Operation BBQ Relief in Louisiana PRON heavy

The wife and I signed up to help out and got called out for Monday. They had several large groups volunteered for the weekend and didn't need any more help. Luckily the wife was off and I was able to take off so we arrived in Hammond at 7am. We helped chop and pack up over 6000lbs of pork butt and a ton of green beans. There was also pork loin, corn and a little chicken and around 30,000 meals were produced that day. They also hit a milestone that day. The previous deployment with the most meals produced was 141,000 meals in 14 days. On Monday morning, they hit 144,000 meals in 7 days. By the end of the day they had hit 156,000 meals in 7 days. Through Tuesday, they were at 183,000 meals in 8 days and were planning on staying at least through Thursday.

They are still in need of donations (every $1 can produce 1 meal). You can donate by sending a text message "DonateOBR" to 41444. This will not bill through your phone. It will send back a link to their donation page where you can select a payment type.

We met volunteers from Famous Daves (Nashville, TN), Bub-Ba-Q (Atlanta, GA), The Shed (Ocean Springs, MS), KCBS, and many more in addition to the Operation BBQ "staff". My wife even managed to get the secret to the Mac and cheese from The Shed. It's amazing how this organized chaos can produce this quantity and quality (yes I sampled it all) of meals.

PatAttack said:

Thank you to all the volunteers and donors!!

Let's have the secret to that Shed Mac n' Cheese!!!:becky:

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They melt some butter, just enough to help melt sharp cheddar cheese. Then, for their secret, they add white queso instead of milk or cream to make it real creamy. They season with Tony Chacherie's seasoning.