Pig Roast 2016
From Makers Local 256
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Income
- Random - $79
- Plates - $1,080.10
- Digital Currencies - $319.23
- Silent Auction - $253
- Business Sponsorship (Curse) - $500
- Total: $2231.33
Basic Event Information
All events related to pig roast day:
- All-Nighter Party : July 8th
- Pig Roast : July 9th
- LAN Party : July 10th
Flier Information
- Curse is sponsoring the pig roast again! YaaaaayYYYYY!!! --Omegix (talk) 17:16, 1 June 2016 (CDT)
- Name: Pig Roast
- Date: July 9, 2015 is proposed.
- Time: Event Starts at 12:00
- Location: Makers Local 256, 414 Stevens Ave
- Cost to Attend: $10 / person, or $15 for two people.
- LAN party @ 7pm
- Website: makerslocal.org
- Primary Flier
- Backup Flier: https://256.makerslocal.org/wiki/File:PigRoast2016BackupFlier.jpg , https://256.makerslocal.org/owncloud/index.php/s/tWLEEyDYY3t3BYM
Extra Information
- Food Prep Arrival time is TBD
- Logistics: Omegix
- Cooks: Preaux, Omegix, Norm, Kinsey, Michele
- 12pm - 2am: Omegix, Preaux, Michele
- 2am - 6am: Norm, Kinsey
- 6am on: Preaux, Omegix
Calendar
- July 9 2016, 12:00pm - 5:00pm: Pig Roast 2015
The Pig
- MWR Smoker - Jeff to reserve. They said we did not receive a discount, and that we didn't last year either. It's $90. Jeff has made the reservation as of 2016.05.06
- Need someone with a truck for picking up the Smoker and bringing it back. 2" ball, 4' of lights ~ Jeff to ask opticron
- Using Michele's farm connections.
- Pig Bill: $252 , does not include post processing.
- 2 pigs @ 180 lbs EACH
- 360 lbs @ $0.70 lb = $252
- Estimate loosing 50% of weight to processing
- Planning on cutting off the heads to make it fit, and slicing off anything keeping it from fitting and sticking them in the side smokers
- Kirk said he has farm connections if we want to utilize them for future pigs
Winchester, TN
Volunteers
Pre-Event Tasks
- Two Months Out
- Begin Scheduling NPR Event
- Solicit for Flier Design
- If blocking off the street, file for a permit with the city
- Setup Social Mediums
- Rent Smoker ($45 a day from MWR, Total cost of $90)
- One Month Out
- Hang up Fliers
- Solicit for Sides
- Two Weeks Out
- Call Trash pickup and schedule for the day before and after the pig roast. Do this two weeks in advance - Jeff to ask Phil
- $25 for the extra pickup
- Call Trash pickup and schedule for the day before and after the pig roast. Do this two weeks in advance - Jeff to ask Phil
- One Week Out
- Post Reminder messages on social mediums
Day-Before Tasks
- Noonish - Pickup Roaster around noon, have setup at the shop in time for 3pm. - Kinsey and Jeff
- Noonish - Jeff Makes Sure the following is at the shop.
- 3pm - place first load of fuel in the smoker to start getting it up to temp. - Scott
- 4pm - the pigs will arrive at the shop - Michele
- Upon Pig Arrival: - Scott, Jenn, Norm
- Fit check to make sure the pigs will both fit in the smoker without breaking them down.
- Prep pigs for the rack -
- Break down what is needed to fit.
- Oil Skin of pig and flip upside down on rack
- Clean fat from inside cavity
- Inject Marinade into meat
- Dry out cavity
- Season inside cavity (Salt, Pepper, Garlic, and binder (TBD))
- Tie down pig to rack
- Place temperature probes in pork (extra wireless or outside oven temp sensors needed)
- Place pigs in smoker
- Set timer for 15 min for the first 4 hours to monitor and predict smoker thermal loss
- 30 min timer for the remainder of time.
- 9pm - If we are making a lot of noise, this is what time the noise needs to die down as a courtesy to the neighbors
- Before 2am
- Setup Tents
- 2am - 6am: Skeleton Crew, at least Norm and Kinsey
- 6am - Scott and Jeff Return
- 6am - Jeff Arrives with Breakfast Sandwiches from Hardees
- 10am - Anyone else setting up
Day-Of Tasks
- Pig Servers:
- Scott
- Jeff to ask Gregabyte
- Money Takers (x2)
- Money Taker #1: Dmitri
- Headcount Tallier: Dmitri - Tally counter is in the money box
- Money Taker #2: Tyler
- Digital Currency and Credit Card Payments: Tyler
- Table Setup : Jeff
- Where to Place Food, setting out silverware, drink table, napkins, etc
- Event Cleanup Coordinator (Makes sure the cleanup tasks get taken care of before LAN Party Starts)
- Task to coordinate
- Dishes Cleaned
- Trash Gets into dumpster
- Tents Get Put Back
- Any stray objects around campfire are put away (multimeters, thermometers, pokers, anything left behind)
- Perishables get put in fridge
- Task to coordinate
- Set up donation bucket(s)/station(s): Benjamin
Day-After Tasks
- Sunday once-over
- Drink Machine Stocker (Make a Canned Drink Run and Fill Machine before event) - Jeff to ask Kinsey
- Gopher (Go-Fer-This, Go-Fer-That, person with car who can grab last minute things)
- Make sure Treasurer deducts cost-to-organization from funds raised.
- Extra trash pickups
- Police Fines
Week-After Tasks
- Send thank you notes to external contacts
- WLRH NPR
- Pig Contact
- Financial Sponsors
Other Necessary Items
- Nitrile gloves for serving pig
- Chairs (we cannot have enough chairs)
- plates
- cups
- bowls (need bowls)
- knives, spoons, forks
- Tents
- 10x10 tent donated by Katie Phillips
- Second tent (donated by Scott) has three screws in the outer zip up compartment. shove those in the holes where the spring loaded pegs used to be.
- Dmitriy's Two Tents
- Norm's Canopy
- Folding Tables
- Ice and cooler
- Jeff will bring 2x coolers
- Ice (As much as will fit in the cooler)
Foods
- Drinks
- 2-4 gallons of Piper&Leaf Tea - Bill F.
- Lemonade - Brianna
- Sodas
- Chris B.
- 4-5 2Liter Sodas - Ryen K.
- Tea -
- Three Water Cooler Bottles. - Chris B.
- With empty Return, Home Depot will charge about $20 for these.
- With empty return, Wal Mart charges $6.
- Cooler Full of Ice for Drinks -
- Buns (basic hamburger buns) (Need 80)
- 40 Buns ~ Jennifer P.
- 40 More Buns ~ Phil S.
- Chips, Dip
- 1 Bag of Ruffles ~ Jennifer P.
- 1 Sour Cream and Onion Dip ~ Jennifer P.
- Aporkalypse Dip ~ Greg B.
- 5 Bags Assorted Chips ~ Travis C.
- More dips
- Side dishes
- Chicken Dish ~ Ryen K.
- Potato Salad ~ Norm M.
- Cornbread Casserole ~ Michele C.
- Cole Slaw ~ Michele C.
- Baked Beans ~ Nik V.
- Hashbrown Casserole ~ TylerC/KirstinD
- Mac and Cheese (1 large pan) ~ Michael P.
- Green Beans ~ Jeff C.'s Parents
- Desserts
- Cookies ~ TylerC/KirstinD
- Pudding ~ Elizabeth W.
- Cake ~ Ryen K.
- Ice Cream ~ Norm making on site
- Heavy whipping cream 4 quarts ~ LJ S.
- Milk 1 gallon ~ LJ S.
- Lemon 1 whole ~ LJ S.
- ice, we will need ice - Norm checking to see if we can get unlimited free ice
- A green salad
Projects
Completed Advertisements
- Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/815389051926207/
- Announcement email sent to general-announce list
- Huntsville Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/HuntsvilleAlabama/comments/4kx60e/nerds_roasting_pigs_july_9th_at_noon/
- Next Door: https://nextdoor.com/events/al/huntsville/5-points-pig-roast-695243?i=dhgretvqagkbxwvaewky&utm_campaign=events&utm_source=link&utm_medium=u-web
- NPR \ WLRH PSA: https://256.makerslocal.org/2016/06/09/pig-roast-saturday-july-9th-noon-lan-arty-7pm/
To-Be Advertised
- Google Plus Event Page:
- Valley Planet article: info@valleyplanet.com with the Who/What/When/Where/Why/Contact for both Pig Roast and LAN Party.
- Our Valley Events:
- OVE Now charges $50 for non-profits that want to include an image in their online advertisement.
- Reddit:
- Flier:
- Bandito
- Digium
- Update email sent to general list (3 weeks out)
Bonus Fame
- Event reposted by Geek Out Huntsville: https://www.facebook.com/makerslocal256/notifications/?section=activity_feed&subsection=mention&target_story=S%3A_I137706346268157%3A1084552068250242
Not Yet Advertised To
Other Post-event Thoughts
- Straight to Ale has a program for donating beer (kegs or cans) to non-profits for events. They require at least 60 days notice and is something we should look into for Pig Roast 2017.
- The silent auction was a huge success and we's to do it next time as well.