Official Pretty Good Barbecue - Call for help

Ok, it's now official.



May 17-18, 2008, will be the first annual barbecue at my church in Dayton, Ohio.

A pretty good barbecue will start Saturday around noon, with cooking going on all night. There will be a kitchen, restrooms, water from inside the building, etc. available. Electrical can be arranged for outside, even if it means renting a generator.

I know some of you have already said you want to participate... Please PM with me with your official 'yes, I'll be there cooking'.

Here's what I know so far:

Security: This is in a not-nice part of a not-nice city. I'll be very upfront on saying that I know of at least a couple of people that will be armed at all times. Added to that, a Dayton police officer will likely be parked there during the night time hours, and men from our men's ministry will be camping out with us to add more of a presence.

Some money is being donated, but I'm asking that all cooks be prepared to bring with them at least 5 Boston butts and/or briskets, along with any sauces/rubs used. Buns will be provided, and chips, etc., will be available, as will paper plates and napkins. Softdrinks will also be provided.

I'm going to cook dinner Saturday and breakfast Sunday for everyone. Bring along whatever you want to drink, though I do ask that no alcohol be brought for this, since it will be on church property. We're not teatotallers, but we have a large alcoholic recovery program, and empties around the grounds would be a bad thing.

If there's something I haven't answered, ask it here so others can also see the question.

Bill, it's going to be the congregation and the surrounding neighborhood. The church will blanket the area with flyers beforehand.

We do something similar with burgers and dogs throughout the summer; we just go to a neighborhood, advertise for a couple of weeks that we'll be there, come in, cook food, give away pop and water, have clowns there, face painting, stuff like that, and that's about it. No strings, no preaching at anyone. We don't hide that we're a church doing it, but we don't require a bible study to get a burger. Same goes for this event... Show up, and you'll get the best barbecue in town... Want to pay for it? Sorry, but you can't; we don't take pay for the food, or donations... It's really free.

I thought I'd already replied, but I don't see it now... HM, come on down... for extra space, there will be a couple of good sized smokers there with extra room.

Roger, I remembered about your niece's wedding... gotta do the family thing.

Slight change in approach...

I think we're going to cook at our Beavercreek location, then take everything to the Dayton campus to serve on Sunday.

The reasons for this:

1. Safety. The Beavercreek location is in a much better area.
2. Facilities. The Beaverceek location has a lot more room for us to spread out on grass and not be in anyone's way.
3. Location. The Beavercreek campus is just off the interstate and easy to get to. The Dayton Campus is tougher to get all the rigs to, so we'll just take tables over there to use to serve or something like that.

Ed, the base is within a few miles. the AF Museum is about 10 minutes away from the Beavercreek location, and maybe 15 from the Dayton campus.

Ok, I'm bringing this up again... I have about 9 groups willing to come, some confirmed, some maybe.

It's going to be at the North Main site of the Dayton Vineyard. We'll have access to a kitchen for water/washing. I'm checking into electricity; let me know if you need it and how much.

We'll also have 2 off duty cops there, with cars, as a deterrent. The worst problem is going to be people asking us for stuff all night long.

Here's the unofficial agenda for the weekend:

Saturday, May 17

noon - People start showing up

5:00 pm - Barbecue class for people from the men's ministry... If you're coming and have rub/sauce to give out, these guys are going to stay with us overnight and help out serving. This time will also include a rib trimming demo for those looking for that.

7:00 ish - Dinner of pitbeef sandwiches

Cooking whenever appropriate to be done by 11:30 is the next morning.

Sunday, May 18
8:00 am - Breakfast of fatties/armadillo eggs

10:00 meat off the smokers to rest

11:30-noon start serving

2:00 - clean up

Here's a link to info and directions to the site:
http://www.daytonvineyard.com/index.php?cat_id=31&page_id=167

More to come...


Anyone reading this in other areas of the country... Let me know if you'd be interested in doing this locally......

Ok... Things are lining up to work out for us...

We've got locals, others from Ohio, people from Michigan and Wisconsin coming. I'm really looking forward to the 17th and 18th of May!

Keep in mind this is Saturday/Sunday, not Friday/Saturday... not mentioning anyone that can't check the calendar!

Another Brethren has asked about sending money. I don't like to ask for money, but I've realized that may be a way others that can't make it could help out. If you're interested in giving a charitable donation (comes off taxes), send me a PM. I'm not asking, but if you want to get involved and that's the only way you can, I'm trying to at least open up that as a way to do so.

Divemaster said:

Curt,

You know that I’m coming (hope that won’t scare off anybody)… Just a couple of questions…

Are you still looking for us to bring down meat or are you getting it locally? It’s not a problem either way since I’ve got a ton of both butt’s and briskets in the freezer…

Do you still want us to bring down extra rubs and sauces for the volunteers or just enough for what we are cooking?

Are there any tools/supplies that you feel that I should bring (tongs, mops, pans, foil, ect)? I feel kind of lost since I’m not bringing my smoker down and I’ll be ‘borrowing’ space on one…

I’m planning on just bringing down a comfortable chair and a sleeping bag; do you need me to also bring my canopy?

I’m sure that there are other questions that’ll come up…

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We'll get all the meat locally, then split up the left over cost among the cooks. Bring whatever tools you like to cook with, along with rubs and sauce for several pork butts and briskets.

Plenty of extra smoker room; no worries there. We also have about 8 canopies, so we're good that way, too. If you want a tent, etc., bring that, along with chairs and if you want anything special to drink.