At times, it seemed to become drudgery. Those 3:45 a.m. wakeup alarms followed by yet another skin-drying, scent-free shower are only a distant memory now. The "work" of a bowhunting junkie has been replaced with a different chore these days, one involving scraping burnt greases from metal surfaces and picking out a just-right piece of hickory to lie atop a pile of charcoal. Aah... see that hickory smoke being pulled indirectly across that meat. Heaven on earth, I'm telling ya. A true barbecue pit. No grilling here, baby! The spoils of war. As it should be.
OK!! That does it right there...that's just down right mean:d Now I'm starving and thirsty. I think I can smell it here. Looks great..enjoy
You said it Greg. Last Saturday we did some marinated loins and steaks on the grill. Ah the spoils....looks good bud.
Nice mi amigo. Maybe we can do that to some Pronghorn this fall. Now that went and did it, I'm hungry and headed downstairs for some goodies. :d
Yea, we've been eating alot of venison ourselves this past couple of weeks. As fast as I'm making venison jerky, the my boys are scarfing it up.
You tease you, ten lashes :d I poped five steaks on the gas grill the other day only having it run out in one minute had to break out the charcoal, by the way charcoal taste better IMO.
Charcoal tastes WAY better! :d I got back into charcoal and wood a few years ago when I got this grill... the size of the grill is lost in the closeups. Don't know if it'll show up any better in this one... Anyway, I used to work in industrial sales, and one of my biggest accounts was a barbecue-pit manufacturer which made commercial pits for the likes of Super Smokers, Bandanas, Rib Cribs and most of the biggest chains across the country. I got to know the production supervisor pretty well, and I was over at his house one day and he invited me out back to show me a little project he'd just finished. We rounded the corner of his patio and there sat this amazing grill... 1/4" plate steel all the way around, hand-formed wheels, everything. In fact, everything on it's shaped by hand, including the hinges that attach the lid, which you can see in the top pic are 1/4" thick as well. This puppy is HEAVY DUTY. He lined the openings with flame-retardant insulation to help seal the smoke in when closed, and it's got a huge temp gauge on the face of it so I can adjust the air flow across the meat and keep the perfect temp. I kept admiring it, and he said "Why don't you take it?" My mouth hit the deck! I stuttered... "What?" and he said, "Yeah, I don't have time to cook on it; if I'm going to grill out, it's going to be with gas." I'm sure I was raised like a lot of you guys, and the first thing that came to the tip of my tongue was "At least let me pay you something for it?!" But ... for the first time in my life, I bit my tongue, and forced "Thank you" to come out instead! A buddy and I picked it up two hours later in his truck! :d He later told me he had 45 hours of labor in it just forming the steel, cutting it and welding it all together. 45 hours. That's not counting the 1/4" plate steel and the rest of the materials... He was a Master Welder, so just think if he charged $30/hr for his time what this grill would have cost... and then add in the price of steel!
Greg, that is one hell of a grill! My goodness, you could cook an entire deer in it I believe Great pics, they are inspiring me to cook up some venison burgers tomorrow
Greg...those look DELICIOUS. Makes me wanna fire up the grill in the rain and cook some myself. Off topic but is that a Cub Cadet you have covered? How do you like it? I'm needing a new mower and I'm torn between John Deere, Craftsman, and Cub Cadet.
Finch, it is a Cub. I'm one of those guys that before I make a purchase, I do TONS of research and know the ins and outs of everything (as if you couldn't tell over the years from my posts... ) That one will be starting its third summer now, so I'm not current on the various offerings, but when I made my purchase I went in to the buying process actually wanting a John Deere -- purely from the name standpoint. After visiting umpteen different dealers, spending hours on the internet, etc., I came to the conclusion that the Cub was a MUCH better deal for the $$. The John Deeres in the size range I wanted/needed all came with Briggs motors, while my Cub has a Kohler engine. To get the cushy steering wheel on the JD was an optional upgrade (read more $$$), as was the high-back seat. There were a few other reasons I went with the Cub, but those were the main ones that I can recall off the top of my head.