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TLC Tim
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Post subject: Grilling in the snow  Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 4:36 pm |
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Joined: Wed Jan 19, 2011 7:59 am
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Location: Syracuse, NY
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Yesterday the weather here broke. It was nearly 60 degrees. The grass poked up through the snow. The sun shone. It got me in the mood for grilling. So I bought a chicken with every intention of grill-roasting it with some smoke.
Then today dawcned overcast. With snow and wind. And highs around 25.
Undaunted, I brushed the snow off, lit the charcoal, and brined the chicken. It is roasting as we speak. My neighbor thinks I'm some kind of crazy Californian. But we'll be having grill-roasted chicken tonight, even if I have to finish it in the oven. My grill doesn't want to get above 300, even using up the last 1/3 bag of charcoal from last year.
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-Anthony Bourdain
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Amy
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Post subject: Re: Grilling in the snow Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:08 pm |
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Location: Telluride, CO
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When I was crazy enough to try firing up the roti while I lived in NY, we would build a windshield around the grill so it wouldn't get so friggin' cold it wouldn't work.
Amy
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TLC Tim
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Post subject: Re: Grilling in the snow Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:21 pm |
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It has a cover. Seems to have worked great.
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-Anthony Bourdain
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Amy
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Post subject: Re: Grilling in the snow Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:23 pm |
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Location: Telluride, CO
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Of course, now I live in Colorado where the weather can be very extreme, and I've got it in my head to build an outdoor wok station.
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TLC Tim
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Post subject: Re: Grilling in the snow Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:25 pm |
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Location: Syracuse, NY
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I have dreams of an outdoor kitchen. Of course, I also have dreams of settling in the Pacific Northwest as soon as I can...
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" Food that`s too safe, too pasteurized, too healthy - it`s bad! There should be some risk, like unpasteurized cheese. Food is about rot, and decay, and fermentation.as much as it is also about freshness."
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Amy
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Post subject: Re: Grilling in the snow Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:30 pm |
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Give me snow over clouds any day.
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gardnercook
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Post subject: Re: Grilling in the snow Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:01 pm |
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Amy wrote: Give me snow over clouds any day. Amen!
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Post subject: Re: Grilling in the snow Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:27 pm |
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Have I got a house for you...!!!  
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Paul Kierstead
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Post subject: Re: Grilling in the snow Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:00 pm |
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Joined: Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:45 pm
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Location: Ottawa, ON
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I have a grillzebo to help keep the elements out. Grilled on valentines day, actually (chicken Fajita's on the charcoal grill), even though it was -10 C or so. Also fire up the gas barbie, which is also under the grillzebo. I've not had great success with the smoker though, just too hard to keep temp; I might get an insulating jacket one of these days.
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Post subject: Re: Grilling in the snow Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 9:34 am |
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Smoking jackets have been around for ages, dahling! What would you make it out of?
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