West Plains, Missouri (Flood) / 13,300 Meals Over 10 Days
Between April 28 and 30, 2017, rainfall caused extensive flooding in West Plains and the surrounding areas. Because of the flooding, the entire city of West Plains lost power and experienced devastating damage. The restaurant Bootleggers BBQ allowed Operation BBQ...
Paterson, New Jersey
Operation BBQ Relief volunteers gathered at Eva's Village for a memorable Easter Sunday Day of Giving. They did a terrific job preparing and serving a delicious meal to residents of the facility.
Mobile Application Launch
Operation BBQ Relief on your Phone or Tablet Over the past few deployments and fundraising and awareness events, you have seen multiple ways we've asked you to register. We've streamlined the process with our Volunteer Application. The App is compliant with IOS...
Goodman, Missouri (Tornado) / 1557 Meals Over 4 Days
An EF2 tornado hit Goodman on the evening of April 4, 2017. With winds around 120 miles per hour, the storm knocked out power and damaged the school, fire station, and many homes and businesses. Operation BBQ Relief volunteers arrived when the local authorities...
Did You Know? Statistics
Since May 2011, Operation BBQ Relief volunteers have been deployed for 220 days, to 40 disasters in 22 states and have served 1,200,474 hot BBQ meals to those in need. To serve almost 1.2 million meals it takes approximately: 515,000 pounds of raw pork 65,000 number...
Hutchinson & Reno County, Kansas (Fire) / 1,850 Meals Over 3 Days
On March 8, 2017, Reno County and the surrounding communities experienced intense wildfires. The fires are estimated to have burned over 5,400 acres of residential property and a golf course. 10 homes were destroyed and two people were injured, and many more were...