Well, I ordered my Afterburner yesterday and it is on its way. Unfortunately since I am in California and it’s coming from Alabama, it won’t be here until Tuesday, June 3rd. Tuesday to Saturday seems too long a wait for me to break it in. May have to take a vacation day and do a midweek smoke. Although, technically it is a Father's Day present so will have to work out a wrapping/unwrapping time for the kids.
Since decent charcoal is so hard to find around here (I can get all the Cowboy I want from Lowes) and I have small kids who like to run around barefoot on the patio where I smoke, and due to the fact that I have an incredibly dry board fence close by where I smoke, and it seems like the damn wind blows all the time in my backyard (don’t want flying embers from popping charcoal in the chimney to ignite the fence) I decided to go propane. Ah, who the hell am I kidding? I’m just lazy. Well, not really but maybe a little. I am looking forward to monitoring the level of cool beverage in my glass instead of the level of lump in my charcoal basket though. I have a ton of respect for you guys and gals that can pull off 12 to 14 hour smokes with charcoal and stick burners though.
I will have to do one more charcoal smoke though since I still have 2 and a half bags of WGC Weekend Warrior that I mail ordered – at $1.29 a pound. The day after I ordered it I found out that I could get 40 pounds of Lazzari Mesquite for 13 bucks. Hoping to do some babybacks this weekend if the @#$%^& wind ever stops blowing.
We’re having 30 mph gusts today and it is supposed to rain tomorrow. Perhaps a nice “farewell to charcoal” smoke for Monday, I am hoping.
Dave
Since decent charcoal is so hard to find around here (I can get all the Cowboy I want from Lowes) and I have small kids who like to run around barefoot on the patio where I smoke, and due to the fact that I have an incredibly dry board fence close by where I smoke, and it seems like the damn wind blows all the time in my backyard (don’t want flying embers from popping charcoal in the chimney to ignite the fence) I decided to go propane. Ah, who the hell am I kidding? I’m just lazy. Well, not really but maybe a little. I am looking forward to monitoring the level of cool beverage in my glass instead of the level of lump in my charcoal basket though. I have a ton of respect for you guys and gals that can pull off 12 to 14 hour smokes with charcoal and stick burners though.
I will have to do one more charcoal smoke though since I still have 2 and a half bags of WGC Weekend Warrior that I mail ordered – at $1.29 a pound. The day after I ordered it I found out that I could get 40 pounds of Lazzari Mesquite for 13 bucks. Hoping to do some babybacks this weekend if the @#$%^& wind ever stops blowing.
Dave
