Someone has way too much time to kill.

 

This weekend my daughter and her husband did Beer Butt Chicken on the Barbie. You take a whole fryer rubbed with jerk seasoning and put a almost full can of beer up its (you guessed it!) butt. The chicken sits upright in the BBQ on tray to catch drippings. There are simple racks available to hold the chicken up. The chicken is soooo moist and juicy with a very unique flavour. You can vary seasonings for the rub to your own taste as well as adding stuff to the beer. My daughter added a bit of rum.

I love food cooked on a open wood fire. When ever we are camping 90% of our meals are cooked over the fire even though our trailer has all the facilities. There is nothing quite like coming in off the lake with a couple fresh caught Rainbow trout and cooking them on the camp fire with the minimum of seasonings. Hmmmm, heaven!

 

BBQ for me is more perspiration than inspiration. Mosty, +1 hands me a plate of somethin' and says don't burn it up.

 

And that's the way it should be if you know the rules...

BBQ RULES

(1) The woman buys the food.

(2) The woman makes the salad, prepares the vegetables, and makes dessert.

(3) The woman prepares the meat for cooking, places it on a tray along with the necessary cooking utensils and sauces, and takes it to the man who is lounging beside the grill - beer in hand.

(4) The woman remains outside the compulsory three meter exclusion zone where the exuberance of testosterone and other manly bonding activities can take place without the interference of the woman.

Here comes the important part:

(5) THE MAN PLACES THE MEAT ON THE GRILL.

(6) The woman goes inside to organize the plates and cutlery.

(7) The woman comes out to tell the man that the meat is looking great. He thanks her and asks if she will bring another beer while he flips the meat

Important again:
(8) THE MAN TAKES THE MEAT OFF THE GRILL AND HANDS IT TO THE WOMAN.

(9) The woman prepares the plates, salad, bread, utensils, napkins, sauces, and brings them to the table.

(10) After eating, the woman clears the table and does the dishes.

And most important of all:

(11) Everyone PRAISES the MAN and THANKS HIM for his cooking efforts.

(12) The man asks the woman how she enjoyed ' her night off ', and, upon seeing her annoyed reaction, concludes that there's just no pleasing some women.

 

^

 

Hot dogs:

Buy some hot dogs
Bring them home.
Turn on the grill (it really doesn't matter how hot, but make sure it lights up).
Open the package of hot dogs (that part is wicked important).
Take hot dogs out of package (also important) and put them on the grill.
Turn the hot dogs until they are the color you want them to be (you have two choices, brown and black).
Take hot dogs off the grill (I can't stress enough the importance of this step).
Now do whatever you want to do to them, but keep in mind, the idea is to eventually eat them.

 

^ Bill cooks great hot dogs! Had them twice at his residences.

I dub Bill the hot dog king

Hey Bill how bout those Celtics

 

last night's game was just what the doctor ordered.

 

Five Guys makes a mean hot dog. They split it, then grill. Yummy. I had one the other day at the ballpark. With bacon, cheese and onions. Heart attack city!!

 

[QUOTE=Yflyer,Apr 20 2009, 09:57 PM] ^^^ Sure, I have a Weber and I just remove one flavorizer bar. the wrap soaked chips loosely in foil and then put the chips near the flame. I like to smoke trout and salmon -- much more economical and less salty than store bought

From Cook's Illustrated - I make the sauce in a pan right on the grill

Charmoula Sauce for Shrimp Skewers: Makes enough to sauce 1 1/2 pounds shrimp.

4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 small red bell pepper , stemmed, seeded, and diced very small (about 1/2 cup)
1/2 small red onion , minced (about 1/3 cup)
1 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
3 medium cloves garlic , minced or pressed through a garlic press (about 1 tablespoon)
1/8 teaspoon table salt
Disposable 10-inch aluminum pie plate
1/3 cup minced fresh cilantro leaves
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice from 1 lemon

Combine oil, bell pepper, onion, paprika, cumin, cayenne, garlic, and salt in pan. Cook over hot side of grill, stirring occasionally, until vegetables soften, about 5 minutes (2 or 3 minutes longer if using gas grill); transfer to cooler side of grill and proceed to grill shrimp, adding cilantro and lemon juice just before serving.


Charcoal-Grilled Shrimp Skewers: Serves 4 as a main course, 6 as an appetizer

The shrimp and sauce (see related recipes) finish cooking together on the grill, so prepare the sauce ingredients while the coals are heating, then carry them out to the grill with you. To fit all of the shrimp on the cooking grate at once, you