Spring 2014 West Coast WKC meet master thread

[mirkwood]

I'd probably drive my truck off the road if I saw that pass me on the highway!   

Funny you should say that, we had to stop at a produce "stand" on the way down and as we were leaving we drove past
a couple that were lurking by their truck and the man looked up at us and I read his lips as he said holy shit and then gawked
at the kettle fest going by. I had a pretty good chuckle at that. 

[Tim in PA]

Wow, some real masterchefs there!

[Hogsy]

What a day and what a feast!! Great to see everyone out enjoying themselves. And Buckie i don't think I've ever said this to another man before but i'd love to eat one of your turds!!!
As usual great work with the camera L

[Jeff]

Gummi...great pics.

Too all the members that made all that amazing looking food...SUPER JOB! It all looked so good.  Wish I was there to meet you and sample it all.   
That trailer loaded with kettles was awesome.  I can only imagine what people thought when they saw it pass by. 

All 8 of you are invited to the Chicago meet...to make food and serve us! 

[pbe gummi bear]

Thanks for the comments guys. Last but definately NOT least are the kettle pics. Enjoy!

















Kettles with funny bases and propane thingiemajiggers.





Glossy red, Two tone red, crimson, dull red, metameric effect. discuss.







And for the finale.....







That's all folks!

[Winz]

Wow!  Where to start...  At the beginning I guess

Gummi - thanks for the idea and for providing us an excuse to get together with the Spring (or whenever we want to) West Coast WKC meet.  I vote for "whenever we want to" from now on.  It sounds like the local Weber folks want to get involved - I sent you an email to that effect.  Good job.

It was an honor to ride herd with Buckie and Mirkwood in the "kettle train" from Sac to Napa.  To be honest, I am going to need a bigger trailer as we left the VAST majority of Buckies collection behind.  That said, it was a great trip up and back with no kettle casualties along the way.  I would ride with these guys any day.

What a great time we had with all the members we had not yet met.  Because of the time spent on this forum, it seemed like we had known each other for a long time and were simply reuniting.  Everyone contributed to the food, conversation, and fun.  We educated a few visitors as well, and hopefully created some new Weber customers.  I know we all left with new, deeper friendships.

For the record - Argentflame and I won 3 out of 3 corn hole matches and each took home a bag of KBB as a prize.  We will happily defend our crown at the next meet.

Speaking of Argentflame - that ranch kettle was one of the most impressive sights of the day.  It was the first time I have seen one in person - what an amazing cooking beast it is.  You can literally have 3 people cooking on it at the same time very comfortably.  Awesome!

The food was incredible.  I ate so much that I had to lay down in my recliner from time to time.  I am in awe of the cooking skills of this group.

Gummi - the pictures are, as always, the best!  In case I have not told you lately, you have skills.  Thank you my friend for capturing the moment.

Cheers,

Winz

[dazzo]

Well said Winz!

Although, I want an American Cornhole Association representative to verify the wax consistency between the two corn hole platforms before the next tournament   

[pbe gummi bear]

The food was incredible.  I ate so much that I had to lay down in my recliner from time to time.  I am in awe of the cooking skills of this group.

Gummi - the pictures are, as always, the best!  In case I have not told you lately, you have skills.  Thank you my friend for capturing the moment.

The pleasure was all mine. And Winz speaks the truth-

[1buckie]

Well said Winz!

Although, I want an American Cornhole Association representative to verify the wax consistency between the two corn hole platforms before the next tournament   

Slippin' & aslidin'.....long-about a Saturday nite.............they did seem somewhat different as viewed thru my bacon-induced haze................. 

[Duke]

Simply Amazing!

First great job guys! Big points for the color and diversity. The food looked excellent and more than likely the best yet at any WKC meet, but hey it's California what did you expect, Sassage!?. I also like that trading table and Alfonso's yellow with table and shelf is also a first seen anywhere other than the old catalog. Buckies Watermelon Cake, turds and awesome shirt collection were really cool, but it's the cooking demo he gave that brought forth the true Weber legend that he is. That trailer Winz brought Mirk and Buckie in loaded down with kettles was top notch. Man! Would I have loved to have some of those fresh oysters that Argent brought. The picture of them next to that paella was mouthwatering. Dazzo's gasser with OG wok put out some first class pancit.

A special thanks to Lawrence for organizing that incredible meet.

There's more to come, stay tuned.

[argentflame]

It was so much fun. We should do another meet as we have missed some members that were not able to make it. This is the first meet to show 4 Performers. Thanks for mentioning that to me Gummi. Just amazing.

[Big B]

Friggin awesome!!!!!. Looks like it was a fun time. With all that good food, hope no one got "food drunk", man it looks good! Nice job guys. Sweet pics Gummi
Brent

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[Cuda Dan]

It was a blast and I'm so glad I went. My friends wanted me to go drag racing but I said I had a WKC event to go to! Yes Winz and ArgentFlame you are the winniers, I'm with Dazzo that something was up with the surfaces ( wax consistency) yes we need to be the officials from corn hole platforms. It was allot  to play. Man that truck looks great behind Winz!!!! It's got a hemi.

Thanks again Gummie and I had a great time looking over the shoulders of all the cooks 1Buckie, Mirkwood , Winz,Dazzo and Argentflame.

CD

[salad]

Nice!  Wish I could have been there.  Killer assortment of grills and food.  You guys could have fed an army that day!

[mirkwood]

Winz deep in the early stage of the Paella zone


Master chef 1buckie holding class


The boys operating a skewer assembly line


Just a random cooking area shot