Marine Ball fund raiser at UFC!

bauchjw · Jun 14, 2016

REMSR said:
Bauchjw,
I hear you about Jan - April, but I would add Novembe, December, Febuary and March, a cold smokers dream it might be,but I still can't say I like it.
Randy,

Haha! I left out Nov-dec because my family is big on the holidays, somehow they make the cold and snow more agreeable! I grew up in Iowa and it always seemed like mid Jan is when the blues hit. April was when I remember spring fever setting in and a bit of light! My father is in his 70s now and hates all the cold weather there, so they use visiting grandkids in the desert as an excuse to be gone! Cold smoking or not!

Bearcarver · Jun 15, 2016

bauchjw said:
Thank you Sir! It was better than a hot dog and processed hamburger patties for sure!
BTW I was up in Big Bear this weekend, you can't raise your arms without touching a carved bear. I meant to take some pics for you to critique, but didn't know where to start!

Thanks for Thinking about me! We have a place like that at Ridgeway (NorthWest PA).

I just wish I could still do it.

Bear

remsr · Jun 15, 2016

I came here origanaly from Texas.
My step father who was in the Airforce stationed in San Antonio Texas met my mother back in 1951, he lived in northern Minnesota where it gets really cold, infact the morning he passed away in 1996 it was 65 below.
Although I was moved here at an early age, I have never liked the long winters.
But it is this time of year right now that brings me back no matter where I go.
We make a big deal out of the holidays as well. We retired in 05 and moved from our 1500 square foot town home to a large 3 story 3500 square foot home so that we could entertain family and friends. It keeps me so busy that I think going back to work would be a vacation.
Last year I started an outdoor entertainment space by putting in 900 square feet of patio, deck and gazebo, I am still working on it this year, what a job. Here is a picture of it at the end of last summer. That little house is the shed you see in every post that was a 3 month project.

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remsr · Jun 15, 2016

Ya I know my last post seemed to have nothing to do with smoking food but actually it has everything to do with an area to smoke and grill food.

Bearcarver · Jun 15, 2016

REMSR said:
Ya I know my last post seemed to have nothing to do with smoking food but actually it has everything to do with an area to smoke and grill food.

It all looks Very Beautiful too!!!

Bear

SmokinAl · Jun 15, 2016

I'm a little late to the party, just saw this!

Great job my friend!

Points!

Al

bauchjw · Jun 15, 2016

REMSR said:
Ya I know my last post seemed to have nothing to do with smoking food but actually it has everything to do with an area to smoke and grill food.

I think that looks like a dream backyard! Thank you for sharing! It sounds like an excellent way to "retire". We were talking about going the other route and being RV travelers when we retire, but if our kids stay local getting a big house to accommodate a massive get together sounds awesome.

SmokinAl said:
I'm a little late to the party, just saw this!

Great job my friend!

Points!

Al

Thank you Al! I appreciate it!

remsr · Jun 16, 2016

Thank you Bear,

remsr · Jun 16, 2016

I am doing all I can to turn it into a park like setting. It has come a long way since we moved in. The back yard looked like a prairie. Here is a differen shoot of it.

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bauchjw · Jun 17, 2016

REMSR said:
I am doing all I can to turn it into a park like setting. It has come a long way since we moved in. The back yard looked like a prairie. Here is a differen shoot of it.

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remsr

Jun 16, 2016

I think it's definitely looking like a park! Great job! Should you think about doing a long house style pergola over that fire pit for winter gatherings! I'm kind of a landscape geek so I appreciate sharing the pics! I built the garage and designed and built backyard to my house, but work moved us away. I'll try to send some before pics when I find them, but the backyard was empty except dead grass knee. Here is what it looked like when we moved (needed refinishing of redwood) three years after a lot of sweat and $!

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bauchjw
Jun 17, 2016

Office with bathroom at back of garage with French doors.
I built the garage barn doors from cedar boards, they swing open like actual barn doors. My house was built in 1880 (very old for San Diego) and these helped the new garage fit in with the main house.

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Jun 17, 2016

Outdoor shower off the front of garage (S. Cali and this Iowa guy has Loved to Surf since 1995!)

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Jun 17, 2016

I built a waterfall off the shower external wall and a 30 foot stream that wraps around the flagstone patio and ends under the deck (hose recycles back to waterfall).

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Jun 17, 2016

This was when my Bar-B-Chef horizontal offset had to endure coastal salty weather for years, but I designed and built a social area around it complete with my custom redwood surfboard bar top. I posted a thread with the offsets reconstruction. On the other side of the wall is a surfboard rack I would drop my boards off in the morning after dawn patrol for an outdoor shower before heading to work. Of after firing up the smoker and pitting meat on I'd walk down and surf for an hour or so before coming home and checking. Then shower before guests arrive. . . Including November/December!

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We built the bridge to allow access to grass over water, waterfall and stream overwhelmed ambient noise from city. We loved our sanctuary near the ocean and I served a lot of BBQ to friends and neighbors there, we can't wait to return!

remsr · Jun 17, 2016

Wow! That makes my yard look unfinished.
I like your idea about the pergola, I am also building a wrap around bar directly under the gazebo with a sink, a freezer, refrigerator under the bar with lots of drawers and doors for storage of grilling equipment.
Our home has a drop of about 10 feet from the front to the rear. I have always wanted to build a water fall that would run beside the house and end on the side of the bar/ gazebo.
I am not much of a land scraper, or vary good at building construction I just get by. What I am good at is cabinet building, trim work and restoring old furniture. Really a nice job on that yard.

Bearcarver · Jun 17, 2016

Bauchjw & REMSR,

Both of your back yards are Beautiful. I'd be Proud of either of them!

All I have in the back of my house is my Deck, and a little Cedar Fence Garden with Birdhouses.

However you both might enjoy seeing how my Son took the Swamp in his back yard up a couple notches, including a cool water fall.

Link:

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/157397/bear-jrs-backyard-project

Bear

bauchjw · Jun 17, 2016

REMSR said:
I am doing all I can to turn it into a park like setting. It has come a long way since we moved in. The back yard looked like a prairie. Here is a differen shoot of it.

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remsr

Jun 16, 2016

The before pictures... Sorry for quality, I had to take pics of printed photos. Also, after looking at Little Bears backyard I feel a little inadequate! However, I would highly recommend waterfall and stream like you were thinking. It's a huge difference to overall experience of chilling and even your toughest friends/family will be hard pressed to to NOT admit they feel calm and relaxed near the falls as the fire is going, conversation is boasting, beers are flowing, and bellies are full of tasty food. I read some books on landscape design/feng shui/pleasing geometry if you are curious for design of the water feature.

Again.....Bear's son is way off they charts for my DIY stuff....you may want his contact info first!

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foamheart · Jun 17, 2016

bauchjw said:
I'm going to use this as an excuse to get a trailer mounted smoker!!

Its an addiction! And so it begins. LOL...... I would push for a large Company mobile pit. But being a Marine could you possibly weld it on the back of a tank or something? <Chuckles>

bauchjw · Jun 18, 2016

Foamheart said:
Its an addiction! And so it begins. LOL...... I would push for a large Company mobile pit. But being a Marine could you possibly weld it on the back of a tank or something?

Being a counter insurgency guy I'll have to determine the reality of my current environment against logistics resources required to support the desired change in behavior/culture to create support for a friendly political movement. . . A tank may do it. . . :yahoo:

foamheart · Jun 18, 2016

bauchjw said:
Being a counter insurgency guy I'll have to determine the reality of my current environment against logistics resources required to support the desired change in behavior/culture to create support for a friendly political movement. . . A tank may do it. . .

Build a pit that looks like a water buffalo so it can be brought out in the field with you. Marine green and camo'd. I can see it all now, a duce and a half pulling it down the road while you're running along side turning the butts and ducking bullets.

Who says Marines only guard gates...... <Ducks>

remsr · Jun 18, 2016

Your yard looked a lot like mine did when we moved in. You really did s nice job of turning it into a work of art.
I would like to have the imagination to do land scraping like that.

Randy,

disco · Jun 18, 2016

Terrific looking smoke on what looks like a great day!

Kudos!

Disco

bauchjw · Jun 18, 2016

Foamheart said:
Build a pit that looks like a water buffalo so it can be brought out in the field with you. Marine green and camo'd. I can see it all now, a duce and a half pulling it down the road while you're running along side turning the butts and ducking bullets.

Who says Marines only guard gates......

That would be awesome! A water buffalo smoker! It would have to have a helluva firebox though!

I've never heard we're only guard gates? Must have been something a Navy guy had to imagine to feel better about his choice of service! Hehehe!

bauchjw · Jun 18, 2016

REMSR said:
Your yard looked a lot like mine did when we moved in. You really did s nice job of turning it into a work of art.
I would like to have the imagination to do land scraping like that.

Randy,

Thank you Sir! It was a lot of fun doing the work and a ton of fun hosting some great neighborhood BBQs!

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