We ate dinner on the porch last night. Enjoyed hamburgers on the grill. We have a Weber grill, and after numerous nights of cooking out this summer, it is official that I am terrible with coal grills. Gas grills, no problem. Getting that stupid Weber going and sustaining it, problem. In the end it’s always worth it, but my neighbors watch and laugh. Now I’m always really self-conscious and checking over my back to see if they are laughing out loud or simply grinning. The grinning doesn’t hurt as much.
i love charcoal grills. i generally start out with a reasonable level of caution and by the time i’m done cooking, usually resort to doing unsafe and questionable things with lighter fluid in a desperate attempt to keep the coals burning.
i also try not to think about the amount of burning lighter fluid i ingest.
@Julie: I almost lit the bottle of lighter fluid on fire last night. That. Would. Have. Been. Bad.
i find it usually gets sustainably hot and nicely glowing AFTER i’m already DONE GRILLING…like an hour or TWO later. thanks charcoal. and you would think, being a native of the steel city, i would be one with the coal, but alas! and am i on your short list or your long list? if i’m on your long list and tell you i want you and kenz to come photograph my nonexistant wedding with my nonexistant fiance (then husband, lol!), THEN can i be on your short list???
hey dude, i am with you. charcoal grills make me question my manhood. Give me a gas grill any day. i will say though that the other night i grilled out some steaks on the old charcoal beast for myself and a girl and they turned out really well and i think i earned some man points back, but i was terrified of failing the entire time.