So we went off to the south Lakes over the Easter weekend and I'd packed the Go Anywhere in the camper, I bought it specifically for the camper due to it's compact size but took some grief from Val as it's about the fourth one ( and the most expensive ) that we've had in the camper. Tried those shallow Hibachi types, a "bucket" style one and a small Smokey Joe lookalike, none of which were particularily good or easy to store.
Took along the chimney starter which I'd tried previously with lump and it had worked admirably. The G.A. came with a free bag of Weber briquettes so I filled the chimney with those, put some newspaper in the bottom, lit it and went for a beer. Popped back out to check only to find the briquettes hadn't lit, tried twice more and only the application of a bit of evoo to the coals got it to fire up. Starting to get doubting looks off the wife now :(
Spread the coals in the Weber, added two digestive biscuit sized bits of cherry, and popped the the lid on. Dropped a small dial thermo in one of the lid vents and got a temp of 600*F, slid the lower vents to almost closed and got the temp to 350*. Chucked on two seasoned rib eye steaks and watched the TBS percolating out of the vents. Now, in the big scale of things, hardly a culinary milestone but here I was all be it on a micro scale, sitting in my lounger, beer in hand, inhaling the heady aroma of prime rib and cherry smoke, smoking Nirvana here I come !
Turned the steaks once, and should have done a reverse sear with the lid off, but that's for another day. Val says it's the best steak she's ever had, tender, juicy and man that hint of smoke, wow !
I've always thought of myself as a reasonable cook but when I look back at all those steaks I've partly cremated in the past, I only hope the bbq Gods will grant this humble backyard warrior forgiveness !
I suppose what I'm saying is that the good folks at Weber have done a great little job with the Go Anywhere but the big thanks go to this web site for pointing me in the right direction and providing inspiration to try something a bit different than the usual "British Bbq"
Sorry no Q View as I'd forgotten the camera and my phone was put away as we had no signal out in the sticks.
The upside is I'm sure I've got free reign to buy a Weber Smokey Mountain now but I want to get the UDS built first.
Hope this isn't too long winded but I'm still on a smokey high and I'm not talking about those Morroccan Woodbines ; )
Graeme
Took along the chimney starter which I'd tried previously with lump and it had worked admirably. The G.A. came with a free bag of Weber briquettes so I filled the chimney with those, put some newspaper in the bottom, lit it and went for a beer. Popped back out to check only to find the briquettes hadn't lit, tried twice more and only the application of a bit of evoo to the coals got it to fire up. Starting to get doubting looks off the wife now :(
Spread the coals in the Weber, added two digestive biscuit sized bits of cherry, and popped the the lid on. Dropped a small dial thermo in one of the lid vents and got a temp of 600*F, slid the lower vents to almost closed and got the temp to 350*. Chucked on two seasoned rib eye steaks and watched the TBS percolating out of the vents. Now, in the big scale of things, hardly a culinary milestone but here I was all be it on a micro scale, sitting in my lounger, beer in hand, inhaling the heady aroma of prime rib and cherry smoke, smoking Nirvana here I come !
Turned the steaks once, and should have done a reverse sear with the lid off, but that's for another day. Val says it's the best steak she's ever had, tender, juicy and man that hint of smoke, wow !
I've always thought of myself as a reasonable cook but when I look back at all those steaks I've partly cremated in the past, I only hope the bbq Gods will grant this humble backyard warrior forgiveness !
I suppose what I'm saying is that the good folks at Weber have done a great little job with the Go Anywhere but the big thanks go to this web site for pointing me in the right direction and providing inspiration to try something a bit different than the usual "British Bbq"
Sorry no Q View as I'd forgotten the camera and my phone was put away as we had no signal out in the sticks.
The upside is I'm sure I've got free reign to buy a Weber Smokey Mountain now but I want to get the UDS built first.
Hope this isn't too long winded but I'm still on a smokey high and I'm not talking about those Morroccan Woodbines ; )
Graeme
