Starting in the wee hours of the morning on Saturday, Oct. 26, award-winning pitmasters Tyler Blanton, right, and Dennis Jones, left, will fill their smokers with pork butts for a barbecue dinner fundraiser at Overseas Pub and Grill. Dinners for $20 include smoked baked beans and potato salad starting at 1 p.m., with all proceeds going to benefit victims of hurricanes Helene and Milton. Monetary donations will be accepted throughout the event by bar manager Andy Sharf, center. Raffle tickets for a golf cart, valued at $6,500, and an “Ultimate BBQ Package” including a Blackstone griddle and air fryer and Traeger Timberline pellet grill, valued at $4,600, are on sale now for $50 per ticket. A maximum of 300 tickets will be sold for each raffle, with all proceeds to benefit hurricane victims until final drawings on Nov. 15 (BBQ) and 29 (golf cart). 

Photo by ALEX RICKERT/Keys Weekly

Alex Rickert
Alex Rickert made the perfectly natural career progression from dolphin trainer to newspaper editor in 2021 after freelancing for Keys Weekly while working full time at Dolphin Research Center. A resident of Marathon since 2015, he fell in love with the Florida Keys community by helping multiple organizations and friends rebuild in the wake of Hurricane Irma. An avid runner, actor, and spearfisherman, he spends as much of his time outside of work on or under the sea having civil disagreements with sharks.