How many potatoes (mashed) fit in a crock pot?

[maslex]

I am making the mashed potatoes to bring to my SIL's for Thanksgiving this year and I will be transporting them in a crock pot. I have never had to travel with mashed potatoes before so I have no idea how many pounds of potatoes to cook up or actually how many pounds of mashed potatoes will fit in a 5 qt crock pot.

There will be 10 people there. I was originally going to peel/cut 10lbs of potatoes and cook them all up but not sure if they will all fit into a crock pot.

Any suggestions?

 

[dbarker]

Rule of thumb on potato serving: 1 potato per person.

With that said, I would use about 5 lbs of potatoes.

 

[golfgal]

Rule of thumb on potato serving: 1 potato per person.

With that said, I would use about 5 lbs of potatoes.

Well, that would depend on how much your family likes potatoes. I make 5 pounds of potatoes just for the 5 of us. Usually for Thanksgiving, at least around here, you account for leftovers as well. People usually eat around 2 in the afternoon, give or take an hour or so, then eat again later in the evening.

maslex-10 lbs of potatoes would not fit in my crock pot. It's an older one, not huge, but not small either.

You could put what you can into the crock pot then put the rest into a bowl in a cooler. Depending on how long your trip is, that should keep them warm and you can add to the crock pot as needed. Once everything is out of the oven, you could probably put them in the oven to keep them warm as well.

Another idea would be to get one of those larger roasters and put the potatoes in there. That would easily hold 10 lbs.

 

[jfranklyn]

My crock pot fits 10 pounds of potatoes, with just enough room to spare to put a few pats of butter on the top, and the lid of course. It's a large, oval, crock pot.

 

[shortbun]

Rule of thumb on potato serving: 1 potato per person.

With that said, I would use about 5 lbs of potatoes.

Lol! 5 lbs barely covers our family of 3!! We love our mashed potatoes though. I make a bag and use them for shepherd's pie and potatoe cakes in the following days.

How many quarts is your crock pot? Are you really mashing them or are you whipping them? Whipped has more air in them so take up a little more space. Err on the side of too many and you can use them later.

 

[Kellydelly]

I would guess that you can fit 5-7 lbs or so of prepared potatoes in your crock. I am amazed that anyone with a family smaller than 6 eats up a whole 5 lb bag of potatoes in one meal. I know Grandma never had anything more than one large bowl of mashed potatoes on the table for 10 adults and a handful of kids and nobody was crying that there weren't any leftover. There should be plenty of other sides, so I don't imagine anyone is going to fill half their plate with just potatoes .

 

[golfgal]

I would guess that you can fit 5-7 lbs or so of prepared potatoes in your crock. I am amazed that anyone with a family smaller than 6 eats up a whole 5 lb bag of potatoes in one meal. I know Grandma never had anything more than one large bowl of mashed potatoes on the table for 10 adults and a handful of kids and nobody was crying that there weren't any leftover. There should be plenty of other sides, so I don't imagine anyone is going to fill half their plate with just potatoes .

DS16 could LIVE off of mashed potatoes

 

[maslex]

OP here. There will be 10 people there and I plan on making 10lbs. There are a few who are BIG potato eaters and won't eat the other sides (hubby being one of them ) So I don't have the problem of how much to make, I just don't know if it will all fit in the crock pot.

I'll just fill it when I'm done mashing them. And if they all don't fit, I'll bring the rest in a bowl (it's only a 10 min drive to her house) That way there should be plenty enough for dinner, later that night and then leftovers for the next day.