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March 10, 2013

Worst weather you ever barbecued?/Open Thread [CBD]
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1 How do you barbeque weather?

Posted by: zsasz at March 10, 2013 12:21 PM (MMC8r)

2 Full out blizzard - snow 3 inches an hour, 50+ mph winds, the whole bit. Funny how when the power goes out and the electric stove doesn't work, the grill out on the back porch does.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at March 10, 2013 12:23 PM (Gk3SS)

3 Scotland 1991. Brushed four inches of snow off the smoker. Cooked for hours and couldn't get the temp past about 180 degrees even with the firebox roaring. It was still great. Had to grow my own coriander (cilantro) for pico de gallo there. Looked scraggley but with Indian chiles similar to serranos it made a passible garnish.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at March 10, 2013 12:25 PM (xiaOm)

4 We BBQ here in Minnesota all year long...virtually every Saturday night. Weather will not stop our need for grilled animal flesh!

Posted by: Tony253 at March 10, 2013 12:26 PM (3yMFT)

5 Barbequed in Running Springs, CA with a foot of snow on the ground.

Posted by: Amalgamated Cliff Divers, Local 157 at March 10, 2013 12:26 PM (Ph479)

6 One 4th of July we started cooking a whole pig in a pit grill up in the mountains on NC. It rained so hard it put out the pit. We solved the problem by building one under a nearby highway bridge. It rained for eight hours, but we got our pig cooked and the under side of the bridge still smells like BBQ! I don't think Scout trips in minus 10 with snow count as a BBQ, but I have a story about that too.

Posted by: Billy Bob, the guy who drinks in SC at March 10, 2013 12:26 PM (wR+pz)

7 Worst was rain. I always avoid grilling out if it looks like bad weather. But a sudden storm came up after I put the stuff on.

And I would never try to grill out in weather like that above unless my power was off.

Posted by: Vic at March 10, 2013 12:27 PM (53z96)

8 Posted by: zsasz at March 10, 2013 04:21 PM (MMC8r)

I posted by mistake before proofreading.

And as soon as I realized it I also realized that somebody was going to call me on it!

I love this place.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 10, 2013 12:27 PM (3Mkrp)

9 BBQ'd awful relatives on a clear, summer day.

Posted by: Dracul The Impailer at March 10, 2013 12:27 PM (KqwSL)

10 Does it count if I have a grill on my stove?

Posted by: Tami[/i] at March 10, 2013 12:28 PM (X6akg)

11 Several years ago, a friend of ours had a second home out in Galena Illinois.. beautiful country.. rolling hills, etc.

Anyway, they hosted a big sleepover weekend for about 15 of us for New Years Eve/Day.

We drove into Iowa and picked up a suckling pig.. maybe a thirty pounder.

Well, after a drunken New Years Eve we were not ready to roast a pig, even that small of one.

But in a snowstorm that produced a good foot of snow, we were out there. He had set up a pit under his raised deck so we were slightly shielded, but it was really cold as well as snowy.

The problem though was we were drinking so heavily all day to "stay warm", I barely remember eating the damned thing! I seem to remember wine and shots of Aquavit (he's Danish). Good times!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 10, 2013 12:28 PM (UTq/I)

12 2 Full out blizzard - snow 3 inches an hour, 50+ mph winds, the whole bit. Funny how when the power goes out and the electric stove doesn't work, the grill out on the back porch does. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at March 10, 2013 04:23 PM (Gk3SS) I hope you weren't smoking. Couple hours and the snow would be taller than you..... *simply sits and waits for the Ravage*

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 10, 2013 12:28 PM (GEICT)

13 Tim Meadows did a series of SNL skits called "Tales From The Barbecue" example: he was in the Navy on a sub, and they surfaced in the Arctic. He quickly set up on deck and began cooking.

Posted by: Jones in CO at March 10, 2013 12:29 PM (8sCoq)

14 "And I would never try to grill out in weather like that above..."

Posted by: Vic at March 10, 2013 04:27 PM (53z96)

And you wonder why the South lost?

I shoveled before I grilled, so it wasn't as bad as it looks.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 10, 2013 12:29 PM (3Mkrp)

15 buncha pussies, you guys

Posted by: Al in Alaska, simmering in snowdrifts at March 10, 2013 12:30 PM (Dll6b)

16 Of course, I had the liberal douchebags sit on their own skewers first. Then, I basted them.

Posted by: Dracul The Impailer at March 10, 2013 12:31 PM (KqwSL)

MeKong Delta, 1967, burned my finger roasting a hot dog over a can of SternO.

... don't panic, I got my 3rd Purple Heart for it.

Posted by: John Fucking Kerry at March 10, 2013 12:31 PM (m6OUa)

18 Chi-Town Jerry I have two bottles of Linje Aquavit on hand if you're ever down in Texas and need some Norwegian Jet A.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at March 10, 2013 12:31 PM (xiaOm)

19 Save money, burn the snowbird neighbors gazebo

Posted by: @PurpAv at March 10, 2013 12:31 PM (/gHaE)

20 During Sandy... with a beer buzz.

Posted by: tony redenzo at March 10, 2013 12:31 PM (TtA6H)

21 I've shoveled my deck to get to the grill. Then chipped a layer of ice off the grill cover in order to get it off.

Slipped on my ass getting back in the house, but saved the steaks.

Posted by: egd at March 10, 2013 12:32 PM (re6uF)

22 This winter has been good to our BBQ. Several Sundays in a row with temperatures in the 70s. Today 53 and windy, oh the horror. I blame sequestration.

Today beef ribs and pizza, yes pizza on the grill, done it once before and it ain't bad.

Posted by: Gordon Undead Ramsay at March 10, 2013 12:32 PM (kxSZr)

23 Well CBD, weather like that down here is made for playing not cooking. We would be out running up and down the road drinking various libations. Then a sober wifey would either take us to a eat out place or go get some pick up stuff.

Posted by: Vic at March 10, 2013 12:32 PM (53z96)

24 Sounds like a good idea, Mr. Dave! That stuff grows on ya after the 4th or 5th one!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 10, 2013 12:33 PM (UTq/I)

25 I'm a Florida kid, but the wife grew up in Maryland, during the early nineties they had a massive ice storm. She said that she and her brothers were out of school for 2+ weeks. Lost power intermittently. Her dad was smart enough to put the grill in the garage before the storm hit.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 10, 2013 12:35 PM (GEICT)

26 This is the best weather for BBQing. Don't do much of it from mid-June through August

Posted by: Albie Damned at March 10, 2013 12:35 PM (Yhu4q)

27 120 degrees. AZ last summer. Just left meat in aluminum foil on the porch.

Posted by: Guido at March 10, 2013 12:35 PM (A0wk8)

What the eff is a Himalayan Salt Inhaler and why am I seeing an ad for it on the main page?

Posted by: Mama AJ at March 10, 2013 12:35 PM (SUKHu)

29 I haven't been doing much grilling at all for the past year anyway. In fact, haven't been doing much real cooking at all. Hard to get motivated for that when only cooking for one person.

Posted by: Vic at March 10, 2013 12:35 PM (53z96)

30 If you can shovel a path to it, clear the snow off of it, and find someone willing to stand outside and cook with it, it's BBQ season.

Dad has BBQ'd Christmas dinner once or twice.

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at March 10, 2013 12:36 PM (usDF9)

31 I've BBQ'd in every conceivable weather condition. Gotta say, hurricane BBQ's are the most challenging.

Posted by: Cowboy at March 10, 2013 12:38 PM (FMrA0)

32 Charlie, are you like 450 lbs? You really really love food!

Posted by: Truman North, last of the famous international playboys at March 10, 2013 12:38 PM (I2LwF)

33 Different kind of weather, but I grilled huevos rancheros on a rickety third floor apartment balcony made on a 4" slab hours after the Northridge earthquake during 6.5 aftershocks. Not smart, but after my refrigerator dumped out on the floor of the kitchen I figured I might as well cook up what I could.

Posted by: Scott P at March 10, 2013 12:38 PM (y8Jbu)

34 Worst for me is rain at night. We never have adequate lighting near our grill. I've given up on snowy bbq'ing. Grill never gets hot enough, fast enough. Meanwhile, I'm roasting a turkey today at Casa Y-not. :-)

Posted by: Y-not at March 10, 2013 12:39 PM (5H6zj)

35 Well Vic I cook infrequently but often do something big and extravagnat when I do. Leftovers all week. Fried 10 pounds of ribs in the turkey fryer last Sunday. Had my last fried rib sandwich yesterday. You can muster up enough enthusiasm to cook once a week?

Posted by: Gordon Undead Ramsay at March 10, 2013 12:39 PM (kxSZr)

36 Whatever year it was that the Pats beat St. Louis for their first SB victory. 2000-20001, I guess. We were grilling on the deck all game long, after the victory we all jumped in Paine's Creek. Everything was frozen, everything.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 10, 2013 12:40 PM (ZshNr)

None of this matters....

What REALLY matters is IU @ Michigan for the outright Big10 Championship .

Focus people focus.

Living well is all about keeping the important things in their correct order!

Posted by: MrObvious at March 10, 2013 12:40 PM (NlAiP)

38 The thing of the top of the photo looks like snow covered dalek. Was Dr. Who having a winter barbeque?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 10, 2013 12:40 PM (g7q64)

39 No real man ever says it's too (place adjective here) to BBQ!

Posted by: Icedog at March 10, 2013 12:41 PM (9ScGj)

40 I used to have a small gas grill. I would keep it on the garage during the winter, pulling it out to barbecue, then rolling it back in.

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at March 10, 2013 12:42 PM (e8kgV)

41 Pretty much like in that picture. Power went out in a snowstorm. Fired up the BBQ. Roasted potatoes in it, and then did some fantastic steaks. Great fun.

Posted by: Chef Mojo at March 10, 2013 12:42 PM (t0YFn)

42 This probably sin't the best thread to place this article. ;^) -but it's more about things fished our of people's rears by doctors. Sick idiots who put live animals up themselves deserve to get big, big fines for animal cruelty: http://www.vice.com/read/bollocks-to-the-hippocratic-oath-deaths-back-door And no, I didn't actually go out of my way and look for this article. It was linked a another political blog I visit which referenced Ace's previous thread..

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 10, 2013 12:44 PM (g7q64)

43 Posted by: Vic at March 10, 2013 04:32 PM (53z96)

Good point.

But I see it as a challenge. And my wife can't cook....at all.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 10, 2013 12:44 PM (3Mkrp)

44 Worst Weather In Which You Barbequed?

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Well, where do we start?

Posted by: The Donner Party at March 10, 2013 12:46 PM (BVkEs)

45 Posted by: Truman North, last of the famous international playboys at March 10, 2013 04:38 PM (I2LwF)

No, but I would be if I didn't exercise.

I hate exercising, but I love eating more, so I'm stuck.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 10, 2013 12:47 PM (3Mkrp)

46 Easy. In 1998 our company unveiled a new customer initiative and in seeking buy-in from all departments, hosted lunches across the company. An outdoor BBQ was held at our dispatch office. It lasted several hours in 100 deg heat, on an asphalt parking lot, with a smallish tent as the only reprieve from the heat. The BBQ unit was a 20' trailer parked directly adjacent to the tent. AND... there were numerous out-of-control wildfires nearby making the air as thick as pea soup. The big dogs dropped by to shake hands and then left and the sales team and I were left to sweat until we were, literally, wringing out our clothes. Since that day, every time I leaned towards what a great guy so-in-so is I quickly thought back to that day and whether or not they had left us to have a friggin heat stroke carrying out their big plans.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 10, 2013 12:48 PM (piMMO)

47 Hard to get motivated for that when only cooking for one person.

Posted by: Vic at March 10, 2013 04:35 PM (53z96)

Yup.

I love to cook, but when my wife is away, I usually eat leftovers until the refrigerator is empty, and then buy something or cook something as simple as possible.

It's just not fun.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 10, 2013 12:49 PM (3Mkrp)

48 Vic should get the Geek's Cookbook. Made several things I never imaged existed while reading that one. Fresh zabaglione is nice.

Posted by: Gordon Undead Ramsay at March 10, 2013 12:49 PM (kxSZr)

49 We have barbequed in pouring rain and in blizzards. The most memorable was when my husband and foster son were barbecuing while the younger kids and I were in the basement because a tornado had been spotted one mile from our house. Men are nuts.

Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 10, 2013 12:50 PM (DoZD+)

50 We used to BBQ in blizzards when I was stationed in Iceland with the USAF. Our barracks had grills on either end of the building that were sort of protected from the wind, but not really. We also had a "Beer" button on the Coke machine in the hallway.

Posted by: holygoat at March 10, 2013 12:50 PM (IGIFh)

51 44 -

With the thighs?

Posted by: BurtTC at March 10, 2013 12:50 PM (BeSEI)

52 So, CharlieBrowns Dildo-Who DID win the mystery food thread.? Was it a paella. If so, I'm still waiting for my platinum AOSHQ membership. ;^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 10, 2013 12:51 PM (g7q64)

53 Persistent snow, but if you`re only out on the patio long enough to flip the steak, it`s not exactly pioneer-spirit stuff.

Shoveling out the driveway the next morning is grumbletastic, though, even if the memory of the rib-cap-off persists.

Posted by: Waterhouse at March 10, 2013 12:51 PM (U1X59)

54 Yup. I love to cook, but when my wife is away, I usually eat leftovers until the refrigerator is empty, and then buy something or cook something as simple as possible. It's just not fun. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 10, 2013 04:49 PM (3Mkrp) I love to cook too and I do most of it as well. The wife, twice a year, goes to visit her family for about two weeks with our girls. That's when I cook different stuff. Try out new things to see if she'd like them or things I know she wouldn't eat.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 10, 2013 12:52 PM (GEICT)

55 What the fuck kind of apostrophes were those?

Fuck you, "Canadian French" keyboard which somehow became default.

Posted by: Waterhouse at March 10, 2013 12:53 PM (U1X59)

56 It is close to 1600 hours, our appointed time to light the grill. Just got time to mix a stiff drink and put on some warm clothes. (It's 53 outside y'know)
L8R

Posted by: Gordon Undead Ramsay at March 10, 2013 12:53 PM (kxSZr)

57 Seriously though, if you were going to go cannibal, I would think you would have to start with arms and legs, then progressively work your way up to parts that are more difficult to disguise.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 10, 2013 12:55 PM (BeSEI)

58 We gas-grill about every weekend up here in MN. Our general rule is that it has to be zero or above otherwise we are just wasting gas that we could be using next weekend. That said, we've grilled up some pretty awesome steaks at -10 but with no wind.

Posted by: johnd01 at March 10, 2013 12:55 PM (r0+v0)

59 I think once it might have sprinkled a little. And, sometimes the temps do plummet below 60 here. We try to soldier on . . .

Posted by: Peaches at March 10, 2013 12:55 PM (AJM+z)

60 Dead of winter, rain or snow - 5:30AM - in the dark, all for a decent breakfast of eggs and wild boar sausage and grilled tomatoes.

Posted by: Skookumchuk at March 10, 2013 12:57 PM (x4x3r)

61 Super bowl party, about 5 degrees f. Needed to heat the propane tank to get the grill going. Best food ever.

Posted by: Stephana at March 10, 2013 12:58 PM (gXTR5)

62 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 10, 2013 04:51 PM (g7q64)

Yup. Paella it was. You were the first correct answer, but I have sent your entry to the national judging panel because you said that the cooking method was "steam," and I am not sure that is correct.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 10, 2013 12:58 PM (3Mkrp)

63 At Thanksgiving I and my daughters cook everything and clean up. The boys don't lift a finger. Come Christmas, the roles are reversed. We have steak, salad, steak, French bread, and steak; peppermint ice cream, steak, and Christmas cookies for dessert. (Okay, I make the baguettes and cookies beforehand, but do nothing on the big day itself.) So, yeah, sometimes Mr. DeVille and the boys have bad weather --- a foot of snow a couple of years ago, IIRC. But who cares? Not MY problem!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 10, 2013 01:00 PM (C8mVl)

64 Now, the most dangerous barbeque was ages ago on a loading dock using a forklift propane tank on the portable grill, connected with duct tape.

Posted by: Skookumchuk at March 10, 2013 01:01 PM (x4x3r)

65 I think I've been gypped. ;^) You said first correct answer AND cooking method if you know it. I will have to send a strongly worded letter to the National Judging Panel to object.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 10, 2013 01:03 PM (g7q64)

66 During Atlanta's Snow Jam '82 we were without power for days. Dad fired up a charcoal grill in the garage. That, or we used the fireplace.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 10, 2013 01:05 PM (r5K+9)

67 I will grill under any conditions, - unless it's so cold the propane tank refuses to develop pressure. There are ways around this too, of course.

Posted by: Fritz at March 10, 2013 01:06 PM (WM+rJ)

68 How about worst weather you've never BBQed in. I am the only person I know who doesn't have a BBQ unless you could one of the small cheap kettle things you get from Walmart. I did set an Advent wreath on fire once, though, but the church wasn't cooking anything to eat at the time.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 10, 2013 01:07 PM (g7q64)

69 I hope you weren't smoking. Couple hours and the snow would be taller than you.....

*simply sits and waits for the Ravage*
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 10, 2013 04:28 PM (GEICT)

*kicks you in the ankle*

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at March 10, 2013 01:08 PM (Gk3SS)

70 I've grilled in the snow, many times. Probably, I've grilled in near-zero temperatures. I don't stand out there the whole time, of course.

Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at March 10, 2013 01:09 PM (XvrTA)

71 Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at March 10, 2013 05:08 PM (Gk3SS) Lol. So Bannion paid me a big compliment the other day. I went a little ranty on FB. "That's almost an AtC level rant. Needs more swearing though."

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 10, 2013 01:10 PM (GEICT)

72 When it gets down to -43, the propane grill won't work. That's the boiling temp of propane, and liquid propane doesn't work in a grill.

Posted by: Phelps at March 10, 2013 01:11 PM (YXJIq)

73 Posted by: holygoat at March 10, 2013 04:50 PM (IGIFh) I was stationed in Iceland '00-'03...definitely the most difficult place to BBQ. The cold and snow was never as bad as many people assume, but the wind was often a challenge. 50 MPH sustained winds, with 70 MPH gusts makes things a bit tricky. Had to just barely crack the lid to flip the meat...and use some big ass rocks to stop it from flying off. I remember the base perimeter fence always ended up collecting BBQ lids, lawn furniture and small children.

Posted by: Icedog at March 10, 2013 01:11 PM (9ScGj)

74 "How do you barbeque weather?" - zsasz

Nuke it from orbit, only way to be sure.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2013 01:12 PM (pF2g8)

75 When it is cold out, I suspect the grill regulator has to be warmed up in order to develop a decent flame.

I would bring the regulator inside if I were a regular winter time griller.

Posted by: sTevo at March 10, 2013 01:12 PM (VMcEw)

76 It seems like grills are made to last 3 years. Every metal piece corrodes together and then one day you go out open the lid and the whole unit collapses under its own weight.

It is a ritual with me.

Posted by: sTevo at March 10, 2013 01:15 PM (VMcEw)

77 So Bannion paid me a big compliment the other day. I went a little ranty on FB. "That's almost an AtC level rant. Needs more swearing though." Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 10, 2013 05:10 PM (GEICT)

Now that is totally unfair. I don't swear on FB.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at March 10, 2013 01:15 PM (Gk3SS)

78 Grilled~ during two hurricanes (non eye). Had a hard time keeping a flame.

Grilled and smoked in all sorts of snot on a sailboat. Big ass rollers out at sea and in squally crap anchored in a hidey hole in Alaska.

Smoked (Barbequed - Snicker~~) in the snow, A few inches. But not while snowing. It makes it easy to find and recapture burnt ends that fly from my hand that I have hastily plucked from a nice pork butt.

Posted by: Shan at March 10, 2013 01:16 PM (V9MHw)

79 When I was a kid, the Ice Storm of '73 hit central CT, No power for 7 days. We cooked on the propane grill for the week (along with the old pot in the fireplace trick)... we were lucky, gas-grills were quite the luxury item back then, a gas grill you see for less than $150 at HD or Lowes went for north of $300 back then (1973 dollars)

Posted by: phreshone at March 10, 2013 01:18 PM (0SXI6)

80 Now that is totally unfair. I don't swear on FB. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at March 10, 2013 05:15 PM (Gk3SS) Lol. I told him "I try to keep the swears to a minimum. *whispering* The church folk are watching."

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 10, 2013 01:19 PM (GEICT)

81 MeKong Delta, 1967, burned my finger roasting a hot dog over a can of SternO.
... don't panic, I got my 3rd Purple Heart for it.

Friend was cooking eggs on a river patrol boat on that delta. He got a piece of eggshell in one eye and went to sick call. Month later he got a PH for "shell fragment in eye".

Posted by: Hank at March 10, 2013 01:20 PM (adMMf)

82 Charcoal grill (PK Grill to be specific) chained between two concrete pillars on stone veranda during Hurricane Rita. I sat in a porch swing and watched the grill and the hurricane with a thermos of coffee.

Posted by: Elliott at March 10, 2013 01:21 PM (Nsx1s)

83 This marvelous invention may solve all your weather related grilling issues.
http://tinyurl.com/azwpkdh

It was posted on Facebook.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2013 01:24 PM (pF2g8)

84 New one up

Posted by: Vic at March 10, 2013 01:26 PM (53z96)

85 You can use charcoal, wood, bones or even napalm, but a gas grill is not BBQ! Stop spreading this myth.

Posted by: Icedog at March 10, 2013 01:27 PM (9ScGj)

86 Its about the Affordable Health Care Act. Pass.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2013 01:27 PM (pF2g8)

87 Rainy winter night. Rolled grill up next to sliding glass door fired it up and went back in to watch a little tv waiting for coals to be ready. Next thing I heard was a loud pop and falling glass. Little lesson in heat vs cold glass. New door the next day. Steaks were great tho. Of course I was only 14 at the time and my dad always made me cook when it was time to grill. Good times.

Posted by: UncleZeb at March 10, 2013 01:28 PM (Nvirt)

88 OK, a little off-topic, but it's a weekend, so what the hell. I agree that charcoal is great for power outages, but how can you store it long-term without it absorbing moisture? Could you coat it in wax?

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at March 10, 2013 01:29 PM (JQuNB)

89 Not really bbq, but.... We did 'pioneer day' with our kids....turned off all electricity/heat in the house, in the middle of winter, and relied on our fp and candles for light, and heat. I actually managed a decent dutch oven chicken in the fireplace. I think it took ten years before my eyebrows grew back. It was more than just a game, it was to teach the little tax deductions how to deal with extended outages, and lack of services.... and everyone had fun...it was like camping, inside! And dad tried to light his face on fire! Hahahaha! If I had a fireplace in our current house, we'd still be doing this....it really was fun.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at March 10, 2013 01:31 PM (eyJh9)

90 Okay, I'll play: The Falkland Islands ( Stanley ) on a cold July day ( Winter down there )

the Royal Marines ( of which I am not one ) love barbeque

what was I doing there? I was headed for Mount Pleasant, Tennessee, and ended up in The Other Mount Pleasant

Posted by: Wally in Walla Walla at March 10, 2013 01:33 PM (Dll6b)

91 Question: Anybody try using the mesquite wood chips with a gas grill? I bought some and didn't think it made a difference. Soaked in water, wrapped in foil and poked holes, places on ceramic briquettes under grate. Oh, and my 10 yr old got second place in a shootout at the Amvets big money shoot today out of 41. He won first place a few weeks ago so I was glad he didn't win.

Posted by: Justamom of the LiB camp at March 10, 2013 01:40 PM (Sptt8)

92 14"And I would never try to grill out in weather like that above..."

Posted by: Vic at March 10, 2013 04:27 PM (53z96)

And you wonder why the South lost?

I shoveled before I grilled, so it wasn't as bad as it looks.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

We don't get that white stuff down here. I tend to grill year round and low temperatures just force me to feed the firebox more often.

I did buy a largish umbrella to keep the rain off me and the cooker, but thats it for weather worries.

PS... It wasn't lack of will that caused the South to loose...but that's a story for another day.

Posted by: Gmac - Waiting for the revolution at March 10, 2013 01:44 PM (IanLz)

OK, a little off-topic, but it's a weekend, so what the hell. I agree that charcoal is great for power outages, but how can you store it long-term without it absorbing moisture? Could you coat it in wax?

I keep mine if a 5 gallon bucket w/lid.

Posted by: Infidel at March 10, 2013 01:46 PM (gqEUi)

94 Anybody try using the mesquite wood chips with a gas grill? I bought some and didn't think it made a difference. Soaked in water, wrapped in foil and poked holes, places on ceramic briquettes under grate. I've done it. Keep the heat really low...fire on one side only, meat on the other, and water soaked mesquite chips directly above the flame.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at March 10, 2013 01:46 PM (eyJh9)

95 ack. In a 5 gallon bucket.

Posted by: Infidel at March 10, 2013 01:49 PM (gqEUi)

96 We were going to barbeque something last winter, but the grill and lawn furniture were under 5 ft of snow............

Posted by: Alaska Paul at March 10, 2013 01:50 PM (ZnuSp)

97 91 Question: Anybody try using the mesquite wood chips with a gas grill? Your method works fine and I'd suggest similar with any sort of grill - even a weber. My grill actually has a smoker drawer in it - which makes all the difference. I actually use the hardwood pellets made for the smoker units. Easier to store, and I can keep a bunch of different ones on hand. Too bad the company decided to withdraw from the consumer market after a very brief foray. http://star-mfg.com/ The lid on the thing alone has got to be around 40lbs. alone. The whole head unit is 440lbs. with a chain drive rotisserie. They'll find the grill long after the cinder block, stucco and granite surrounding it are gone.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at March 10, 2013 01:50 PM (Qxdfp)

98 I was stationed in Bismarck, ND for the winters of '84-'86.

We BBQ'd every Monday night. Rain, shine, snow, 20 below ... you name it.

Posted by: bea arthur's dick at March 10, 2013 01:57 PM (dM1NM)

99 Thanks. I'll give the chips another try. I probably should get it going for longer before I out the meat on. 🐂🐂🐂🐂🐂

Posted by: Justamom of the LiB camp at March 10, 2013 02:01 PM (Sptt8)

100 This is funny. I put a pork shoulder in our gas oven, last night at midnight, and 13 hours later at 225F, slow cooking, pulled pork deliciousness. We couldn't wait. While my brother is bragging about 70F down south, we are still stuck in I don't know how much footage of snow, and the grill remains indoors until we can at least open our backyard gate again.

Posted by: beachcooker at March 10, 2013 02:12 PM (XYSwB)

101 When hurricane Irene came up the coast, my wife was trying to bake a cake before the power went out. As soon as the batter was prepared the power went out and I baked a perfect cake inside my new gas grill despite the howling wind and rain. Two hours after the cake was done, the went sent the bbq flying off the porch and into the woods. The dent in the handle reminds me of good times with the family.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at March 10, 2013 02:15 PM (B8EHQ)

102 Note: while talking to one of my brothers today, he attended a cooking class with the famed Lee Bros (of, now, Charleston, SC). They showed off a stove-top smoker that my brother said worked incredibly well. Wood chips and all. And, cheap. Here's an example: http://www.mysecretpantry.com/prodinfo.asp?number=SMKW&gclid=CPDc3bGW87UCFcme4AodN30AxA

Posted by: beachcooker at March 10, 2013 02:16 PM (XYSwB)

103 Justamom - if you start with dry chips it will smoke faster. Put it in a small metal bake pan, cover with foil that you have poked holes into, set it beside your burner and it will be smoking in no time. We do it that way for chicken and other quicker cooking things. Longer you can add wet chips and some strategery with the meat placement for low and slow and... no fires.

Posted by: Shan at March 10, 2013 02:18 PM (V9MHw)

104

The frozen tundra of a early-March Northern California: temps barely above 70, sunshine limited only to approximately 12 hours a day.

- Rags for clothing resembling bermuda shorts and t-shirts. footwear reduced to mere sandals. forced to use primitive knives to cut beef chicken pork and shrimp into bite sized pieces, then place them on a bed of hot coals.

- The only local fruits & vegetables to be found anywhere include mushrooms onions peppers tomatos squash corn on the cob apples oranges pineapples.

- Meager nuts and tubers scrounged nearby: yukon gold, russets, almonds peanuts, cashews walnuts pistachios and sunflower seeds

- Only beverages were water, Ice cold beer, and a few meager bottles of rum bourbon gin vodka and harbor mist.

- Solitary human companion familiar as Nova in Planet O'Apes. what appears to be both a dog and a cat circling the cooking space as if ready to fight for a meal.

The experience was excruciating.

Posted by: md at March 10, 2013 02:33 PM (w5uEq)

105 Right now. Just fired up the Weber for a pile of marinated beef. Sure, it's 72 degrees here in Orlando and only 50% humidity with a light breeze. But that setting sun is RIGHT in my eyes right now. Grrrrrrr...

Posted by: pete at March 10, 2013 03:01 PM (r0DVT)

106 Last night. Pouring rain, 36 degrees. Made cedar plank chicken and chops. A cold glass of pale ale helped matters a bit, but it was still miserable. Great meal, though.

Posted by: Gerry Bostock at March 10, 2013 03:15 PM (WV0NL)

107 I barbecued year round in Anchorage, when the snow around the grill was right up to the height of the cooking surface. I would squat down on the front porch to open the grill at foot level, because the snow was waist level. When the big grill got totally covered in snow, I'd use a little tabletop grill on the porch. I learned something interesting about propane. It doesn't expand at -30 degrees Fahrenheit! You can light it, but no matter how much gas flows, it makes a little flame the size of a Bic lighter. So, you have to wait until it warms up to at least -15 or -10. Cooks, but slowly, at that temperature.

Posted by: MathMom at March 10, 2013 03:31 PM (H2Mwq)

108 In Calgary, Canada you grilled all through the winter. Otherwise you would only enjoy your bbq for 4-5 months. The last winter we lived there I went out to light the bbq, reached down to turn the tank on and put my damp hand on the bbq lid to steady myself on the icy deck, my hand stuck to the lid. Pried it off and when reaching for the screen door my other hand stuck to the door handle. I told my husband to get me the hell outta here. Live in Atlanta now.

Posted by: Sue at March 10, 2013 04:07 PM (OFa+H)

109 Since it is already Monday in Europe--Conclave tomorrow. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmHeP9Sve48&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Posted by: I just wanted to say good luck... at March 10, 2013 04:11 PM (qxAAO)

110 In Spokane, we once grilled a VW bug with a hibachi to get the 30 weight oil out. Engine wouldn't turn over until we put lighter weight oil in it.

Posted by: notsothoreau at March 10, 2013 04:18 PM (Lqy/e)

111 Ever blow the lid off a Weber gas grill? I have, in a foot of snow.

Posted by: Ohio Dan at March 10, 2013 04:18 PM (JKNDp)

112 Have bbqed in a blizzard in the middle of a hurricane while a sandstorm swept through during an ice age in the middle of a drought during a gamma ray burst from outer space. Best llama steaks, ever.

Posted by: William at March 10, 2013 04:25 PM (A/IAb)

113 We grill at least two or three nights a week in the dead of winter. We live on a high hill in southern New Hampshire with a forty mile view into western Massachusetts. Some windy nights are forty mile an hour winds at five or ten degrees Fahrenheit Our back porch had no lighting until a month ago, so the wife would go out with a miners hat and a flashlight to grill our steaks. With ice cold Martinis made of Bombay Sapphire. Yum.

Posted by: Mr. Peabody at March 10, 2013 04:39 PM (0b17P)

114 Personally, I ruined my last piece of meat by cooking indoors in about 1986. The gas grill just gets a little closer to the back door in the winter.

Posted by: Maark Reardon at March 10, 2013 05:02 PM (+hWqU)

115 I was hanging out with some friends in San Francisco when we decided to fire up the gas grill and burn some burgers. The fact that there was a thunderstorm going on with heavy rains was only a small detail.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 10, 2013 05:18 PM (U+O64)

116 Tried to slow cook/smoke some ribs on the barbecue on a sub-freezing day in Tacoma. Couldn't keep the temperature up without igniting the wood chips. So I placed a small, folded heavy woven rug atop the BBQ cover to insulate the fire box (I know, this is starting to sound like a Darwin Award entry).

Looked out later to see flames rising from the "insulation." Ran out to the deck, grabbed flaming rug, and ran with it towards the lawn. Golden Retriever "Ozzy," always at my side, is right in step. Wife slides open kitchen window, yells, "Ozzy's on fire!"
Toss rug, grab hose, pray it isn't frozen up, and spray smoking flank of dog.

The ribs turned out fine. Ozzy's coat was thick enough so that he wasn't harmed. He still follows me step for step around the house.

Posted by: Jim Flimsey at March 10, 2013 06:06 PM (T9V22)

117 didn't grill or bbq, but used my propane burner outside to brew a batch of beer this past President's Day and it was 32Â°

Posted by: grognerd at March 11, 2013 03:09 AM (J1mkq)

118 Greetings: Back in '44, I was caught in the Barbecue of the Bulge.

Posted by: 11B40 at March 11, 2013 08:06 AM (2x1pP)

119 Sounds like you all had it pretty rough.. Once about 2 years ago I had to smoke a brisket and it got WAY down into the upper 80s here in South Florida.. It was terrible.

Posted by: Sean Neiber at March 12, 2013 11:43 AM (GwY48)

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