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Went Costo the other day and got distracted.

Pork was done with Rib Man Rub and the beef ribs with just salt and pepper.
Very happy with the outcome

















Pulled Pork got portioned up for the freezer and the Ribs were for tea with mash, coleslaw and mac and cheese

evostick wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2020 7:28 pm

duncs500 wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2020 6:10 pm

All set for summer.

That's a nice grill.

You've not done your lawn any favours by cropping it so close at this time of year though. If you set the deck too low then you'll chop into the meristematic tissues and put the sward on the back foot just when if needs the growth.

Take it easy height wise the first couple of cuts then you can bring it down a bit as the plants react to the new regime. As a rule of thumb, white is not a desirable colour.

HTH.

OK thanks. I think that was the medium setting so I'll have to switch it to the longest.

unzippy wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:37 pm

JonMad wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2020 10:27 pm
7hr bbq beef brisket was delicious. Well, 5 1/2 hours, then I finished it in the oven on low as I ran out of charcoal.

How big was it to be done in 7hrs?

Quite small, 1.2kg iirc.

Pork and ribs look great. Top tip to use a tin for the charcoal. I guess you could make a snake or charcoal in the tin to try and get it to burn gradually and keep the temp fairly steady without having to chuck a few more coats on as often?

Beany wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2020 9:40 pm

It's work, work, work with you, isn't it?

At the moment it is! As someone who earns something less than £800 a month I'm royally fucked if I can't work.

Wish me luck today though. I'm about to venture into an islamic enclave in the slums of gloucester whilst wearing full suit/wellies/knapsack sprayer and I don't even have a decent dog to bring along. They may attack.

Did some lamb burgers on the weber Q last night and had them with a glass of good red. Haven't been drinking this year really so was something of a treat.

evostick wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2020 8:05 am

Beany wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2020 9:40 pm

It's work, work, work with you, isn't it?

At the moment it is! As someone who earns something less than £800 a month I'm royally fucked if I can't work.

Wish me luck today though. I'm about to venture into an islamic enclave in the slums of gloucester whilst wearing full suit/wellies/knapsack sprayer and I don't even have a decent dog to bring along. They may attack.

Did some lamb burgers on the weber Q last night and had them with a glass of good red. Haven't been drinking this year really so was something of a treat.

Any dog not on lead seems to cause a panic Tim.

Carlos wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2020 9:39 am
Any dog not on lead seems to cause a panic Tim.

I needn't have worried.

Any muslims I encountered were as disgustingly friendly as usual, despite keeping an even greater distance from me. It only served to confirm my suspicions that they all view COVID-19 as a gift from allah to rid the world of the infidel.

Being in town was weird as hell though. Although much nicer than normal tbh.

With my yellow vest on I can go anywhere with impunity.

Honestly I always believed the day would come when the lawnmower man would inherit the earth. I just didn't know that my time would come so quickly.

Everywhere I went curtains twitched then pale, wan faces pressed up to the glass of their residential units..

'What was that sound'?

They looked on aghast, disbelieving.

How can this be?.

Who is this hero, appearing like a traveller from another time, seemingly unaffected by the virus, his cheerful easygoing demeanour and carefree gait completely at odds in this dystopian setting?. Does he not know that this world is no more? Has no one told him so?.

As I passed I could see them briefly wonder on the remote possibility of better things to come. Sadly, salvation fantasies have betrayed them before and they turn away from the light, back to the screens, back to the familiar overwhelming misery that poisons their souls.

The lawnmower man moves on. His work done, his business now elsewhere.

Even in the darkest of days there is a light that never goes out.

Watch for him.

Brings a tear to the eye.

I appear to have put a cover over the BBQ before Xmas without cleaning it, it's got more fur than an 70s porn star

I'm sure you can't wait for before and after cleaning photos

You can get away with almost anything if you don a high vis

Carlos wrote: Sat Mar 28, 2020 11:00 am I appear to have put a cover over the BBQ before Xmas without cleaning it, it's got more fur than an 70s porn star

I'm sure you can't wait for before and after cleaning photos

Did that once, just turned it on full whack for 20 minutes and it burnt off.

There was quite a build up crud and I won't be doing it again for hopefully another 5 years.



A couple of hours with a razor blade scraper and wire wool.





Quite therapeutic

That’s all the flavour gone!

I think the flavour which has gone may not be particularly pleasant

Carlos wrote: Sat Mar 28, 2020 3:14 pm
Quite therapeutic

How many times did you forget that it's curved and get a face full of water from the hose?

JonMad wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2020 7:52 am I guess you could make a snake or charcoal in the tin to try and get it to burn gradually and keep the temp fairly steady without having to chuck a few more coats on as often?

I had the vents locked down fairly tight and the Slow n Sear running for a long cook - https://snsgrills.com/pages/slow-n-sear ... structions

Turns out I definitely didn’t clean mine before not using it over the winter. It was a little furry in areas.

I think I mostly managed to fix that with medium sized fire

Should probably wash it though

Set the BBQ off, get it hot, use a proper Weber wire brush for not a lot of money. Thank me later.

Orange Cola wrote: Mon Mar 30, 2020 10:27 pm Set the BBQ off, get it hot, use a proper Weber wire brush for not a lot of money. Thank me later...

...from the A&E. You monster.

Peterlplp wrote: Mon Mar 30, 2020 10:55 pm

Orange Cola wrote: Mon Mar 30, 2020 10:27 pm Set the BBQ off, get it hot, use a proper Weber wire brush for not a lot of money. Thank me later...

...from the A&E. You monster.

Time to feel alive

My sister is looking for a gas grill too, but has a bit of a smaller budget than I did. Anyone got experience of Outback products? Any good?