I had a flashback today

[Jaxon]

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'...

[teesquare]

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.

[drholly]

Jaxon...  ... just sayin'....

[TMB]

Brings a tear to my eyes to read Jack has TBE back and cooking

[muebe]

The TBE is what brought many of us together and is a great cooker!

[drholly]

The TBE is what brought many of us together and is a great cooker!

[smokeasaurus]

The TBE is what brought many of us together and is a great cooker!

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..............

[MJSBBQ]

Still use mine every Thanksgiving. Nothing cooks a turkey better!

[Pam Gould]

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.  .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.

[africanmeat]

Still dreaming of one

[RAD]

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 

[Jaxon]

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 

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'...

[hikerman]

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! 

[IR2dum]

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. 

[Big Dawg]

First, Jack, what a great woman you married ! ! !

Second, so what did you cook ? ? ?

And third:







BD