Church fund raising....(thinking out loud).......

Gene

Quite a few chuches (especially in the deep south) have brick BBQ pits in their yard which they sometimes use for fund raising on weekends by cooking chicken/shulders/pulled pork. For churches that don't have such a pit, I wonder what the possibility/feasability of doing such a fund raiser using several BGE's (maybe by local eggers)??? Have any of you guys done this??? What did/would you prepare on the BGE?? Ideas/thoughts?? Seems like a lot of fun and a good way to help your local church.......

BabyBoomBBQ

gene,[p]You can get 3 or 4 butts on a large. That makes a bunch of sandwiches and is what I'd do if I only had one egg for the project. Heck, make the PP ahead, serve it in a Nesco buffett server and use the egg for burgers, dogs and/or chicken.

RhumAndJerk

gene,
Here is a method that I have used to cook both whole hawgs and half chickens. I found that I did not need to make the pit as big as they did. Two Block wide by three blocks long was plenty for a 100 pound hog or a case of chickens.[p]I would skip bringing you egg to cook large amounts of food for fund raiser type events, simply because it is a bigger job than you can do yourself so you need help. It would be a bad thing is some well intentioned volunteer ruined your egg trying to help you. Cinderblocks are cheap and really do the trick. I acquired grates because one of the fathers in the group that I was cooking for worked for a major chain hardware store and to make a long story short the industrial steel shelving when relieved of its coating holds a lot of weight. It is also something that they often have plenty of extra lying around and may just give it too you if you tell them that it is for church. You could even have the pastor even ask on a Sunday and see what shows up. At this point, the grates that I have are well seasoned and I would not trade them for egg.[p]I think that WiseOne has fired up his eggs for church events and can speak to the amount of work that you can easily get into.[p]The last thing to remember is that it takes far less lump charcoal that you would think keep the pit a cooking temperature. Cardboard holds a lot of heat and TV boxes seem to do the best. We would monitor the temp inn the pit by inserting a theremapen into small holes in the cardboard.[p]Hope this helps,
RhumAndJerk[p]
[ul][li]Doss Hawg Whole Hawg Cook[/ul]

Eggecutioner

gene,[p]I did 7, 8 pound butts at a time for my church function.[p][p][p]

Gene

gene,
Thanks for the ideas, guys!!

egret

gene,
Brilliant!! There's no limit to the number of new ideas a man can come up with when he's trying to think of a way to talk his wife into a BGE!! ROTFL.....
John

Gene

egret,
I hear you...eheh.....get some irresistable goodies ready Saturday and do a sell job on her for me...hint hint!!

egret

gene,
If you'll bring her by, I'll see to it that she'll be unduly impressed! It would be very helpful if you can give me as narrow a time frame as possible because, as you know, some of these things take a little while to cook........

Gene

egret,
John.....we're actually going to be camping in the local area with our RV but will have our purple Honda civic with us. I'm going to try to be there between 1 and 2PM....

61chev

I'm wondering if you were going to use the egg for a fund raiser for the church if it would be deductible on income tax h'mmmmm

egret

gene,
I'll have 'er ready..........

Unknown

Eggecutioner,[p]Holy Moses! Your church was eating well! How long did that take to cook?
Tom

Eggecutioner

chixwing,[p]It took about 20 hours for the first batch. Then I tossed the drip pan, added some more lump, reassembled the egg with a new drip pan and let it rip for another 20 hours.[p]Yes they touched, yes air flow was an issue, yes some got too much direct heat. However it was still really, really good. Plus, it was alot easier than roasting a hog that got turned into pulled pork early in the morning before anybody got to see it.[p]I tried to get 10 (a whole case) in the egg, 3 too many. So I learned you can do 7 at a time.[p]
[p]This is what it looked like after the first batch (7 butts).[p]