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How many food trucks does your event need? Plug in your guest count, duration, and cuisine preference. Get a real recommendation plus price estimates based on actual Tampa Bay vendors.
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Tell us about your event and we'll do the math. Get a recommended truck count plus a realistic price range based on actual Tampa Bay vendors on the platform.
Recommended trucks
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One truck handles 50 guests over 2 hours.
Estimated total
$345 – $2,300
1 truck × 50 guests, includes 15% service fee. Range across 8 trucks on the platform.
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Recommendation based on industry-standard food truck throughput (≈100 guests per truck per 2-hour window for quick service, adjusted by cuisine complexity). Tweak duration to see how fewer trucks can serve more guests over a longer window.
Customers often optimize for price per head and end up with 2 trucks for 200 guests. Result: 90-minute lines, food running out, ruined event. This calculator surfaces realistic numbers before you commit.
Estimates pull from actual active trucks on FleetEatsNow — not made-up averages. The range you see is what the platform actually charges right now.
Unlike traditional catering platforms, you don't fill out a form and wait days. The math runs live as you change inputs. Click through to /trucks when you're ready.
Industry-standard throughput. A single food truck serves roughly 100 guests per 2-hour service window for quick-service cuisines (tacos, burgers, sandwiches), 80 for standard cuisines (BBQ, pizza, American), and 60 for complex made-to-order (French, sushi, charcuterie). Lines bunch at single-window service so additional trucks scale throughput linearly.
Per-truck self-reporting. When trucks list on FleetEatsNow, they can self-report their actual peak hourly throughput. If a truck has set a specific value, the calculator uses theirs instead of the cuisine default — more accurate than industry averages.
Pricing math. Each truck has a per-person rate and a minimum booking floor. The estimate is max(min_booking, per_person × (guests / N)) × N trucks + 15% service fee. Range shown is from cheapest-N to most-expensive-N actual trucks on the platform that match your cuisine filter.
This is a starting point. Your final cost depends on the specific trucks you pick, your event date (weekend / holiday surcharges may apply), and any travel fees if the event is outside their normal service radius. The calculator gives a realistic range; the picker at /trucks gives you the actual quote.
Each truck sets its own cancellation policy.Trucks pick from three tiers (Flexible / Strict / Super Strict) that govern refund cutoffs in the days leading up to the event. You'll see the exact terms on each truck's profile and again at checkout. All tiers: 100% refund within 24 hours of booking, 0% refund within 24 hours of event start.
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