How to cook BBQ for 200 guests (Secret recipes not included)

Matt Bowman knows barbecue. When he lived in Billings, before he became the music and band teacher at Jefferson High and Boulder Elementary schools, he regularly cooked for crowds of family and co-workers. 

But on the Saturday night of the County Fair, he and Dave Deskins, head custodian at the Boulder Elementary, will go larger, serving up a barbecue dinner for 200-plus visitors. The annual dinner raises funds for the Jefferson High’s band and choir.

Grilling and smoking for the masses requires some adjustments. Here’s how they do it. Well, here’s more or less how they do it: Certain critical details have been omitted because, well, they wouldn’t tell us.