How many of you grew up in a home with a grill or smoker? Have you built on lessons learned from your parents or older relatives?
I remember my parents having some kind of grill since we moved into this house in 1964. At first we had a charcoal grill with a big hood similar to this design
Later we got a big Weber kettle that lasted for decades. (that's my father with a friend)
We had a cheap hibachi for a while, it didn't last long.
We had a Little Chief electric smoker but we didn't use it much
My parents grilled steaks, sish kebabs, and burgers - I still use that same Chop-Rite #10 grinder - but they very seldom grilled chicken, and almost never pork. My mother was completely convinced that pork cannot be grilled because it dries out.
(Mom had her quirks, anyway)
JUST KIDDING
Another thing from back then, backyard fireplaces were common. They seemed to disappear in the 70s and 80s. These days they're popular again as big and fancy setups, but back then they were home-made and sometimes crude, sort of along these lines:
Ah the memories of the smell of charcoal lighter fluid. Squirt it on the briquettes and wait to let it soak in before lighting. But one neighbor would use gasoline, and he'd have a roaring fire, no kidding, flames five or six feet tall.
As it happens, my parents are now ashes. And I smell like smoke.
I remember my parents having some kind of grill since we moved into this house in 1964. At first we had a charcoal grill with a big hood similar to this design
Later we got a big Weber kettle that lasted for decades. (that's my father with a friend)
We had a cheap hibachi for a while, it didn't last long.
We had a Little Chief electric smoker but we didn't use it much
My parents grilled steaks, sish kebabs, and burgers - I still use that same Chop-Rite #10 grinder - but they very seldom grilled chicken, and almost never pork. My mother was completely convinced that pork cannot be grilled because it dries out.
(Mom had her quirks, anyway)
JUST KIDDING
Another thing from back then, backyard fireplaces were common. They seemed to disappear in the 70s and 80s. These days they're popular again as big and fancy setups, but back then they were home-made and sometimes crude, sort of along these lines:
Ah the memories of the smell of charcoal lighter fluid. Squirt it on the briquettes and wait to let it soak in before lighting. But one neighbor would use gasoline, and he'd have a roaring fire, no kidding, flames five or six feet tall.
As it happens, my parents are now ashes. And I smell like smoke.
