Wood Dale Fillet

[Winz]

This cook is as much about the kettle as it is about the food....

My Wood Dale 49er gets the call for this cook.  When I lived in NorCal, I had a blacksmith friend of mine make up some replacement hooks for old Weber ash pans.  @jcnaz contacted me about getting some of them to restore an old kettle he was working on, and of course I got him a set.  Flash forward 2 years - I ended up moving to Arizona and live about 5 miles away from JC!  With great generosity, he ended up gifting me the very kettle that I gave him the hooks for. 

Kettle karma is a wonderful thing....

Anyway, here is one of my favorite kettles.  I put foil on the ash pan to keep it in good shape when I cook:








Start off with some corn cooked over lump:




Used the corn to make some corn fritters.  Sweet potato wrapped in foil:




A couple of small fillets.  Check out that cooking grate - it is the original and is so much stouter than the grates we get today:




All plated up.  Beef Fillets, sweet potato, corn fritter, homemade caesar salad (I always make my own jumbo croutons), drunken fruit (Grand Marnier over fresh fruit), all washed down with a Washington state Cabernet and eaten al fresco:




Thanks again JC (and @Dale Benson ) - the 49er is definately getting some use!

Winz

[JEBIV]

Grate cook and an awesome Woodale

[Mr.CPHo]

I love that little guy.  Nice cook.


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[Travis]

Just goes to show the level of respect in this club.
Great story, man.  Beautiful kettle, and a fine cook.


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[HoosierKettle]

Great cook and kettle and this is off topic but I really like the patio pavers and butchers block. Very nice area you have there.


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[Foster Dahlet]

that is a beauty.  and i concur with @HoosierKettle ....very nice space.

[Craig]

Great looking food and cooker! Nice work!

[jcnaz]

@Winz , I am glad you are the caretaker for one of the nicest Wood Dale era kettles around.
She looks beautiful!

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[hawgheaven]

Beautiful kettle, and beautiful cook!