So I made a thrall feed pot for the first time in years. I know they do not need to eat anymore, but they can eat for buffs. However, from the feed pot, they eat like pigs! I loaded 5k gruel in the pot last night and today almost half is gone - less than 24 hours later. I have about 20 thralls in range of the feed pot.
Is this expected behavior? Am I better off giving each thrall their own stack of gruel?
So I gave them all some gruel in inventory and they each eat about 2-3 an hour. Way better than the pot. To further test, I added cooked pork to the pot when the storm started and they all started eating pork for the 25% strength buff. It was awesome.