The history of the Grease Trucks Cuisine began long before the trucks themselves. It started in 1979, when a student at Rutgers served a sandwich known as the "Fat Cat" which consisted of two cheeseburgers, French fries, lettuce, tomato and onions. There were three other 'original' sandwiches: The "Fat Moon," the "Fat Koko," and the "Fat Sam." The "Fat Cat" would remain the #1 selling sandwich at Rutgers University until 1997 when a student named Darrell W. Butler created the "Fat Darrell," which consisted of chicken fingers, mozzarella sticks, French fries, and marinara sauce.[2]
The creation of the "Fat Darrell" was seemingly accidental. Butler says in his own words: "Like the typical college student, I was pretty much broke. I had been craving chicken fingers, mozzarella sticks and French fries all week long but I knew that I didn't have enough money to buy all three. I talked the guy behind the counter into putting them all onto a piece of bread for me. I guess it sounded like a good idea because the next 10 or so people all asked for the same thing."[3]