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I barbecued last week for friends (?) and they cancelled last minute on me, about an hour after I put ribs in the smoker. This was after they asked me to push it back a day, too. I was fine with that since it got me out of cooking in the rain and let the ribs sit in their rub overnight instead of for a few hours, but the original day was supposed to be 100% good as was the replacement. So needless to say, I was not and am not happy. 

Anyways, here is what they missed out on:

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Smoked back ribs. This batch turned out very well too.

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Maple sweet potatoes, broccoli, and oatmeal chocolate chip cookies (with a mix of different chips - 2/3 semisweet and 1/3 milk chocolate).

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And a fire in the back yard after since it was beautifully mild, almost like spring, evening despite being the first week of November.

I gave a bunch of cookies away to several of the neighbours but nobody was interested in the ribs since everyone had their own dinner plans pretty well along by that point, but a friend called me up and took a rack later in the evening when we went for coffee after the fire burnt out.

Some friends. I won't be inviting them back.


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Man that stinks I have had the same thing like that happen but it wasn't friends it was family in laws to be exact my wife said no more cooking for my family lol

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Their loss.  Those ribs look great!


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Looks like some folks missed out on a great time. Sorry to hear it, man. Looks like a real bud came through though.


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Everything looked great.  We have been having some nice weather lately. It was their loss.


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Man those look good! I would like to show them that pic so they see what they missed.

You need to send them a picture to show them what they missed out on.  Then next time feed them some canned spaghetti.

As a Christmas present, send them Emily Post's book on etiquette. 


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Damn looks great!
I'd totally come over and eat some of those ribs!
Some people though...


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I would have ate so many of them ribs you would have to use a chainsaw to cut the door opening wider just to get me out the door.

The ribs looks worthy. Like HFG I would have eaten my share. A little or a lotta tug or fall of the bone...I care not really.

Hey Lightning. That sucks man. Some people have no idea how much effort goes into a cook like that...some do and don't care. I once had a friend and his wife come over for a smoked prime rib dinner only to have them poke me for having as many Webers as I do.....repeatedly....even when the smoke started pouring out my ears.

I am down the road in London. You ever need someone to appreciate the effort just drop me a line. I got me some Webers too.

Poking the folks hosting you for dinner? Last minute bail? Some people just don't get it. Awesome cook!


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Their loss....

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It's happened to me too.  Sometimes they don't have the courtesy of calling.  That never happened when I was growing up.  The newer generation missed some lessons in manners and edicate.  Great looking ribs!  Their loss.

That sucks. Those ribs do look good.

Thanks everybody for the kind words. As much as the neighbours enjoyed the cookies and the one friend enjoyed his rack of ribs, the circumstances hurt and it was a shame to break up what I hoped would be a nice meal and spend the evening by myself out in the back yard by the fire wondering what gives.

Quote from: Davescprktl on November 11, 2016, 08:51:25 AM
It's happened to me too.  Sometimes they don't have the courtesy of calling.  That never happened when I was growing up.  The newer generation missed some lessons in manners and edicate.  Great looking ribs!  Their loss.

The writing went on the wall when the excuses stopped coming in by text message after I said I could let the smoker run slow and long and give them extra time to get here before the food was ready.  I would rather have been told directly, "We aren't coming", than have a bunch of softball excuses followed by radio silence. The other half of the problem is that when people do this sort of thing, they set an example for others, especially their own children, and it perpetuates the problem. This couple complains about their 17 year old's behaviour quite often, but where's he getting the example that he emulates from?

Quote from: MrHoss on November 11, 2016, 05:18:19 AM
The ribs looks worthy. Like HFG I would have eaten my share. A little or a lotta tug or fall of the bone...I care not really.

Hey Lightning. That sucks man. Some people have no idea how much effort goes into a cook like that...some do and don't care. I once had a friend and his wife come over for a smoked prime rib dinner only to have them poke me for having as many Webers as I do.....repeatedly....even when the smoke started pouring out my ears.

I am down the road in London. You ever need someone to appreciate the effort just drop me a line. I got me some Webers too.

Prime rib is a rare treat indeed.  I've only ever made it once on the grill. I haven't tried smoking it. If I see them on sale again, I'll have to try that.  I can't believe your guests were poking fun at you about anything when they were over for a prime rib dinner, much less the equipment used to cook it.

Some people...some people...

On the bright side, I did have a couple,of friends over last night and we had home made hamburgers and ate them around the fire pit and looked up at the stars since it was a beautiful, cool, clear crisp evening until the clouds rolled in around 11:30.  At some point, someone looked at the weather report and saw a current temperature of 0 degrees (32 F) and we couldn't believe it. That's probably a temperature taken out by the airport and it was probably a little bit warmer where we were, but we weren't feeling it inside the radius of warmth the fire pit was making until it burnt out and the two friends left.  But that was a nice evening.