This past Thursday, "Team Weber Michigan" was asked to grill for a fundraiser for the Christian high school that we went to. They raise money each year with a dinner. The money goes to defray the costs of tuition and running the school. We had to provide three types of meat 4 oz in size. Kot choose beef satay, Brandon choose pork tenderloin wrapped in bacon, and I grilled italian chicken kabobs from one of the weber cook books. Dave and Big B loaned labor and grills. It took all five of us to get it done.
This was our first large cook. They were expecting up to 225 people and around 180 showed. The weather was predicted at heavy rain, 20mph+ winds, and then they threw up a tornado watch. Thankfully, as is common in Michigan the meteorologists were horribly wrong. There was little rain, light if any wind, and no tornado. Had the watch gone any longer, they would have canceled the dinner and we would've been stuck with about 150 lbs of meats.
Party in GR if that happened!
Big B(Brent) brought a snowmobile trailer and loaded 13 grills. We grilled at the site, which was a church. He also pulled out some favors as you will see in the pics.
Everything went pretty well for our first over-size cook. There was a bit of nervousness bordering on panic from all of us, but we pulled it off in the end. Everyone seemed to love the food and couldn't believe we grilled like this all the time. (they don't own Weber Kettles, then they'd know how much easier it is) Another couple was there doing half taters on some monstrous
Charred and
Broiled gassers. The taters were good, just not as good as they could be.
All right enough reading better get to the pics for Brian.
The trailer
Brent's invention. He's our creative director when it comes to accessories and such.
All secured
The set-up. Boom!! Thanks B! Brent scammed the tent off a good natured local hardware store
Once the cooking started photos were the last thing on our minds, so no action shots. Brent managed to remember the food pr0n
I grabbed one of left overs.
Here is the room of people. For Hogsy and Golly, the guy in the front center of the pic is from Tazzy.
While it was a little stressful, I think we all enjoyed the experience. Half the fun of grilling like this is sharing it with others. Gotta spread the Weber gospel! We were all wiped out after. Two days of prepping and preparing for a couple of hours of grilling. I for one will be doing it again next year.
Thanks for perving. Sorry about the length.