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Title: I had a flashback today
Post by: Jaxon on December 28, 2015, 09:00:45 PM
Six years ago my wife, Deb, bought The Big Easy for my Christmas gift.  I found CharBroil's forum and began my education in outdoor cookin'.  I have acquired many cookers since then and still use most of them (three of 'em have been sold). 
Two years ago, I loaned TBE to a friend of mine. 
Yesterday, he returned it after he had cleaned it thoroughly.
Today I cooked in it for the first time again.
Things have come full-circle and it feels good.

just sayin'...

(http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/pp19/j0mc0rry/90fee1cc-862d-42fe-80ef-d84822c37ad6_zpsoezstkzw.jpg~original) (http://s393.photobucket.com/user/j0mc0rry/media/90fee1cc-862d-42fe-80ef-d84822c37ad6_zpsoezstkzw.jpg.html)
Title: Re: I had a flashback today
Post by: teesquare on December 28, 2015, 10:06:42 PM
The elemental things that we learned early on a journey - but -  forget along the way - return to us later as the most powerful reminders of how we got to where we are today.

The simple tools, and methods that make for "good cooking" - are always true. We may have moved on to more complex, or advanced methods and cooks - but going back to the basics sometimes helps me remember that unless we maintain a solid foundation in what is good, true and right - all else we do is destined to be filled with frustration and disappointment.

What is true as a cook....is true for the rest of our life as well. :)
Title: Re: I had a flashback today
Post by: drholly on December 28, 2015, 11:18:56 PM
Jaxon...  :D ... just sayin'....
Title: Re: I had a flashback today
Post by: TMB on December 28, 2015, 11:28:39 PM
Brings a tear to my eyes to read Jack has TBE back and cooking
Title: Re: I had a flashback today
Post by: muebe on December 29, 2015, 08:40:53 AM
The TBE is what brought many of us together and is a great cooker!
Title: Re: I had a flashback today
Post by: drholly on December 29, 2015, 09:16:39 AM
The TBE is what brought many of us together and is a great cooker!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9JOmU2jFUo

Title: Re: I had a flashback today
Post by: smokeasaurus on December 29, 2015, 10:55:43 AM
The TBE is what brought many of us together and is a great cooker!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9JOmU2jFUo

TBE might be the common denominator for a bunch of us  :)

Jaxon brings up a good point that we need to remember:  you can't get to where you are going until you remember where you have been.............I still find it comforting having Char-Broil equipment on my patio.......it is like an old friend.............. :)
Title: Re: I had a flashback today
Post by: MJSBBQ on December 29, 2015, 11:10:08 AM
Still use mine every Thanksgiving. Nothing cooks a turkey better!
Title: Re: I had a flashback today
Post by: Pam Gould on December 29, 2015, 11:11:49 AM
The TBE is what got me here thru CB..I sold mine this year to a young guy that just loves it and uses it several times a week..cooks only on it..I still have a SRG & BEESR tho. can't give them up.  .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.
Title: Re: I had a flashback today
Post by: africanmeat on December 29, 2015, 11:50:11 AM
Still dreaming of one
Title: Re: I had a flashback today
Post by: RAD on December 29, 2015, 06:32:38 PM
Still use mine and going to do some wings this week in it. I'm not sure but I think Tommy uses his once in awhile  ;D
Title: Re: I had a flashback today
Post by: Jaxon on December 29, 2015, 07:35:49 PM
Still use mine and going to do some wings this week in it. I'm not sure but I think Tommy uses his once in awhile  ;D

RAD, I remember the pics you would post ... loaded up TBE with soooo many wings.  I know you haven't lost your touch.

just sayin'...
Title: Re: I had a flashback today
Post by: hikerman on December 29, 2015, 08:49:39 PM
Good thread Jaxon.

It's true that a good many of us came here from the what once was a very good forum, CharBroil's Sizzle on the Grill.
I have learned an awful lot from a good many folks by listening, watching, and sharing. Isn't that how life works in general?

Last year I thinned the herd and gave a dear friend my TBE as he loved the turkeys I had cooked in the past on camping trips. He was in tears when I gave it to him. But I knew it was going to a good home. This Fall he was the friend who gifted me a circa 1968 Weber 18.5" kettle, that was his family's grill back in the day. Life is truly a circle!

God, I miss those baked potatoes off TBE! I think I'm going to call my friend!  ;)
Title: Re: I had a flashback today
Post by: IR2dum on December 30, 2015, 01:50:33 AM
Jaxon and everybody, this thread is really bringing up some old memories. I, too, am a CharBroil fan, but not because of the TBE....because of the CharBroil 940X (which I have owned for over 40 years) and the CharBroil two burner gas grill (which I have owned for over 15 years). Because of them, I joined CharBroil's  "Sizzle on the Grill" forum where I met so many nice people that talked me into getting the TBE. I am glad that I got one, but like everyone else, new grills and techniques came out and I gave it away to a loving home. Just think, if it hadn't been for CharBroil, I would never have met so many of you that I consider to be some of my best friends. We all migrated over here to LTTBBQ and now this is the best outdoor cooking forum on the net. I am really thinking back and remembering all the good cooks that y'all did like RAD's TBE loaded with wings, and Tommy cooking a butt almost every day, and the great baked potatoes that hikerman is referring to. We all can relate to how good that little cooker is.

Jaxon, congrats on the circle being unbroken. 
Title: Re: I had a flashback today
Post by: Big Dawg on December 30, 2015, 01:23:10 PM
First, Jack, what a great woman you married ! ! !

Second, so what did you cook ? ? ?

And third:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bRJLkNqNXI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bRJLkNqNXI)





BD
Title: Re: I had a flashback today
Post by: drholly on December 30, 2015, 01:37:03 PM
As long as we are hijacking Jaxon's thread and posting music...

this one fits as well... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA7pFTJSkZw

Yes, this is a Jerry Jeff tune / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, but David Bromberg does it best. Sorry, Jack... but I think you will like it...  It always makes me cry... ;D
Title: Re: I had a flashback today
Post by: TwoPockets on December 30, 2015, 09:02:41 PM
As long as we are hijacking Jaxon's thread and posting music...

this one fits as well... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA7pFTJSkZw

Yes, this is a Jerry Jeff tune / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, but David Bromberg does it best. Sorry, Jack... but I think you will like it...  It always makes me cry... ;D

Jerry Jeff Walker is a great songwriter and as far as I   am concerned this is one of the best songs ever written.

As for TBE, I did an 11 pound standing rib roast in it  for Christmas. It was perfect.
Title: Re: I had a flashback today
Post by: drholly on December 31, 2015, 12:07:16 AM
It doesn't matter to me if it is David Bromberg or Jerry Jeff, the "real Bojangles or not" this is still a tear jerker for me. And the TBE is still a great cooker!