How many people will a 117 oz can of baked beans serve?

For an adult it is fair to say that one 8 oz cup is needed if the beans are the

primary nutrition (and if serving with rice, should be mixed with an equal amount of rice ie.,.one 8oz cup )

based on the foregoing one 117 oz can will produce 14 meals of a 16 oz rice and bean serving

answer 14 meals per container

The can states a 4 oz serving is typical but this only provides 140 calories and probably assumes other sources of nutrition in addition to just beans

if using the cans definition of a serving the answer is 28 servings per 117 oz container but in a rice and bean scenario where this combination is the main course (or only course)one cup of beans to one cup of rice will provide 280 bean calories and 640 rice calories for a 920 calorie dinner

final answer ... it depends on what else you are serving

if nothing or with just rice, go with 14 per container

if you have other dishes go with 28

if mixing rice and beans go with an equal ratio of each