dcimike125
Full Fledged Farker
I want to start by thanking the Brethren for all the support the past month.
With the loss of my son David last month, I struggled to do anything today. But my wife convinced me to fire up one of the smokers and do a brisket. I stopped at the (not very) local Restaurant Depot and picked up a 9 lb. Meyers Natural Angus brisket. Figuring that Father's Day is MY day and we only had a few members of the family, I decided to go for broke and use the new OK Joe Highland (named Black Throated Wind)
A little trimming and some rub:
And onto the OK Joe Highland with Western Lump charcoal and mesquite:
So, I’m sitting in my garage listening to the Dead with a cold one in the middle of the cook. My wife decides that it is the perfect time to repaint MY garage door. I’m trying to keep fire management in check and fighting to get past her and the wet paint to do so.
Under the wrap now:
The three smartest things I’ve done in my life were:
1. marrying my wife
2. buying the iGrill 4 port
and
3. installing a surveillance camera by the smokers to monitor them.
From the Man Cave command post, I can reach a beer and monitor both the temp AND smoke situation:
And now the finished product:
My wife washed the paint off, went into the kitchen and turned out a corn salad, cole slaw and a BANGING potato salad. There are minimal leftovers:-(
I am stuffed and there is still a key lime pie!@
I miss you David!
Today's cook is dedicated to my son David and the three brothers in arms I lost 17 years ago today at the Father’s Day Fire in a hardware store in Astoria, NY. (That's in the Borough of Queens)
RIP FF John Downing, FF Brian Fahey and FF Harry Ford
Image (C) Steve Spak
With the loss of my son David last month, I struggled to do anything today. But my wife convinced me to fire up one of the smokers and do a brisket. I stopped at the (not very) local Restaurant Depot and picked up a 9 lb. Meyers Natural Angus brisket. Figuring that Father's Day is MY day and we only had a few members of the family, I decided to go for broke and use the new OK Joe Highland (named Black Throated Wind)
A little trimming and some rub:
And onto the OK Joe Highland with Western Lump charcoal and mesquite:
So, I’m sitting in my garage listening to the Dead with a cold one in the middle of the cook. My wife decides that it is the perfect time to repaint MY garage door. I’m trying to keep fire management in check and fighting to get past her and the wet paint to do so.
Under the wrap now:
The three smartest things I’ve done in my life were:
1. marrying my wife
2. buying the iGrill 4 port
and
3. installing a surveillance camera by the smokers to monitor them.
From the Man Cave command post, I can reach a beer and monitor both the temp AND smoke situation:
And now the finished product:
My wife washed the paint off, went into the kitchen and turned out a corn salad, cole slaw and a BANGING potato salad. There are minimal leftovers:-(
I am stuffed and there is still a key lime pie!@
I miss you David!
Today's cook is dedicated to my son David and the three brothers in arms I lost 17 years ago today at the Father’s Day Fire in a hardware store in Astoria, NY. (That's in the Borough of Queens)
RIP FF John Downing, FF Brian Fahey and FF Harry Ford
Image (C) Steve Spak
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