Our new grill. Let me show you it.
Behold, the Grill of Awesomeness!
And yes, it is a charcoal grill. Eric and I are of the same mind about this, namely that we want to cook with REAL FIRE and CHARCOAL, dammit.
Besides, this being a charcoal grill, we got this totally awesome setup with a warming rack and a huge barrel and a chimney and little plate-racks thingies for a whopping $98. Yep, less than a hundred bucks for this kick-ass grill.
It was a bit of a surprise that we did all this today. When I got up, Eric was down in the patio demolishing the rampant greenery. He'd been to Meijer and had been ogling the grills, so we got back in the car and went to pick one up. We got the grill, charcoal, grill tools, a wire brush to clean it, lighter fluid, a basket for fish and/or vegetables, and then tons of meat to cook on it. We were very happy shoppers.
Eric put the grill together and then Brian the Art Guy and Dayna came over for our inaugural cookout! I made skewers of chicken, steak and kielbasa with onions and peppers. We put a chipotle lime marinade on the chicken, barbecue sauce on the kielbasa and just some rubbing spices on the steak. WHOA that grill got hot. Way hotter than the wimpy-ass state-park-picnic-area model that our cabin in Hocking Hills had. That food COOKED, yo.
So we sat down to a vast repast of skewers and fruit salad and chips and pasta salad and beer. Yay, Fourth of July meal! Later we went out for ice cream, just happening to be standing there outside where we could see two different fireworks shows going off. It was perfect. We saw fireworks and didn't even mean to.
The grill even fits in the perfect little spot, too, where we weren't sure it'd fit. And we got a cover for it. I loves the new grill.
Ah, the process begins.
A fun little twist was that apparently the structure of the grill had been updated, but the instructions had not. So Eric frequently found himself being told to find nonexistent parts and not having instructions for parts that he had.
Starting to look grillish!
Let's light it up RIGHT NOW!
Ah, I love the smell of charcoal in the morning. Smells like...the Fourth of July!
Sorry, Dad, I didn't get any pics of the actual food. I was too busy being the Grillmaster. But this is what was left.
And yes, it is a charcoal grill. Eric and I are of the same mind about this, namely that we want to cook with REAL FIRE and CHARCOAL, dammit.
Besides, this being a charcoal grill, we got this totally awesome setup with a warming rack and a huge barrel and a chimney and little plate-racks thingies for a whopping $98. Yep, less than a hundred bucks for this kick-ass grill.
It was a bit of a surprise that we did all this today. When I got up, Eric was down in the patio demolishing the rampant greenery. He'd been to Meijer and had been ogling the grills, so we got back in the car and went to pick one up. We got the grill, charcoal, grill tools, a wire brush to clean it, lighter fluid, a basket for fish and/or vegetables, and then tons of meat to cook on it. We were very happy shoppers.
Eric put the grill together and then Brian the Art Guy and Dayna came over for our inaugural cookout! I made skewers of chicken, steak and kielbasa with onions and peppers. We put a chipotle lime marinade on the chicken, barbecue sauce on the kielbasa and just some rubbing spices on the steak. WHOA that grill got hot. Way hotter than the wimpy-ass state-park-picnic-area model that our cabin in Hocking Hills had. That food COOKED, yo.
So we sat down to a vast repast of skewers and fruit salad and chips and pasta salad and beer. Yay, Fourth of July meal! Later we went out for ice cream, just happening to be standing there outside where we could see two different fireworks shows going off. It was perfect. We saw fireworks and didn't even mean to.
The grill even fits in the perfect little spot, too, where we weren't sure it'd fit. And we got a cover for it. I loves the new grill.
Ah, the process begins.
A fun little twist was that apparently the structure of the grill had been updated, but the instructions had not. So Eric frequently found himself being told to find nonexistent parts and not having instructions for parts that he had.
Starting to look grillish!
Let's light it up RIGHT NOW!
Ah, I love the smell of charcoal in the morning. Smells like...the Fourth of July!
Sorry, Dad, I didn't get any pics of the actual food. I was too busy being the Grillmaster. But this is what was left.