Heads up: Bacon Rouge cookout coming next month

The annual Hogs for the Cause cook-off is coming soon to New Orleans. Baton Rouge’s participating team, Bacon Rouge, will show its skills in early March as part of a preview and benefit cookout event. The team is inviting guests to Iverstine Family Farms (2973 Newman Rd. in Kentwood) for a cookout to benefit families with children suffering from pediatric brain cancer Sunday, March 9, at 2 p.m. The event will feature a test batch of the team’s porky concoctions as well as a roasted whole hog, pork shoulders, red beans and rice and much more. Tickets are $20 for adults and $5 for children 12 and younger. For more information and to buy tickets, click here.