Founders Coin Recipient – Dewayne Daniel
Dewayne Daniel is true Southern Gentleman with a heart as big as the moon. He has been to multiple deployments and tirelessly works while keeping spirits high. He often can be seen rolling trucks, trailers, and equipment across the country for OBR. Most of the time it...
Founders Coin Recipient – John Wheeler
John Wheeler, Operation BBQ Relief’s 2014 Rod Cramer Volunteer of the Year "It’s an honor to even be considered for volunteer of the year. It wouldn’t have been possible without the help of my family, friends and team members. Thanks to OBR for letting us be a part of...
Chetek, Wisconsin (Tornado) / 1,000 Meals Over 1 Day
On May 16, 2017, a single EF3 tornado tore through 83 miles of northwest Wisconsin from southeast Polk County to southwest Price County. Chetek, a community in Barron County, was hit the hardest. Operation BBQ Relief volunteers provided compassion, hope, and...
Bryan Roppolo
I was asked about being a State Lead while at a SCA Steak cook off In Kansas , after giving it some thought I decided to take the offer. Then in March of 2016 is when I really got involved , That was the Floods of year ( at the time ) in the State of Louisiana, ...
Will Cleaver
I went to school in southeast KS at Pitt State University in Pittsburg, KS (about 30 minutes from Joplin). On the night of the tornado my wife and I were listening to a police scanner hoping it wasn't as bad as it sounded on the scanner. We had a lot of memories...
Roger Dietrich
Tornadoes came thru Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio. This was in the infancy of OBR and at the time I was not part of it. I decided to set up in Moscow, Ohio which was pretty much destroyed by the Tornadoes. Not knowing what I was getting into I fell back on my knowledge...