Collard greens
Collard greens for 12: 4 pounds braised with smoked ham hocks, made a day ahead and reheated at the lot, with a jar of homemade pepper vinegar on the side.
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Cola baked beans
Cola baked beans for 12: bacon, onion and a cola-brown sugar syrup over canned baked beans, mixed at home in a foil pan and baked on the grill at the lot.
Cherry pie bars
Cherry pie bars for 30: a lemon-vanilla batter baked around cherry pie filling in one sheet pan, dusted with powdered sugar. Make them 2 days ahead.
Chocolate chip cookie bars
Chocolate chip cookie bars for a crowd: 24 from one 9 × 13 pan. Bake and cut at home, carry them in the pan and skip the cooler. About 3 hours total.
Muddy buddies
Muddy buddies for 12: rice cereal in chocolate, peanut butter and powdered sugar. No oven, no cooler. About 30 minutes at home, keeps up to 1 week.