ellem's Journal: My new grill

As many of you know I have two things I want to be remembered for:

1) Be remembered as a good father.
2) Have people remember the aroma of my BBQ.

This should help. It's my 3rd Weber. I went back and forth between Ducane, Vermont Castings and Weber. Ultimately I decided that Weber has never done anything wrong by me and here we are:

My New Grill

Weber

[Tet]

Hmmm. Doesn't look like any Weber [webcon.co.uk] I've ever seen.

Re:Weber

[arb]

And I always thought there were two B's in Webber [kataweb.it]?

Re:Weber

[Tet]

And I always thought there were two B's in Webber?

Indeed. He's been doing rather well of late, and has been unlucky to miss out on some good results due to mechanical failures. It'll be interesting to see if he stays with Williams or jumps ship to Renault next season.

my bad

[Mantorp]

I thought you got some gold teeth

Re:my bad

[FortKnox]

Damn, beat me to the punch.

I'm a Weber fan, myself, but am much more of a charcoal man (though my wife is convincing me to get a gas just cause of the time it takes to get the coals ready, even with my charcoal chimney...)

Re:my bad

[Mantorp]

the charcoal chimney is the greatest invention ever, no more lighter fluid tasting hot dogs

Re:my bad

[johndiii]

I've got a charcoal Weber that has a gas starter. Much less fuss, and the coals are ready much more quickly than, say, lighter fluid. Don't know how it would compare to the charcoal chimney.

Re:my bad

[gmhowell]

Use chunk. Get it started first. Then go get your stuff for grilling. By the time you return, the coals should be ready to cook with. Not sure why everyone seems to be having trouble with this. Also not sure why ellem wants to cook over lit farts.

Too bad you can't

[StalinsNotDead]

Too bad you can't capture the aroma in some form of incense or freeze a BBQ in progress to restart for your funeral.

Re:Too bad you can't

[gmhowell]

When I die, I'll definately be smelling BBQ. Although with more than a hint of sulfur.

HD

[baldass_newbie]

If you got it at Home Depot, you should have gotten the Ducane - it has a rotisserie.
I know. I got it and freakin' rulez over that cheap Weber shnizz.
Sit.

Re:HD

[ellem]

the Ducane was nice but small.

I cook things and need space.

I rotisse nothing.

Re:HD

[baldass_newbie]

Dude, it's not the size of the grill, it's what you do with it.
And it's got plenty of space - and stainless shelves (unlike those plastic thingys on the sides of yours.)

Finally, you won't rotisse nothing IF YOU AIN'T GOT ONE. Leg of lamb, chicken...I'm thinking gyros next.
Muy tasty.

Re:HD

[ellem]

It's the size of the grill if you need to be cooking as much as I do.

I switched to charcoal

[Pirogoeth]

I used to have a gas grill, but I moved over to charcoal. I miss the quick heat up time, but I like the taste better, plus I can use it as a smoker.

My grill [imageshack.us]

Re:I switched to charcoal

[artifex2004]

Looks like a fat anime owl landed on your deck :)
Cool.

wow, that's huge

[artifex2004]

You obviously have parties :)

What do you think of Steven Raichlen [bbqu.net]? His show convinced me that I should try a number of different techniques, so I'll be getting about 6 different grills :) Just kidding.

Re:wow, that's huge

[ellem]

Steve rocks. I really like his books. He actually gave Howard Stern private lessons not too long ago. Howard explained everything he was learing from him and it was highly informative. They Beer Can cooked a stripper.

Re:wow, that's huge

[artifex2004]

They Beer Can cooked a stripper.

Even with Steven's skill, I'll expect the end result was tough, stringy, and contaminated all the utensils :)

gas?

[Triumph The Insult C]

you pussy! turn your balls in right this instant

Re:gas?

[ellem]

I asked Lynda and she said, "No."