes required: 25 lbs = 45 * .5 lbs / .9 Lbs of large sized potatoes required: 37.5 lbs = 45 * .75 lbs / .9 Lbs of ex-lg sized potatoes required: 50 lbs = 45 * 1 lbs / .9
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That is 8 cups
It may sound excessive at first, but for 10 people, I would go ahead and peel and prepare the full ten pound bag of potatoes. Some of that ten pounds is water, and a little bit is peel, so you don't end up with 10 lbs of mashed potatoes. I routinely prepare that volume of potatoes, and what you end up with is a very large bowl full of potatoes, true, but that allows both for mashed potatoes for ten, but hopefully, seconds for those who want them.
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