 Volunteer shoppers across the country, including Farm Bureau members and others, collected data from stores in every state and Puerto Rico. According to our volunteer shoppers, the average cost of a summer cookout meal for 10 people is $71.22, or about $7.12 a person. This is a record high price for our survey, which we've been conducting since 2013. This is 5% higher than last year and 30% higher than just five years ago.