UL Lafayette student military members, veterans to ‘smoke out’ Food Network’s “BBQ USA” TV show

By Myra Miller on Friday, July 28, 2023
  • The Food Network’s “BBQ USA” TV show will feature UL Lafayette’s Office of Veteran and Military Student Services’ signature fundraising event – Operation Smoke Sheaux. The barbecue contest will air during several upcoming episodes of “Battle on the Bayou.” Episodes will be broadcast on Monday, Aug. 7; Tuesday, Aug. 8; Monday, Aug. 14; and Saturday, Aug. 26. (Photo credit by Doug Dugas/University of Louisiana at Lafayette)
    The Food Network’s “BBQ USA” TV show will feature UL Lafayette’s Office of Veteran and Military Student Services’ signature fundraising event – Operation Smoke Sheaux. The barbecue contest will air during several upcoming episodes of “Battle on the Bayou.” Episodes will be broadcast on Monday, Aug. 7; Tuesday, Aug. 8; Monday, Aug. 14; and Saturday, Aug. 26. (Photo credit by Doug Dugas/University of Louisiana at Lafayette)

    For a competition that literally goes up in smoke every year, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s Office of Veteran and Military Student Services’ signature fundraising event has proven an overwhelming success. The Food Network TV show “BBQ USA” agrees. It will feature Operation Smoke Sheaux, a barbecue cook-off that supports UL Lafayette’s members of the military, veterans and their depen…