Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers today. Sounds like some bad weather is moving through the region. Would love to hear from our forum members, that they and thier family members are safe.
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Grew up out there and we followed it thru Moore.,OK just a few yrs ago when it did this.. Grew up right near Shawnee that we watched this morning.Don't want to bother Smokin'Okie,but he's got kinfolks and a world of friends where we are watching.They take good precautions,but...
Sittin' down here where it is nice and peaceful ,until hurricanes and tornadoes start around the first of June.
Does tend to bring a lot of folks together in your thoughts tonight.
Sittin' down here where it is nice and peaceful ,until hurricanes and tornadoes start around the first of June.
Does tend to bring a lot of folks together in your thoughts tonight.
They all will be in our thoughts and if any local cooks might want to give a helping hand, here is a little info on how that can come about........
***UPDATE*** Operation BBQ Relief will be deploying to Moore, OK tomorrow. Many of you have expressed interest in deploying. Please register at http://operationbbqrelief.org/contact/registration if you have not already done so. Please watch for more information including our location. We will post that once it is been determined. Please also do us a favor and share this post as we will need donations to help sustain the deployement. You can donate at www.operationbbqrelief.org/donate Thank you and continue to pray for those affected!
***UPDATE*** Operation BBQ Relief will be deploying to Moore, OK tomorrow. Many of you have expressed interest in deploying. Please register at http://operationbbqrelief.org/contact/registration if you have not already done so. Please watch for more information including our location. We will post that once it is been determined. Please also do us a favor and share this post as we will need donations to help sustain the deployement. You can donate at www.operationbbqrelief.org/donate Thank you and continue to pray for those affected!
Yup,
We'll be involved, putting my 500 into action and like we did for Camp Gruber, I've got calls out for donations.
We'll be involved, putting my 500 into action and like we did for Camp Gruber, I've got calls out for donations.
My prayers and condolences to all who felt the wrath of this horrible weather event. Wish I was there to lend a hand. Donation will be forthcoming tomorrow.
Good luck Russ.
Good luck Russ.
Cal, you beat me to it. Russ, I'm sure they'll be happy to have your help and the capacity of your FEC500. Give Stan Hayes a call at 816-876-9019
For everyone else, 100% of your tax deductible donation goes towards disaster operations. http://operationbbqrelief.org/donate
Check their Facebook page for the latest updates.
For everyone else, 100% of your tax deductible donation goes towards disaster operations. http://operationbbqrelief.org/donate
Check their Facebook page for the latest updates.
Thanks for the information fellows. Donation made at the site through PayPal.
God bless and be with our friends in OK.
God bless and be with our friends in OK.
Thanks for the info on donating. I just sent mine to help.
Glad to hear Smokin wasnt in tne middle of all the distruction.
Jer
Glad to hear Smokin wasnt in tne middle of all the distruction.
Jer
I sent my donation
Like Mother Theresa said ,if you can't feed 100 pe0ple, feed just one.
Like Mother Theresa said ,if you can't feed 100 pe0ple, feed just one.
Posted the link on my Facebook and donated.
Russ- Glad you are okay. Please send along our thoughts and prayers from out west to our fellow countrymen.
Russ- Glad you are okay. Please send along our thoughts and prayers from out west to our fellow countrymen.
Also, if you're in the area and wish to volunteer, you can sign up at http://operationbbqrelief.org/contact/registration
Latest I heard is that OBR Volunteers are on their way from KC & Dallas. Cookshack is also sending one of their FEC500's and pellets to Moore.
Latest I heard is that OBR Volunteers are on their way from KC & Dallas. Cookshack is also sending one of their FEC500's and pellets to Moore.
quote:Originally posted by Padrefan98:
Posted the link on my Facebook and donated.
Please...anyone with a Facebook page....please share the link.
Added to my facebook pages, and will be adding to my restaurant website permanently as well. A great cause worthy of support ! Donated as well.
Posted link to my Facebook Page
Thanks Cookshack! You guys ROCK!
From Cookshacks Facebook page:
We loaded down Jeff's truck with as much as we could find and sent him on his way to Moore with the FEC500 and trailer. He is meeting up with Operation BBQ Relief. Keep up the great work everyone!
From Cookshacks Facebook page:
We loaded down Jeff's truck with as much as we could find and sent him on his way to Moore with the FEC500 and trailer. He is meeting up with Operation BBQ Relief. Keep up the great work everyone!
Thanks for your help Russ!
A tweet from Smokin' Okie:
Setting up in Moore OK at the Baptist Church.
A tweet from Smokin' Okie:
Setting up in Moore OK at the Baptist Church.
More from Russ, look at that line of FEC's.
Cool!...a FEC500 will cook around 500lbs of pork butt per load, there is some serious cooking about to happen there.
A little something from OBR......
The outpouring of support has been tremendous! So good in fact, that our website is having trouble keeping up. We normally receive between 2,000 and 4,000 hits per day. Yesterday we had almost 500,000 hits and today we're already approaching a million hits. We're working with our hosting provider to see what we can do to speed things up.
In the mean time until we get things smoothed out, you can donate by clicking on the Donate button at the top of our Facebook page. And to volunteer, you can email us at disaster@OperationBBQRelief.org
The outpouring of support has been tremendous! So good in fact, that our website is having trouble keeping up. We normally receive between 2,000 and 4,000 hits per day. Yesterday we had almost 500,000 hits and today we're already approaching a million hits. We're working with our hosting provider to see what we can do to speed things up.
In the mean time until we get things smoothed out, you can donate by clicking on the Donate button at the top of our Facebook page. And to volunteer, you can email us at disaster@OperationBBQRelief.org
quote:Originally posted by cal:
Cool!...a FEC500 will cook around 500lbs of pork butt per load, there is some serious cooking about to happen there.
They have a lot of capacity on this deployment. They are thinking that this might be their biggest deployment to date. Even bigger than Joplin in 2011 when they cooked close to 120,000 meals in 11 days. In addition to the three FEC500's, there are four big Ole Hickory pits on site. Right now, they have the capacity to feed over 5,000 meals at a time. Another BBQ team is on the way from Alabama, another team with an FEC750 is coming on Friday and I believe The Shedd BBQ & Blues Joint is coming up from Mississippi as well. No word yet if Cousin Ed is coming up from Tennessee with Hogzilla, an ENORMOUS Ole Hickory pit.
This is the BBQ community at it's finest! All volunteers, no one is getting payed anything, yet they put their lives on hold to help their fellow man. I LOVE BBQ PEOPLE!!!
More from Smokin' Okie:
Outside the Baptist Church.
Outside the Baptist Church.
Donation made. Thinking of all involved.
Some more info on what's happening on the ground... Today.com news
Most folks that know us,know we would rather eat dirt than do the "grunt work" for large vending operations,but we would sure be proud and welcome the opportunity to be helping out on this one.Especially fellow Okies! 
What Tom said!
I'll do a longer story later, but Will, Stan, Jon and all the BBQ Relief team are AMAZING. BBQ'ers are the best. We moved locations, Stuart and his RV are coming down tonight. Maybe I can upload some photos tomorrow.
Andy, thanks for posting the photos, that's easier to just post directly to FB but I'll bring them over here.
We now have our own "compound" and they loaded down the smokers last night. Haven't heard a meal count yet for today, but every day it's in the 1,000's.
Andy, thanks for posting the photos, that's easier to just post directly to FB but I'll bring them over here.
We now have our own "compound" and they loaded down the smokers last night. Haven't heard a meal count yet for today, but every day it's in the 1,000's.
quote:Originally posted by SmokinOkie:
I'll do a longer story later, but Will, Stan, Jon and all the BBQ Relief team are AMAZING. BBQ'ers are the best. We moved locations, Stuart and his RV are coming down tonight. Maybe I can upload some photos tomorrow.
Andy, thanks for posting the photos, that's easier to just post directly to FB but I'll bring them over here.
We now have our own "compound" and they loaded down the smokers last night. Haven't heard a meal count yet for today, but every day it's in the 1,000's.
Glad to hear all is working out Smokin', I seen on Trucky's facebook, he'll be down there shortly to lend a hand.
Now as far as those other folks....Stan and Jeff live just up the road a ways from me, good country folks. Will and Jon are city slickers though, but you would never tell that out on the BBQ trail. Will has a tribe of young girls that cook kids Q, always a treat to see.
Keep up the good work!!!
http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2013/...-relief/?hpt=hp_bn11
nice article about operation bbq in ok
awesome job being done by great people!
nice article about operation bbq in ok
awesome job being done by great people!
Thanks for your post Qburgh.
Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone from Moore, OK
And my God bless the small army of volunteers who have suited up and shone up to help in any way they can. You restore my hope for humanity
Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone from Moore, OK
And my God bless the small army of volunteers who have suited up and shone up to help in any way they can. You restore my hope for humanity
Feeding the masses in Moore OK. 1000lbs. of beef shoulder clod being loaded into the smokers...
Even Big Poppa Smokers sent out his rig all the way from California! Another good place, with some good rubs, sauces & accessories.
Even Big Poppa Smokers sent out his rig all the way from California! Another good place, with some good rubs, sauces & accessories.
Operation BBQ Relief Update:
First of all, thank you for all your donations! The meal counts were reevaluated and we found an error... Operation BBQ Relief has cooked and served 95,000 meals since the operation deployed to Moore Oklahoma! We believe this number to increase significantly as we have been asked to setup an area and serve inside the affected area to be even closer to those affected and those helping. We have been working with the Mayor to make sure we can get as many meals as possible to those affected. The following list has been updated to include Sauce, Rub and Drum Liners. Your donations are more important than ever! Please help as you can.
We need:
Protein: Chicken, Beef Pork
Clamshells (Divided are preferred)
Cultery Packs
Individually wrapped chips
Individually wrapped desserts
Buns/Bread
10# cans of vegetables/beans
Fresh Fruit
Fruit Cups
Large and small foil pans and lids
Paper Towels
18" Heavy Duty Foil
Bleach
Sanitizing Wipes
Nitrile Gloves
Cases of Water/Drinks
Drum Liners
BBQ Rub/spices
BBQ Sauce
Please let us know if you are able to donate items. You can message us, and we can coordinate how to get these items on site. If you work for a company that might be willing to provide a bulk donation of any of these items, we would really appreciate it, please message us and let us know. Please share and like this post so that we get as much visibility as possible for this need.
Another option is for you to provide monetary donations. All donations are going directly to supplies and food for the Moore operation. Please donate at our website.
Please note that volunteer communication will be coming out to everyone who has registered on our website for Region VI. Please keep an eye on your email.
Operation BBQ Relief could not do what we do without the generous donations from our supporters. Thank you for supporting Operation BBQ Relief!
First of all, thank you for all your donations! The meal counts were reevaluated and we found an error... Operation BBQ Relief has cooked and served 95,000 meals since the operation deployed to Moore Oklahoma! We believe this number to increase significantly as we have been asked to setup an area and serve inside the affected area to be even closer to those affected and those helping. We have been working with the Mayor to make sure we can get as many meals as possible to those affected. The following list has been updated to include Sauce, Rub and Drum Liners. Your donations are more important than ever! Please help as you can.
We need:
Protein: Chicken, Beef Pork
Clamshells (Divided are preferred)
Cultery Packs
Individually wrapped chips
Individually wrapped desserts
Buns/Bread
10# cans of vegetables/beans
Fresh Fruit
Fruit Cups
Large and small foil pans and lids
Paper Towels
18" Heavy Duty Foil
Bleach
Sanitizing Wipes
Nitrile Gloves
Cases of Water/Drinks
Drum Liners
BBQ Rub/spices
BBQ Sauce
Please let us know if you are able to donate items. You can message us, and we can coordinate how to get these items on site. If you work for a company that might be willing to provide a bulk donation of any of these items, we would really appreciate it, please message us and let us know. Please share and like this post so that we get as much visibility as possible for this need.
Another option is for you to provide monetary donations. All donations are going directly to supplies and food for the Moore operation. Please donate at our website.
Please note that volunteer communication will be coming out to everyone who has registered on our website for Region VI. Please keep an eye on your email.
Operation BBQ Relief could not do what we do without the generous donations from our supporters. Thank you for supporting Operation BBQ Relief!
We joined the OBR mission on Thursday and returned home on Monday. When OBR heard that I was coming down from Omaha they asked me to pick up some meat in
Omaha that had been donated by Strube. The meat ended up being 2,600 lbs. of wagyu burger patties and 700 lbs. of wagyu beef franks. This was in addition to the 700 lbs. that I had already purchased through donations.
This was our first experience with OBR and boy was it a good one! The organizers and volunteers with OBR did a fantastic job of getting meals out to the affected residents and responders. I will certainly be a part of future OBR relief efforts. Great job OBR!
Omaha that had been donated by Strube. The meat ended up being 2,600 lbs. of wagyu burger patties and 700 lbs. of wagyu beef franks. This was in addition to the 700 lbs. that I had already purchased through donations.
This was our first experience with OBR and boy was it a good one! The organizers and volunteers with OBR did a fantastic job of getting meals out to the affected residents and responders. I will certainly be a part of future OBR relief efforts. Great job OBR!
Russ, I heard you were back home from Moore. I hope that you and Mrs. Smokin' are OK and have weathered tonight's storms in OKC.
Well, I spent a lot the first few days, but so many volunteers showed up, I figured they could handle it.
My little 500 ran for about 12 days straight, no idea how much was cooked on it, but they served over 140,000+ meals.
Round two of storms was Friday. Got hail damage on the car. Had 12" of rain.
We're still drying out...
My little 500 ran for about 12 days straight, no idea how much was cooked on it, but they served over 140,000+ meals.
Round two of storms was Friday. Got hail damage on the car. Had 12" of rain.
We're still drying out...