My beautiful Weber!
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But I have to admit to a handheld butane igniter
Gas is gay. Lava rocks are transvestite.
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Enough
Right that's it this Sunday roast is going on the old Charcoal girl keep an eye to the world service BBC while chewing on your bacon buttie to watch out for "madman sets fire to most of the big dusty island".
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Weber? Bah!! You probably have little pink umbrellas in your beer too....
The only way to do it if you're a technologicallly astute type is to use a 44 gal oil drum cut in half, or just build the fire on the ground and support the expanded steel grill on a few bricks/rocks stacked up around it.
The gentlemen will stand around the grill passing comments on the chef's technique, sniping for tasters and sipping beer while the ladies will be in the kitchen discussing washing powder and making salads which they will eat later.
Lighting the fire is simple with a litre or two of avgas or some fuel drained from the neighbour's lawnmower.
Try not to set fire to the swimming pool...
The only way to do it if you're a technologicallly astute type is to use a 44 gal oil drum cut in half, or just build the fire on the ground and support the expanded steel grill on a few bricks/rocks stacked up around it.
The gentlemen will stand around the grill passing comments on the chef's technique, sniping for tasters and sipping beer while the ladies will be in the kitchen discussing washing powder and making salads which they will eat later.
Lighting the fire is simple with a litre or two of avgas or some fuel drained from the neighbour's lawnmower.
Try not to set fire to the swimming pool...
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Our first cookery book had a BBQ recipe.
First, dig a pit about 15 feet x 8 feet. Fill with wood and charcoal. Light and retire. When flames died down and surface whitish grey cover with large stones and place Ox or cow on the embers. Cover with earth.
Three days later . . .
<<To "lay a hāngi" or "put down a hāngi" involves digging a pit in the ground, heating stones in the pit with a large fire, placing wire baskets of food on top of the stones, and covering everything with earth for several hours before uncovering (or lifting) the hāngi. There are many variations and details that can be altered, but a hāngi produces rich, succulent food with a flavour quite unlike anything else.>>
First, dig a pit about 15 feet x 8 feet. Fill with wood and charcoal. Light and retire. When flames died down and surface whitish grey cover with large stones and place Ox or cow on the embers. Cover with earth.
Three days later . . .
<<To "lay a hāngi" or "put down a hāngi" involves digging a pit in the ground, heating stones in the pit with a large fire, placing wire baskets of food on top of the stones, and covering everything with earth for several hours before uncovering (or lifting) the hāngi. There are many variations and details that can be altered, but a hāngi produces rich, succulent food with a flavour quite unlike anything else.>>
So, who didn't fire up their Beautiful Webers this weekend.....??
Bratwurst mit Bratkartoffeln on mine - it would have taken too long to cook a cow!
Bratwurst mit Bratkartoffeln on mine - it would have taken too long to cook a cow!
Just sitting down and watching the black beast calming down after it has converted approximately 2.5 kg of dead things into my dinner.
My wife had some coloured objects on her plate called "Fresh Leaf" and offered me some. She is currently in the kitchen applying a plaster to her slight facial injury.
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PS Though entering late into the fray I must add that gas is definitely GAY
My wife had some coloured objects on her plate called "Fresh Leaf" and offered me some. She is currently in the kitchen applying a plaster to her slight facial injury.
Regards
ss
PS Though entering late into the fray I must add that gas is definitely GAY
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Mine didn't get fired up but I was at my mate's house when his did. The chicken legs were decidedly 'fresh' after he put them on the table after 15 mins cooking, but hell, more for me if no-one else fancied them. I think a good vet would've got them going again! After a gut full of Stella, honking chilli sauce and drinking port from the bottle all of a sudden it was Sunday - result!
All of my old joints are still hurting but I don't remember being in any fights ....
All of my old joints are still hurting but I don't remember being in any fights ....
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Ancillary systems fail?
Wife and kids are off to MIL's, some several hundred miles away.
I'm sure my pastor will understand why I wasn't at services this morning. Being a compassionate man, I gave my razor the day off to rest and this evening, I decided to log some weber time.
Start up went well:
Preflight inspection - dead beast, check. Cold beverages, check.
Primed liberally with lighter fluid, checked all around, called 'clear!' and it "whooompfed" on the first match.
It was then that I started noticing some odd variations in a normal grill
First, I had to replenish my own cold beverage. Normally, at such a time, a cold one appears just as the last one is consumed. Thinking I could compensate, I grilled on.
Then, after grilling the beast to perfection, I brought it inside where I was met with......silence. It's not often that I get a standing ovation, but a hearty round of applause is always forthcoming. Not today.
Concerned at the mounting chain of failures, I checked further. No side dish, no green leafy push to the side pile, why not even the table was set!
So I landed the platter at the first suitable area and enjoyed just the beast with another beverage, but still can't figure out the root cause of the problem.
But I've never been very mechanical, so perhaps ones with more experience or technical knowledge can help trouble shoot the Weber's ancillary systems?
I'm sure my pastor will understand why I wasn't at services this morning. Being a compassionate man, I gave my razor the day off to rest and this evening, I decided to log some weber time.
Start up went well:
Preflight inspection - dead beast, check. Cold beverages, check.
Primed liberally with lighter fluid, checked all around, called 'clear!' and it "whooompfed" on the first match.
It was then that I started noticing some odd variations in a normal grill
First, I had to replenish my own cold beverage. Normally, at such a time, a cold one appears just as the last one is consumed. Thinking I could compensate, I grilled on.
Then, after grilling the beast to perfection, I brought it inside where I was met with......silence. It's not often that I get a standing ovation, but a hearty round of applause is always forthcoming. Not today.
Concerned at the mounting chain of failures, I checked further. No side dish, no green leafy push to the side pile, why not even the table was set!
So I landed the platter at the first suitable area and enjoyed just the beast with another beverage, but still can't figure out the root cause of the problem.
But I've never been very mechanical, so perhaps ones with more experience or technical knowledge can help trouble shoot the Weber's ancillary systems?
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Brick - may I suggest that upon inspection, you'll see "No Fault Found", since the primary systems worked just fine.
1. Food was grilled.
2. Beer was drunk.
I don't see any failure here at all....
1. Food was grilled.
2. Beer was drunk.
I don't see any failure here at all....
-SAFETY WARNING-
Use of Secondary Mode may result in serious injury if the Primary System reverts to Normal Mode whilst the Secondary Mode is in use!
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You brought the grilled beast indoors and expected to eat it off a plate with green stuff chucked on the side? Sounds a bit like you'd cook with gas given half a chance. Very *ahem* progressive of you...
The trick is to get your mates around with their 18 year old blonde cheerleaders and a spare for yourself then stand around the barbie with a can of beer in hand, hacking off bits with a biltong knife and eating straight from the grill while discussing sport. Blondes will be frolicking in pool getting nekkid.....
The trick is to get your mates around with their 18 year old blonde cheerleaders and a spare for yourself then stand around the barbie with a can of beer in hand, hacking off bits with a biltong knife and eating straight from the grill while discussing sport. Blondes will be frolicking in pool getting nekkid.....
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Just hearing the word barbecue transports me back 20 years to the glory days of the UAS Summer Camp - half an oil drum topped by a metal footscraper pinched from the mess, more beer and food than you could shake a stick at - and the entire membership of the local nurses home in rapturous attendance - those were the days!
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fin1012 wrote:
Copycat!
I even have a frame (of sorts) to rest mine on! I feel it lends a certain air of "rustic charm" to the back garden during the summer month, although my aesthetic taste is hotly contested by SWM(sometimes)BO
half an oil drum topped by a metal footscraper
I even have a frame (of sorts) to rest mine on! I feel it lends a certain air of "rustic charm" to the back garden during the summer month, although my aesthetic taste is hotly contested by SWM(sometimes)BO
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So lets get this right - get up early on a Saturday
, be ethnically exploited to dig large hole in ground
, very moist ground "it will be fine says Chief Kiwi
, have big fire and copious Speights around new fire in pit
, fill hole with meat and some veggie(?) stuff
, more Speights, have afternoon Nap
, return to grand reveal of half cooked slightly steamed meat
, more Speights whilst mess kitchen broken into to light ovens 
, finished on gas
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So lets get this right - get up early on a Saturday
, be ethnically exploited to dig large hole in ground, very moist ground "it will be fine says Chief Kiwi, have big fire and copious Speights around new fire in pit, fill hole with meat and some veggie(?) stuff, more Speights, have afternoon Nap, return to grand reveal of half cooked slightly steamed meat, more Speights whilst mess kitchen broken into to light ovens , finished on gasCharlie sends