My New Friend
November 14, 2007
Whew! Command of the grill week is over, well, I still wanted to do a little wrap up post on that, but I should finish that up pretty soon and I’ll be able to get back to my regular posting topics.
Near the end of Command of the Grill Week, I finally gave up on my old grill. It was a little Sunbeam Kettle grill, which has served me well over the years that I’ve had it, but finally the ash bucket rusted out.
I’ve been growing a little frustrated with it, because it has a standard wire grate, rather than a nice heavy duty cast iron grate. The wire grate makes it really hard to leave any grill marks at all.
The timing couldn’t have been better. My wife had been asking me what I wanted for my birthday, and although I had been kicking around some ideas, I didn’t know for sure.
This grill is made by BBQ Grillware, who I hadn’t heard of before. Although it is stainless steel, it is still a charcoal grill with a cast iron grill grates. The grill marks are exquisite. I’m not sure how often I’ll have to light the whole grill, but it sure is nice to have a little extra space.
Phil posted about old friends and new friends, in his case a new computer. So this is my new friend. I’m looking forward to doing some serious grilling on it.
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November 14th, 2007 at 9:38 pm
I might sound a bit sleepy now but did I miss your birthday Mike?
November 14th, 2007 at 10:25 pm
You didn’t miss it, I didn’t mention it anywhere.
November 14th, 2007 at 11:00 pm
I read this “The timing couldn’t have been better. My wife had been asking me what I wanted for my birthday, and although I had been kicking around some ideas, I didn’t know for sure.” and thought you either had your birthday or its coming up
November 15th, 2007 at 9:23 am
Sorry Pearl, I meant that I hadn’t mentioned it in a previous post, so you didn’t miss anything.
My birthday was a couple of weeks ago, but I didn’t get the grill until the 10th.