blford

Boards Post

blford replied to the BBQ, Art of, Fun(ky), The board. 9:43 AM

Re: Kingsford on sale....

*tolt The Boss she'll be makin' another trip to Lowe's real soon, me*

Why am I surprised The Boss don't fire your butt? <g>

'Cause she knows she'd starve to death, her.

Bill

Boards Post

blford replied to the BBQ, Art of, Fun(ky), The board. 7:29 PM

Re: 2 Questions

I am seriously considering getting a Big Green Egg. My DW and I are in the process of designing & building our retirement home and it's a perfect opportunity to build an 'outdoor kitchen'...

We already bought our retirement home [more]

Boards Post

blford replied to the BBQ, Art of, Fun(ky), The board. 7:03 PM

Re: Day 12 without a kitchen

...spare ribs tonight (cut off the meat flap and St Louis-styled them) for the workers tomorrow.

How come? Don't them werkers like gnawin' on meat flaps, them!?!?

Bill

Boards Post

blford replied to the BBQ, Art of, Fun(ky), The board. 6:55 PM

Re: Kingsford on sale....

2x 20# here at Lowe's for $9.99.

Obviously I didn't read ahead, me.

Bill

*but I will right after this post :-)*

Boards Post

blford replied to the BBQ, Art of, Fun(ky), The board. 6:53 PM

Re: Kingsford on sale....

...at Home Depot this weekend. 40# for $12.88, or $0.322/#. Guess we won't be seeing $0.25/# this year.

$9.99 +tax for two 20# bags at Lowe's this past weekend.

I've already gone through 1 1/2 bags in the past six weeks and [more]

Boards Post

blford replied to the BBQ, Art of, Fun(ky), The board. 6:43 PM

Re: 12 Easy Recipes for a Backyard BBQ

I don't own a crock pot. I have a slow cooker.

Uh oh, I have one of each, and use them too.

Bill

Boards Post

blford replied to the BBQ, Art of, Fun(ky), The board. 6:28 PM

Re: 10 Easy Ways To Master The Grill

I am not sure the poke test is accurate when cooking over gas. I saw an old segment on Bittman today on Bittman where he compared cooking over gas vs charcoal and one thing that really stood out is that the poke test doesn't work as well over gas [more]

Boards Post

blford replied to the BBQ, Art of, Fun(ky), The board. 6:19 PM

Re: 10 Easy Ways To Master The Grill

There are a number of things I've read different advice from that ventured in the link... For example, pulling meat from a cooler and throwing it immediately on a sizzling grill seems, shall I say, somewhat shocking.

Some cuts [more]

Boards Post

blford replied to the BBQ, Art of, Fun(ky), The board. 6:04 PM

Re: 10 Easy Ways To Master The Grill

Align the food on your grill in a neat row with soldierly precision. This helps you keep track of which foods went on the fire first, so you can turn them and take them off in order. Plus it looks more professional— and looking professional is [more]

Boards Post

blford replied to the BBQ, Art of, Fun(ky), The board. 5:45 PM

Re: Best Grills at Any Price

That didn't take long.

Note to self: Stop feeding F2B...errr...MII new material.

Bill

*didn't answer my question though, you*

Boards Post

blford replied to the BBQ, Art of, Fun(ky), The board. 10:31 AM

Re: Ribs

*someday I gotta learn to trim 'em, me*

It is actually very easy after you do it the first time or two. And well worth it.

I realize it's easy, but I need a reason to convince myself to do it. I like having big flaps [more]

Boards Post

blford replied to the BBQ, Art of, Fun(ky), The board. 9:16 PM

Re: Roasted Strawberry BBQ Sauce

I haven't decided yet if I like this idea or not. Part of me does. Part of me doesn't.

So let the part of you that does take over, try it, and report back.

Bill

Boards Post

blford replied to the BBQ, Art of, Fun(ky), The board. 9:07 PM

Re: Ribs

Anyone every do a cost comparison between spare ribs and St Louis-style ribs?

Nope. We buy all'a our ribs from Costco and they come three racks to a cryopac, untrimmed. Big, fat racks. I haven't looked at the price of ribs in a [more]

Boards Post

blford replied to the BBQ, Art of, Fun(ky), The board. 9:02 PM

Re: bad 1poorguy!

I had to burn a hot fire in the smoker...

That's all ya had to do IMHO.

I'm postitive the fire killed off all'a the yuckies, but it still "looked" yucky and it only took a coupla more minutes to quickly scrap [more]

Boards Post

blford replied to the BBQ, Art of, Fun(ky), The board. 8:58 PM

Re: bad 1poorguy!

Well, I can't just put the cover on without cleaning the thing!

I don't understand.

I do, now. It's been a few months since my last smoke session and I had some pork butts to smoke this weekend. The Bullet y'all got me [more]

Boards Post

blford posted to the BBQ, Art of, Fun(ky), The board. 9:12 PM

Kevin Kolman; Weber Grill Master

Kevin Kolman is Weber’s go-to guy for all grilling techniques, products, and questions. As Weber’s Grill Master, Kevin inspires average grillers to become backyard heroes through his how-to videos and blogs.

[more]

Boards Post

blford replied to the BBQ, Art of, Fun(ky), The board. 5:05 PM

Re: WOK

Wok Like an Egyptian - Bangles

Y'all means Steve Martin, right?

Bill

Boards Post

blford replied to the BBQ, Art of, Fun(ky), The board. 10:00 PM

Re: Crayfish Feast

If there were crayfish that big when I was a kid, I wouldn't have no toes or fingers now.

Ditto. We lived in Dayton Ohio then.

Bill

Boards Post

blford replied to the BBQ, Art of, Fun(ky), The board. 9:59 PM

Re: Crayfish Feast

The last time we went to Truk Lagoon...

I remember that trip tale, after-the-fact. Y'all posted several descriptive posts 'bout that trip and all'a the stuff y'all did, and where y'all went and I felt like I was there. It was [more]

Boards Post

blford replied to the BBQ, Art of, Fun(ky), The board. 10:56 AM

Re: A Taste of Hogs . . .

AC *how can you drink that stuff when there's Samuel Smith's Oatmeal Stout in the world*

Haven't tried that one yet, me, but their Taddy Porter is awesome!

Bill