Hog Roast cost - what to include? Also drink quantities?

Not sure if this helps but our hog for 120 people was originally 14.50 per person. We knocked them down to 8.50 pp and includes rolls apple sauce 3 salads (coleslaw, potato salad and a green salad)

BYO sounds like a good idea but might be more hassle than it's worth. What if some don't bring enough etc or some bring so much that it all get's out of hand (Probably would with my family anyway!). Do you pay to get a bar in then your guests also pay for the drinks?? Not sure how it works?

Yes if we paid for a bar it would be a set fee for their service (and I imagine use of glasses etc) but guests would have to buy their own drinks. I have to say every wedding I've been to had a bar that guests had to buy their own drinks at (often at extortionate prices in hotels etc!) and I always thought how nice it would be, as a guest, to be allowed to BYO favourite drink. However, both H2B's family and my own family think it's a bit risky and that guests will have enough to think about without stocking up on drinks too!

Local hog roast events (ie some 'main event', usually with live music, plus hog roast) usually sell tickets for around £10 per person so I was imagining that the base cost for the hog roast would be around £7 but even that would be totally unaffordable (we're also having a wedding breakfast earlier in the day at £26.50 a head plus drinks on top) so maybe a DIY will be a massive saving!!

I have found a guy who will provide us with the hog, stuffing, apple sauce, napkins and 120 rolls and a chef to cook and carve and it is costing us £350.

I will be doing my own salad (I plan on making potato salad, pasta salad, caprese salad and a green leaf salad) and don't think that will cost more than £50

July bride, that is more what I was thinking! I have totted up approximate costs for 120 rolls plus 3 different types of (homemade) salad and plnety of apple sauce and it seems to come to about £60 tops.

Just waiting to find out how much the prepared hog would be, but if it's £240 or less we're onto a major winner (had budgeted £400 excl. drinks but have overspent elsewhere so the cheaper the better!)

For our hog roast we are having for 100ish people

The pig, 6to8 chickens, sauces, rolls, crackling, stuffing, 3 salads, vegetarian options, pasta and rice, set up and served for nearly £1000 - but this is by far the cheapest quote we had for our area.

We considered doing it ourself - but it was the hassle of having someone to serve, make sure it was cooked etc etc

Our bar though is free as we are having over 80 paying guests