My beautiful Weber!
If you only want to cook a small meal, put the lid back on your Weber as soon as you've finished searing the beast and shut the air vent. The fire will then self-extinguish without wasting the briquettes....
I suppose jalapeño is probably a convenient excuse a gas user can proffer for having a sore bottom?
I suppose jalapeño is probably a convenient excuse a gas user can proffer for having a sore bottom?
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Somerset
Age: 81
Posts: 635
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I am beginning to think that if you have been circumcised you cannot join this thread.......................................
How about some photos of you, your Weber and a can of that squeezed Weasle that the Yarpies call beer?
How about some photos of you, your Weber and a can of that squeezed Weasle that the Yarpies call beer?
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: NT
Posts: 710
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Poncing around with gas
Gas, Gas?
Gas Webers are the equivalent of one-day cricket and would not be allowed in my household. Ponce around in pyjamas all you like young Sirs, but when it comes to real beef, pork and lamb; not to mention roast spuds, your product is but a pale imitation of the Test Cricket of barbeque cullinary endeavours.
A little extra effort is required, plus a a level of strategic planning. But this is far preferable to the inferior product borne of the need for instant gratification. The non-gas Weber is one that allows both process and outcome to be savoured. In short, who the hell remembers who won the last one-day series anywhere??
Gas Webers are the equivalent of one-day cricket and would not be allowed in my household. Ponce around in pyjamas all you like young Sirs, but when it comes to real beef, pork and lamb; not to mention roast spuds, your product is but a pale imitation of the Test Cricket of barbeque cullinary endeavours.
A little extra effort is required, plus a a level of strategic planning. But this is far preferable to the inferior product borne of the need for instant gratification. The non-gas Weber is one that allows both process and outcome to be savoured. In short, who the hell remembers who won the last one-day series anywhere??
Now let me see, Test cricket,; isn't that the one that takes the whole of the first day to get warmed up, needs up to 5 days to any sort of result, normally produces a shedload of very disappointing ducks; and the only one worth watching is called the Ashes during which we usually get thoroughly basted. Right?
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: NT
Posts: 710
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
For 6z3
6Z3,
Ducks on a non-gas Webber are rarely disappointing. There is some degree of finesse involved, but once again it gets down to strategic thought. A well thought out duck is immensly rewarding and, unfortunately, in the shorter and gassed-up version of the game, it's more down to good luck than good management dear boy.
As regards your comment about 'warming up,' I thoroughly agree; with qualification. Time is consumed but, as I said before, process and outcome are both to be savoured; as opposed to the sub-optimal result that comes with gas. Someone once said that 'life is not an end, it's a journey.' A non-gas Webber is testament to that thought:- one-day gas is just an end in itself, whereas non-gas is a life-enhancing experience.
As for the Ashes, I think you will find that when it comes to the ancillary circus that amuses those pyjama-wearing gas-users with limited attention spans, there may be a level of short-term instant gratification - but no one will remember what it tasted like, let alone the cut of meat. When it gets down to real cuisine, they are unlikely to have any real impact in the cordon-bleu stakes that involve non-gas and flannels.
Ducks on a non-gas Webber are rarely disappointing. There is some degree of finesse involved, but once again it gets down to strategic thought. A well thought out duck is immensly rewarding and, unfortunately, in the shorter and gassed-up version of the game, it's more down to good luck than good management dear boy.
As regards your comment about 'warming up,' I thoroughly agree; with qualification. Time is consumed but, as I said before, process and outcome are both to be savoured; as opposed to the sub-optimal result that comes with gas. Someone once said that 'life is not an end, it's a journey.' A non-gas Webber is testament to that thought:- one-day gas is just an end in itself, whereas non-gas is a life-enhancing experience.
As for the Ashes, I think you will find that when it comes to the ancillary circus that amuses those pyjama-wearing gas-users with limited attention spans, there may be a level of short-term instant gratification - but no one will remember what it tasted like, let alone the cut of meat. When it gets down to real cuisine, they are unlikely to have any real impact in the cordon-bleu stakes that involve non-gas and flannels.
Last edited by Howabout; 21st Apr 2009 at 11:13.
Jindabyne, the driver / tongmaster of that fag chariot does bear more than a passing resemblance to 'Biker' from 'The Village People'.....
I think we should be told......
I think we should be told......
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Longton, Lancs, UK
Age: 80
Posts: 1,527
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like
on
1 Post
No,no - that's foldingwings's front-seater (nothing to do with back/front persuasion I hasten to add). Please let's not get into the pleasures of back-burners, blow-outs or handy gas-rings - suffice to tell you that I once had a big, black Weber - and it was a bummer. With my trusty Outback (there we go again), I'm on the job instantly, my lady is always well-satisfied, and there's little after-mess - and I can repeat the performance at will. And as for basting, and browning my meat --- it's all achieved without the need for that big, black, soot-filled opening.
Last edited by jindabyne; 21st Apr 2009 at 13:31.
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Asia's Fine City
Posts: 462
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
"need for that big, black, soot-filled opening" - now then, children are watching. Be warned 
....without any semblance of a nose or tail wheel I'm not sure which way it goes ?
Although I do detect a chock on its main wheel - is it rooted to the spot ?
Perhaps it's the hermaphrodyte Weber ?
Where's it's Radula then ?
....without any semblance of a nose or tail wheel I'm not sure which way it goes ?
Although I do detect a chock on its main wheel - is it rooted to the spot ?
Perhaps it's the hermaphrodyte Weber ?
Where's it's Radula then ?
Last edited by kluge; 22nd Apr 2009 at 15:53. Reason: spelling, grammar, Logotherapy and rum
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Planet Tharg
Posts: 2,472
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
KWV Roodi' Red used to slip down a treat, as well.
Howabout: Any time, mate. I see you're from the only part of Oz worth inhabiting.
As an aficionado of the Darwin Stubbie you'll really enjoy getting ratted at Gil's.Invitation stands for anyone on the board who finds themselves at a loose end in JNB. If I'm in SA I'm pretty much on leave and should have no prob making a dent in the monthly production at the brewery.
Confession time
Forgive me, fellow brothers of Weber. For I fear I may have sinned. Perhaps even grievously so.
For tonight, whilst preparing ritual sacrifice unto the black sphere which is the true focus of our divinity, I succumbed to the temptation of Beelzebub. For I prepared a sacrifice which included substance other than the flesh of the beasts of the field, fowls of the air or fish of the deep.
Vegetables. Verily, I confess that, in addition to free range chicken breast from the emporium of Waitrose, I did offer unto Weber that which true believers should normally scorn. To wit, baby corn, sugar snap peas and potatoes with garlic and butter.
Is the start of a diabolical descent into the abyss of darkness? Which, if unchecked, might ultimately lead to the true horrors and awfulness of the bottled breath of Satan’s backside.........gas?
I seek your comfort and solace at this difficult time of fear and self-loathing.....
For tonight, whilst preparing ritual sacrifice unto the black sphere which is the true focus of our divinity, I succumbed to the temptation of Beelzebub. For I prepared a sacrifice which included substance other than the flesh of the beasts of the field, fowls of the air or fish of the deep.
Vegetables. Verily, I confess that, in addition to free range chicken breast from the emporium of Waitrose, I did offer unto Weber that which true believers should normally scorn. To wit, baby corn, sugar snap peas and potatoes with garlic and butter.
Is the start of a diabolical descent into the abyss of darkness? Which, if unchecked, might ultimately lead to the true horrors and awfulness of the bottled breath of Satan’s backside.........gas
? I seek your comfort and solace at this difficult time of fear and self-loathing.....
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: An Ivory Tower
Posts: 124
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
BEagle,
Not only have you committed a cardinal sin today, but you have sinned before in this thread with your outrageous suggestion, at post 328, that a chap might "follow the instructions" of a household item, a Weber no less
.
I fear that with these flagrant breaches of man laws you may now be beyond absolution
.
LE
Not only have you committed a cardinal sin today, but you have sinned before in this thread with your outrageous suggestion, at post 328, that a chap might "follow the instructions" of a household item, a Weber no less
. I fear that with these flagrant breaches of man laws you may now be beyond absolution
.LE
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Asia's Fine City
Posts: 462
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Hebrews 10:6 "In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast ..."
Habakkuk 2:10 "....devised a shameful thing for your house.
Yet that is not the worst; Thou hast sinned against thine own soul, hast endangered it.
Penance must be appropriate to the sin my son. Drink five bloody mary's and a hello dolly flagellating thyself with a radish
Habakkuk 2:10 "....devised a shameful thing for your house.
Yet that is not the worst; Thou hast sinned against thine own soul, hast endangered it.
Penance must be appropriate to the sin my son. Drink five bloody mary's and a hello dolly flagellating thyself with a radish
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Planet Tharg
Posts: 2,472
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Beags, there may have been some hope if you'd at least had some nyama on the braai, but chicken? Chicken is considered a vegetable in these parts. Even potatoes are brighter than chickens and have a place on the grill alongside the lamb chops, but chicken...?
The Empire is lost...
The Empire is lost...
The Lord Weber did observe my sin and hath frowned upon it.
For today it pisseth down with rain.
Five Bloody Marys you say? But WTF is a 'Hello Dolly'?
For today it pisseth down with rain.
Five Bloody Marys you say? But WTF is a 'Hello Dolly'?
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Asia's Fine City
Posts: 462
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Blasphemer, repent thou must sinner, repent. Much wailing and gnashing of teeth must thou endure for the lord god of burnt offerings is a thirsty diety.......Google be they friend and guiding light
:: Mattoni Grand Drink ...A PLANET OF CONTEMPORARY COCKTAILS ::
It's enough to make you puke
- but then it is penance 
:: Mattoni Grand Drink ...A PLANET OF CONTEMPORARY COCKTAILS ::
It's enough to make you puke
- but then it is penance
OK, OK - the Bloody Marys and radish flagellation I can take...
But the vileness of a Hello Dolly? 90% of which is non-alcoholic? Is the 'Williams' in the recipe really German Williams pear brandy? Or something from the colonies?
It soundeth horrific. For it is clearly something favoured by those of the gas persuasion...
But the vileness of a Hello Dolly
? 90% of which is non-alcoholic? Is the 'Williams' in the recipe really German Williams pear brandy? Or something from the colonies?It soundeth horrific. For it is clearly something favoured by those of the gas persuasion...
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Asia's Fine City
Posts: 462
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
They that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. Romans 13:2
Trust in the Lord Weber with all your heart, on your own intelligence rely not (Proverbs 3:5)
Now make that two Hello Dolly's for your sin
Trust in the Lord Weber with all your heart, on your own intelligence rely not
(Proverbs 3:5)Now make that two Hello Dolly's for your sin
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: NT
Posts: 710
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Brilliant thread
Isn't it great to have a thread where we can have this sort of banter? I'd never have believed it when I first logged in.
That doesn't mean that you bunch of weasliy, limp-wristed, poor excuses for bbq mechanics can ever equate gas for real cooking.
Kluge is worrying me though. I think he may be quoting scripture a little too much. It's been proven that such an affliction can lead to what has been euphemistically called 'gas fixation.' It's defined as a propensity to return to the Old Testament as a an excuse for delivering sub-standard gas offerings when a little extra effort, through sacred, scripture-approved non-gas, would have gained the blessing of the prophets.
As for Solid Rust Twotter, sorry buddy; yes it was my home, and I lived there three times over 30 years - a couple of times quite extended. Sadly, employment dictated a move(s). So, while NT originally designated where I lived it now, sadly, represents 'not there'. One day I will get back. Too many years and too many fond memories.
Finally, and in relation to Twotter's comments on the Darwin Stubie, who's still around that knows that the actual, original, 1960s Darwin Stubbie was VB (sh@t beer, but that's the case).
Tinpis; anyone??
That doesn't mean that you bunch of weasliy, limp-wristed, poor excuses for bbq mechanics can ever equate gas for real cooking.
Kluge is worrying me though. I think he may be quoting scripture a little too much. It's been proven that such an affliction can lead to what has been euphemistically called 'gas fixation.' It's defined as a propensity to return to the Old Testament as a an excuse for delivering sub-standard gas offerings when a little extra effort, through sacred, scripture-approved non-gas, would have gained the blessing of the prophets.
As for Solid Rust Twotter, sorry buddy; yes it was my home, and I lived there three times over 30 years - a couple of times quite extended. Sadly, employment dictated a move(s). So, while NT originally designated where I lived it now, sadly, represents 'not there'. One day I will get back. Too many years and too many fond memories.
Finally, and in relation to Twotter's comments on the Darwin Stubie, who's still around that knows that the actual, original, 1960s Darwin Stubbie was VB (sh@t beer, but that's the case).
Tinpis; anyone??