Thanks to Rick for the georgeous redhead
This kettle is perfect, I thought, since my wife is a redhead. She even got excited about the prospect (which was a challenge since I'd be cluttering up the beautiful backyard with yet another grilling/cooking appliance). Since I learned to cook on a Weber growing up, and they seem the most versatile, this one that Rick had seemed to be perfect for me.
Rick did an amzing job cleaning her up! Sure, she's got some blemishes, but it adds character, right? All I really need to do is get some new wood handles and maybe a new cast iron grate. Still, I got her running this weekend - grilling some fish Saturday night and smoking some pork on Sunday. How much had I forgotten about grilling with charcoal over the past 20 years of grilling with gas? Tons. I'm also now using lump rather than briquettes, so maybe that's quite a bit different too.
On with the pr0n:
My redhead's new home with smoke and a homebrew:
First time - grilled fish:
And smoking some pork with the "ring of fire" method (somewhat unsuccessfully)... and I'm not even sure what cut of pork this is - it was probably too lean to smoke, but should serve well as sandwich meat for lunches:
As a first real post, I hope the links to the images work that are in my blog. If not, for the anxious, here is the blog posting:
http://jasonmansfield.blogspot.com/2013/08/shes-redhead.html