To think that this portion for an adult is too little?

That sort of thing is fine if you are just doing a bbq like we are tonight, just with burgers, just for ourselves or like you would do if family arrived unannounced. I would be embarrassed to serve this to people I had asked over, is it possible she was intending to do burgers as well, but they had sold out? I'd at least do some mini jacket potatoes, maybe salad and puddings. Other people's bbq ideas on here sound delicious.

It's probably technically enough but it's pretty poor in terms of hosting.

For me a BBQ should consist of different kinds of meat, definitely burgers, sausages and chicken but maybe some fish or lamb too.

A veggie option so maybe halloumi skewers as well as fish if you know there are definite veggies.

Some kind of potato

Some kind of salad

Dessert

Drinks

I have had a BBQ tonight, just me, the husband and the kids but we still had a burger each, a sausage each, corn on the cob for 2 of us, halloumi skewer for 2 of us and marshmallows for dessert.

I would have got crisps and dips and a salad but it's a bit pointless when it will only be me eating them (and I'm supposed to be on a diet despite the several espresso martinis I have drunk!)

I love hosting because then I can go all out with food and drinks. I am hosting a BBQ party soon and there will be plenty of food and drinks to go round, will just ask people to bring a drink of their choice so there is enough to go around without leaving me bankrupt.

That's not a bbq, it's hotdogs in the garden.

That’s a shit BBQ. It’s like they’ve read about barbecues but never been to one.

I would want some salads and extras corn on the cob etc. I'm not a huge meat eater and always prefer the extras. I wouldn't want two hotdogs!
Is your sister not used to hosting and just didn't think?

That's a bit shit. Definitely wouldn't fill me up

lol.

Reminds me. I do burgers, various forms of chicken, sausages, racks of ribs, salmon, prawns, rice and peas, various other forms of carbs, salads. Provide kegs of beer, bottles, cocktails, shorts etc. no one even bothers to bring a bottle of juice (looking at DPs family here, at least my family half arse offer) I also put on some form of entertainment for the kids like bouncy castle or whatever and entertain the adults. Most fill their boots and leave.

Dps cousin (worst culprit for filling her boots and leaving) has just “hosted” a bbq for the family and we didn’t even get an invite 😂 she’s been to every one of ours and we do them multiple times per year. I believe the bbq consisted of a sandwich and a slice of cake. She’s not hard up at all.

I'm in the US and my experience with barbecues is that people typically show up around 5:00 p.m. and stay until 8:00, 9:00 sometimes even later at night just hanging out talking playing games etc. Two hot dogs per person across that period of time is certainly not going to be sufficient. It would be typical to have burgers, hot dogs, sausages, and then a variety of salads, chips, and desserts.

Do you think they are trying to prove a point?
I had a friend who went through a stage like this, inviting people to lunch and feeding them Ryvita or whatever, when others would make more effort with homemade soups and breads etc.

She invited us to a Sunday lunch. Mortified as it turned out to be more lunch-on-a-Sunday.
We (us and 3 teen/pre teens) were all geared up for a roast, I can't remember the details but it was lite lite lite and featured granola for pudding!

I think she was trying to prove a point, they're religious if maybe that's something, against profligacy maybe?

You definitely want a variety of food at a bbq, we almost most do a buffet of snacks, salad, sides and meat etc, just cooking sausages is rubbish!

@TheAceWoman I'm sure you mean well, but this would irritate me. If I've prepared food for guests, I don't want them rocking up with their own

Jesus we had what we consider a small last minute bbq today, large sausages, cheeseburgers with cheesy coleslaw a side salad and spicy pork belly.
It was absolutely delicious and we were satisfied with a small amount of leftovers.
2 hotdogs in buns is totally shit.

Sounds absolutely shit, a BBQ should have burgers, sausages, chicken kebabs or some other type of chicken choice, potatoes, corn on the cob, salad, a decent selection of sauces/toppings like chutneys, salad dressings & sauces.

Optional extras should be a decent drink selection, ice selection and a couple of dessert choices.

Now I want to host a BBQ

I was about to mention this!!! I saw it as well, after about the first five comments, and thought, “Wow, now that is some on-point visual advertising right there.” As if the ad was saying, ‘Your DS had a BBQ that wasn’t for shit, but here’s what it SHOULD have looked like. Love, MNHQ.’ So apparently they don’t think you’re being unreasonable, @Noed

Is it fuck. the Competitive Under Eaters Klaxon has gone off I see.

Minimum of 3 meats for me at a decent BBQ. Plus the sides. And a Magnum or cheesecake for pudding, thanks.

We are doing a BBQ today before Eurovision, each person can have any/all of: 2 quarter pounders (veggie or meat), 2 hot dogs (chilli or regular, veggie or not), vegetable skewer, chicken kebab skewer, baked potato, potato salad, regular salad, coleslaw.

Obviously don't expect everyone to eat all that, it's just to cover the numbers for people who will have 2 burgers and nothing else or whatever.

Dessert is salted caramel ice cream with flake.

Snacks are chilli rice crackers, nuts, tortilla chips, dips.

If our friends who are Jewish and gluten free are coming we also do salmon and new potatoes (their request) on a separate BBQ.

What even was the point?

I'd be embarrassed to serve that up to guests at a bbq, quite honestly. Bbqs are for interesting meats and seafood, served generously, with lots of salads and plenty of drink!

I like hosting and no one has ever left my house hungry but I’m Chinese it’s very cultural and everyone is offered food, even an unexpected visitor.

The last BBQ I did had burgers, hot dogs, salmon and chicken on skewers and home made coleslaw, and potato salad. I bake bananas on the BBQ with rum or chocolate plus always ice cream in cones.

It’s fine as the main component (if unimaginative), but no salads?

I couldn’t eat 2 hotdogs. I’d rather have one and sides.

We’re hosting a barbecue tomorrow and we’re cooking sausages, chicken satay, ribs and kebabs plus rice salad, hot potato salad, creamed corn, caprese and a green salad.

It's probably enough in terms of volume, but I'd be surprised and disappointed at the lack of any extras, like salad stuffs etc.

It sounds so basic and joyless.

2 hotdogs each for the men
THAT would utterly piss me off. What's that about? Because they're MEN they get double portions?! Not the first time I've heard of this - or seen it happen. I'd be having words with your DM.

Sounds a rubbish bbq.
Are you sure she didn't have salads and sides indoors?

I don’t eat a lot, but if I have ever hosted, I’ve made sure I’ve had more food, rather than less, that is needed.

If I moved to a new house I’d want to go to town and show off, I’d pull out the stops.