Operation BBQ Relief is deploying to California.

[LYU370]

Operation BBQ Relief is deploying to California to feed the victims and first responders affected by the wild fires. Since it will take several days to move equipment from the Kansas City or Memphis areas to the areas needed, we could sure use help gathering the following:

- a couple travel trailers or RVs
- box truck
- 2 buffalo choppers
- 2 meat slicers
- 2 tilt skillets

If you have any of these items and are willing to let OBR borrow them for a week or two, please email info@operationbbqrelief.org.

Donations and volunteers are needed. Please see below for an easy way to do both or download the OBR Volunteer app from iTunes or Google Play.

 

[ClaytonSmoke]

I will see you in Napa Sunday. I indicated availability for PM on the 15th, but realized I could do all day and can't change it in the app.

 

[R2Egg2Q]

I just signed up for shifts on Fri PM and Sun AM.

 

[SirPorkaLot]

Headed to Santa Rosa in the morning to volunteer with OBR.

They have a mess up there.

 

[toys4dlr]

If anyone is heading through AZ to Cali. you are welcome to use my buffalo chopper.

 

[LYU370]

If anyone is heading through AZ to Cali. you are welcome to use my buffalo chopper.

Thanks brother! I let Stan & Will know. :thumb:

 

[tom b]

wish i was a bit closer

 

[toys4dlr]

Thanks brother! I let Stan & Will know. :thumb:

No problem, just let me know. I have friends that live and work in Sonoma, the community turned upside down right now.

 

[Sauce Dog]

Looking to head to NorCal early to mid week with our pig cooker and/or meadow creek smoker. Should be able to feed 300-400 people per cook, and we have other catering/vending gear we can bring along. We'd love to help out for a couple days, looking for the fastest way to reach someone for logistics. We're vending a large event near LA this weekend, and will try to get some fundraising at event until we head north. We'll email also above link. Hopefully it's ok to leave my email address here to be reached wes@smokymutts.com. We'll be busy at event tomorrow, but we'll keep the phone nearby.
Cheers

 

[LYU370]

Go to the OBR site and register as a volunteer. OBR always advises people to not self deploy.

https://operationbbqrelief.org/apis/volunteer/home/registration

You can also email the volunteer coordinator for more info at volunteer@operationbbqrelief.org

 

[Sauce Dog]

Thanks Andy. Talking to a couple groups up there, hopefully can join forces with you guys. Cheryl said I'd hear from coordinator today. Working an event with spotty coverage but can be reached by phone or email. Will look at registration tonight...cheers

 

[R2Egg2Q]

Sharing some pics from my Fri and Sun shifts at the Napa site:

Friday:

Cooksite consisted mostly of two Ole Hickory Pits, two trailers full of Meadow Creek cookers, and a couple of FECs:

Some lunches being packed inside:

A couple of deliveries heading out:

Air quality was really lousy so most had masks on while outside:

Sunday:
I arrived a little before 7 AM this morning at the Napa site.* All was quiet out at the smokers and grills:

I went inside to check-in and helped out with some prep work in the kitchen. Made the mistake of getting too close to the dishwasher and got stuck there for awhile.

Outside the crew of volunteers was busy slicing pork loins:

And a bunch of sandwich prep was going on inside:

I saw my chance to escape the dishwasher and got outside and joined the crew at the grills:

Woodhouse BBQ fired up the biggest Backwoods I've seen in person:

National guard stopped by to pickup some meals

Things then got really busy with lots of chicken, followed by bacon wrapped hot dogs, regular hot dogs, brats, and pork loins:

My 7 hour shift turned into a 10 hour shift. I'm beat and lost a little hair on my arms :heh: but had a blast spending time with some competition BBQ guys/gals I hadn't seen in a couple of years.