Let's Talk BBQ
Outdoor Cooking Equipment => Grills & Smokers => Charcoal Grills => Topic started by: smokeasaurus on January 31, 2016, 02:51:22 PM
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Well we finally got settled into the new cabin. Had some casualties however. My Good One smoker could not be put out on our rear decks. Up a bit too high and the yard is sloped and the Good One is top heavy. Had to lug it down a treacherous brick stairway to a drop off to go around the sloped yard from one end to the other to the deck entrance all the way on the other side of the yard. We tried but it came down to the fact that someone or the smoker was going to get hurt. The owner of our other house bought it off me so the moving guys brought it back to the old house. We were able to get the PK and the Smokin It and the Camp Chef pellet grill on the decks. Not fun but nobody or the grills got hurt.
Wendy wants to entertain more here. So I have been on the prowl for a larger charcoal grill. The PK just can't handle a crowd. I wanted the Assasin but the freight would be almost as much as the grill. I picked up a Chargriller Outlaw with the side fire-box..partially assembled on CL. I figure I can carry the pcs through the cabin to the decks before assembling. Missing all the hardware. I was able to get the hardware pack from Chargriller. This will give us a good size charcoal grill for when the bubbas come over. If I am feeling rowdy and bored, I might see what fire management skills I have left and will try to smoke something up old school. The barrel portion is large enough to have charcoal on one side and meat on the other without even using the side fire-box. After all these rains let up I will get it all assembled and will start posting cooks. My little brother has cooked on these types of grills for years. He doesn't cover em and hardly cleans out the ashes (it is hard to imagine he is related to me) and he gets 4-5 years out of them. I figure with little TLC and a cover I might get 10. Kind of excited to use this type of grill again. My old Char-Broil Silver smoker was very comparable. Once I figured that grill out, it put out some tasty chow at a low price tag. We shall see what happens once I get her all fired up.............to be continued............
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Glad you guys are all in now Smoke - moving is rough on the nerves, the wallet - and sometimes the BBQ gear too I guess..... ;)
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Glad you guys are all in now Smoke - moving is rough on the nerves, the wallet - and sometimes the BBQ gear too I guess..... ;)
It was the move from heck!! No power after the snow. We had to put our groceries out in the snow and the second night the critters got in em. We both got sick the day before the main move. I had to have a deck built for a storage shed to be built on site. Everything was set out in the snow and tarped. Fridge was damaged in transit so an additional 3 days of groceries out in the snow. The critters around here got fat and sassy on my dime. The guys that helped me with the move put all the shed stuff on the wrong side of the property. To save money I had to schlep it all around the side and the back to the shed myself. They didn't add the steps yet to the shed platform so everything had to be powered up inside the door and then moved into the shed. So much more to complain about but the bottom line is we are in and the next time I move I will be cold,stiff and lifeless ;)
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Ouch!!!
Well- sounds like you need a nite scope and something to point at them and go bang, then look up recipes for raccoon and squirrel.... ;D
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The outlaw is so long that a fire in one end of the main chamber still allows a very large cooking area.
The firebox may not be needed.
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When you dig out. Take some pics
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The outlaw is so long that a fire in one end of the main chamber still allows a very large cooking area.
The firebox may not be needed.
Good call. It is in a separate box. I will probably install it but I like cooking with fire and meat in the same chamber.
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When you dig out. Take some pics
Will do. Just took the dogs out and we are starting to get a dusting again.....it took me 2 weeks to get the decks clear and here we go again......
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smoke, congrats on your new digs.
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Sounds like the worst is over. Can't wait to see what comes off that grill!
BD
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Sounds like the worst is over. Can't wait to see what comes off that grill!
BD
Yep you made it through Scott!
Now back to cooking
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Sounds like the worst is over. Can't wait to see what comes off that grill!
BD
Yep you made it through Scott!
Now back to cooking
Well kinda.....dropped Wendy off at work this morning and her co-worker was standing in the parking lot wondering how to put on her snow cables. Half an hour later I got her on the road and when I went to get in the Jeep, my plant foot slipped on the ice and I landed on my side HARD, my right leg stayed in the vehicle. Left shoulder and hip and my fanny are terribly sore right now. No shoveling snow today...gonna set by the wood stove........
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Sounds like you should have moved to Alabama like you were thinking about. :)
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Dang Smoke sounds like you are having a time getting moved in and glad you was thinking of feeding the critters in the neighborhood too!!! :) Sometimes it can't get any worse, only better!!! Good luck!!! Don
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Smoke..you gotta be a lil more careful with you..we still need you here. .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.
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Sounds like you should have moved to Alabama like you were thinking about. :)
Well if I fall a couple more times like yesterday I will either end up in Happy Acres home for the aging or Fort Payne :D :D
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Sounds like you should have moved to Alabama like you were thinking about. :)
Well if I fall a couple more times like yesterday I will either end up in Happy Acres home for the aging or Fort Payne :D :D
Yea, If you fall here its because of all those beer bottles.... :D :D :D
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Sounds like you should have moved to Alabama like you were thinking about. :)
Well if I fall a couple more times like yesterday I will either end up in Happy Acres home for the aging or Fort Payne :D :D
Yea, If you fall here its because of all those beer bottles.... :D :D :D
now that would be worth the "trip"..... ;D
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Glad you guys are all in now Smoke - moving is rough on the nerves, the wallet - and sometimes the BBQ gear too I guess..... ;)
It was the move from heck!! No power after the snow. We had to put our groceries out in the snow and the second night the critters got in em. We both got sick the day before the main move. I had to have a deck built for a storage shed to be built on site. Everything was set out in the snow and tarped. Fridge was damaged in transit so an additional 3 days of groceries out in the snow. The critters around here got fat and sassy on my dime. The guys that helped me with the move put all the shed stuff on the wrong side of the property. To save money I had to schlep it all around the side and the back to the shed myself. They didn't add the steps yet to the shed platform so everything had to be powered up inside the door and then moved into the shed. So much more to complain about but the bottom line is we are in and the next time I move I will be cold,stiff and lifeless ;)
I hope you will postpone your next move by many years .