My friends get CAFO. I don't waste my money on people that won't even know the difference.

Now, if it was a small dinner party, I may try and show them how awesome it could be, but a big BBQ? More than say, 4 people? I'm heading to Costco for the cheapest burgers I can find!

Grass fed beef is not going to save your guests from a typically awful industrial-diet-based O6/O3 imbalance. Unless they're eating at your house many nights each week, your single meal is a drop in the bucket. For many households (like mine) highest-quality pastured animal products aren't always an option budget-wise, much less for feeding crowds of guests.

I'd say, as long as you're not feeding your guests wads of sugar-coated canola-deep-fried gluten - whole nutritious food (yes, even a serving of slow-cooked conventionally-raised dry-rub-BBQ pork, or conventionally-produced single-ingredient sour cream on some conventionally-raised beef/pork chili) is OK.

One example for my part: when I am asked to contribute toward, say, a pot luck breakfast buffet, would I use a $4 dozen of high quality organic and/or pastured eggs, or a $0.99 dozen of eggs to make a crustless quiche? My answer is the $0.99 eggs (with conventionally raised sausage and conventionally raised veggies, thank you very much), because that is what most of the folks attending the buffet would buy for themselves anyway, and I am not going to overhaul anyone's diet by spending an extra $3 on eggs and $5 on other ingredients for that one occasion. The foods I contribute for group functions or prepare for large parties/events aren't always the highest quality money can buy, but they are still gluten-free industrial-oil-free real foods, which is a far cry from a box of Krispy Kremes on a pot luck breakfast buffet.

A huge batch of paleo chili with 1-2 lbs grads fed beef! I loosely followed cavegirl mama's chili recipe...I'm on my phone else I'd link you. I made a batch yesterday with a 28oz can of tomatoes, another 16 oz can, and tomato paste. I used a pound of grass fed ground beef and a pound of grass fed chuck...the entire pot came to about $15 to make and next time I probably won't use so much meat because it wasn't necessary. Economical an delicious!

Cook hamburgers, hotdogs, kebobs, or steaks.

If I do steaks I normally pick nice ones like rib eyes, beef tenderloin, and so on. Even for burgers and hotdogs I normally pick the best looking because that's just part of hosting at our house. I'm sure guests don't care if it's Oscar Meyer or nitrate free all beef locally made dogs...but I feel better and can eat without hang ups.

Ideally I'd serve grass fed because even if the guests don't know/care, I want to do right by the animals and not support CAFO. On my middle-class budget though, I'm probably going to get the grocery store stuff if I'm cooking for a larger group.

Depends on who and how many - like many others have posted. I do try to go bison for burgers (where I live groud bison is priced closely to cafo beef) - or I'll change it up completely and go with lamb. Or fish - mmmm salmon bbq (who doesn't love that)!

I like to cook the best I can for any one who visits - which means, for example, grass fed shoulder of mutton roasted slowly until it is meltingly tender, succulent and super tasty - then when they say what wonderful meat and what is it? I can tell them. I do cook bread / pastry for them which I don't eat - but the meat is always grass fed / organic.

Usually parties at my house are a potluck of sorts: we make the main entrée and maybe a veggie platter or a dessert (that way I can enjoy a gluten-free dessert), and guests bring whatever sides or special drinks they want.

Small gatherings, where only 1 or 2 other couples are coming over, I make what I would eat normally and offer a few "conventional" items for the guests. For instance, we invited some friends over and grilled ribs and burgers for Memorial Day, so I bought buns to go with the burgers.

Of course, I have not been able to move to strictly grass-fed meat for myself, so obviously I don't spend the extra money on when people are coming over. 8)