Grandpa ‘Papaw’ Invites ‘Everyone’ to Upcoming Burger Cookout

The cookout is this Saturday in Oklahoma.

ByABC News
March 21, 2016, 11:51 AM

— -- Kenny Harmon, the grandpa who became an Internet celebrity after a photo of him eating a hamburger with one of his grandchildren went viral, is grilling burgers again -- but this time everyone is invited.

Harmon, or "Papaw" as his grandchildren call him, came up with the cookout idea, according to his grandson Brock Harmon. But Papaw didn’t just want to invite his family -- he extended the invitation to everyone.

“None of us thought he was serious,” Brock Harmon, 20, told ABC News. “And then he was like ‘Let’s do it.’”

Brock Harmon announced the event, which is happening on Saturday, on Twitter last Friday night. The invite has been re-tweeted more than 6,000 times and people from all over the nation have written that they want to come to the cookout in Purcell, Oklahoma.

Besides Papaw cooking up burgers for strangers (each burger costs $2), there will also be T-shirts and hats for sale that say “I ate a burger with sad Papaw.”

PHOTO:The grandpa who had only one of his grandchildren show up to his home for an impromptu gathering is now having a cookout where everyone is invited. Hats and t-shits will also be on sale at the cookout.
The grandpa who had only one of his grandchildren show up to his home for an impromptu gathering is now having a cookout where everyone is invited. Hats and t-shits will also be on sale at the cookout.

Brock Harmon explained that the money will go toward paying for the cookout and the T-shirt orders. Whatever cash is left over will be given to Papaw.

“The main reason for the cookout is that we just want everybody who still has their grandparents around to make an effort to reach out to them tell them you love them, or take them out eat,” Brock Harmon said.

PHOTO: (From left to right) Grandchildren Brody Harmon, Brock Harmon, Kelsey Harmon, Bryn Harmon, Kaleb Harmon and Brandon Harmon. All of them, except for Kelsey, who will be playing in a softball game, are attending Papaw's cookout, March 26, 2016.
(From left to right) Grandchildren Brody Harmon, Brock Harmon, Kelsey Harmon, Bryn Harmon, Kaleb Harmon and Brandon Harmon. All of them, except for Kelsey, who will be playing in a softball game, are attending Papaw's cookout, March 26, 2016.

All of the grandchildren will all be at the cookout, except for Kelsey Harmon – the grandchild whose tweet first made the world send their love to Papaw – who will be playing at her college softball game for Northeastern State University.