At Mercedes-Benz Stadium, home to the Atlanta Falcons, beyond the game on the field is a high-powered team feeding thousands of fans.

Deep inside the stadium, the pregame cooking starts before dawn – hours before kickoff.

"Everything we do is in bulk, high volume," said executive chef Matt Cooper. "So if we're doing brisket, it's 1,000 pounds of brisket, 1,000 pounds of pork butts, a couple thousand pounds of mac and cheese."

The culinary team consists of about a dozen chefs and 300 cooks, all led by Cooper, who said it takes about one week to produce the food for one game.

The meals for the approximately 71,000 fans range from $2 hot dogs to a high-end tomahawk steak and thousands of pounds of wings.

The culinary team consists of about a dozen chefs and 300 cooks to prepare for game

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