I just turned 50, and my wife asked me what I wanted to do for it. So (tongue-in-cheek) I suggested a local steakhouse. She took me seriously and said "WHAT? We'll have 15 family members coming! I can't afford to take us all out to eat there!!!" Then after a moment she saw me grin ans realized I was being flippant.
"So..." she said, "You want to BBQ for your birthday?" My grin was enough answer. We planned a "simple" BBQ menu: pork butt, smoked chuck roast, BBQ beans, cornbread (two kinds actually), roasted potatoes, smokie sausages (appetizers), corn, salad stuff.
But the weather decided to mess with us. A rain front would be moving in, but the day kept changing... maybe my b-day would be clear, maybe not, maybe windy, etc. I do not have a covered area to smoke/grill, and I do not have an EZ Canopy, either. Rain would shut me down.
So we tweaked the menu. I posted a question here about storing pork in the fridge (THANKS!!!! for the answers!) and gave up on the chuck roast. Not a perfect solution since two of our kids really don't like pork. But we moved forward with the queue.
"So..." she said, "You want to BBQ for your birthday?" My grin was enough answer. We planned a "simple" BBQ menu: pork butt, smoked chuck roast, BBQ beans, cornbread (two kinds actually), roasted potatoes, smokie sausages (appetizers), corn, salad stuff.
But the weather decided to mess with us. A rain front would be moving in, but the day kept changing... maybe my b-day would be clear, maybe not, maybe windy, etc. I do not have a covered area to smoke/grill, and I do not have an EZ Canopy, either. Rain would shut me down.
So we tweaked the menu. I posted a question here about storing pork in the fridge (THANKS!!!! for the answers!) and gave up on the chuck roast. Not a perfect solution since two of our kids really don't like pork. But we moved forward with the queue.
