The Fondue Night Planner
Split the guest list into pots, size each pot by everything that goes in it, and count forks and fuel canisters for every burner, with a reserve in each, before the first flame is lit
FonduePot's free calculators each answer one fondue question. The Pot Size Calculator sizes one pot for the whole table, 6,250 ml for 20 guests, which nobody can reach across; it sizes by 200 ml a guest while the Cheese Fondue Ratio Calculator puts 200 g of cheese and 100 ml of wine a guest into the same pot; and the fuel calculator counts canisters for a single burner. The Fondue Night Planner starts from the table. It splits the guest list into pots of six, sizes each pot by cheese and wine together, fills to two-thirds and plans the top-ups, turns the portions into one shopping list, counts forks by the seat, and counts fuel canisters for every burner on four-fifths of the label. In the worked example (an example, not a promise), 10 guests make 2 pots of 5, each holding 1,500 ml over the evening, and a 3-hour night on 170 g canisters needs 4 canisters: 2 for each burner, with a reserve in each. It is party arithmetic only: no cooking times or temperatures, and no oil fondue planning. Cook meat and seafood thoroughly and follow a trusted recipe or food-safety authority. It carries the burner rules: follow the maker's instructions, never refuel a lit or hot burner, never leave one unattended. Included: 23 printable pages, seven steps, a table plan, a fuel and fire sheet, a shopping list, a party-size table, and a personalised sheet worked on the figures you entered in our calculators.
Look inside
Two full pages from the planner, exactly as printed. Click either to read it at full size before you decide.
What is in it
- Six Forks to a Pot: how many pots a headcount needs, split as evenly as whole people allow
- Count Everything in the Pot: cheese and wine together, about 300 ml a guest, and each pot's share
- Fill to Two-Thirds, Top Up from the Kitchen: fills and top-ups for the pot you own
- Buy for the Headcount: one shopping list from the portion planner and cheese ratio, plus a chocolate course
- Plan on Four-Fifths of the Label: canisters a burner with a reserve in each, at every flame
- Never Refuel a Hot Burner: canisters for the whole table, planned changes, and the burner rules
- Two Forks a Guest, One Color a Seat: forks with a spare and colors per pot
- The table plan and the fuel and fire sheet, printable
- A shopping list with room for fuel and forks, printable
- A party-size table from 2 to 24 guests, and a one-page quickstart
- ✓ 23 printable pages
- ✓ 10 sections, worksheets and templates
- ✓ A second PDF worked out from the numbers you enter
- ✓ No account needed, just an email address
- ✓ Instant download; link valid 7 days
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The planner picks up where the free Fondue Pot Size Calculator leaves off. The calculator sizes one pot for the whole table; the planner splits the guest list into pots of six, counts the wine from the Cheese Fondue Ratio Calculator as well as the cheese in each pot, plans the top-ups at the two-thirds fill line, shops from the Fondue Portion Planner, counts forks by the seat with the Fondue Fork Count Calculator, and counts fuel canisters for every burner with the Fondue Fuel Burn-Time Calculator, on four-fifths of the rated burn. It is party arithmetic only: it gives no cooking times or temperatures and does not plan an oil fondue. Cook meat and seafood thoroughly and follow a trusted recipe or food-safety authority. Follow your burner and fuel maker’s instructions, and never refuel a lit or hot burner. The worked figures are examples.