Meet George.....

[harris92]

Article is from 1960.

[fedex]

Sweet!!  Thanks for posting.

[Idahawk]

Stuff like this ! Just awesome


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[LightningBoldtz]

Awesome stuff Harris, thanks for posting this.

[armpit]

Additional pics and recipes:

http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1960/09/02/page/27/article/meet-george-this-friends-call-him-barbecue-pro

[Craig]

This inspires me to save up and finally do some lobsters this year. The pic of George and Jim is priceless! 🏻

Looks like a red 18 behind the lobsters in the second pic?

[SixZeroFour]

Very cool find. I love how he has it down an exact science - Turkey = 98 briquettes

[MacEggs]

Doneness is checked with a meat thermometer.

Quite certain remote therms were not available back then.

George most likely didn't perform a fiddle-fest with the dampers, either.  Let the kettle work its magic. 

I like that.

[ramsfan]

Damn! That guy had 10 kids? He had a lot of mouths to feed. That's probably how he came to invent the Ranch Kettle, to feed all them kids?