Monthly Archives: May 2020

Food, Photo-A-Day

Breaking in the Fire Table and New Grill

Breaking in the Fire Table

Photo-A-Day 2.0 #00495

Tonight we got a chance to break in both the new grill and the new fire table. It is not a fire pit as I had called it previously. This is a propane fire table. The kids wanted to try it out tonight even though it was quite chilly and there were snowflakes falling from the sky when we went out to use it. Granted, the snowflakes were miniscule but there was snow in May.

Baked Beans on the side burner

I was able to use the side burner to heat up some baked beans. I’m anticipating making good use of that side burner for many more things.

Allison sliced up some potatoes that we had gotten from imperfect foods. We started getting deliveries from them once the pandemic hit because that was a good way to get fresh veggies. What we receive is random, for the most part but we can select some things.

Burgers and Dogs

The fresh sirloin burgers from Chartley Country Store were so worth it. No more frozen hockey pucks for me. These were fresh burgers that were probably the best ones I’ve ever grilled. I also think that the Portuguese rolls made a big difference and also the fact that on this grill there is a good amount of distance between the grill grates and the heat source. It is definitely higher than my last grill.

This morning when I finished work I went out and seasoned the grates of the grill with some Canola oil. I used the last of our Lodge spray so I had to order more. That has certainly helped the cast iron skillet stay in good repair. I’m going to make sure these grates do as well.

Photo-A-Day

Finished the Grill

Finished the Grill

Photo-A-Day 2.0 #00494

The main task of the day today was to assemble the new grill. I picked up a Char-Broil© Performance Series™ 6-Burner Gas Grill. I wanted a new grill that would have a huge surface for grilling and this baby will do 40 burgers at once. Not sure how big those would be but whatever it says 40. I also picked up a light to put on the handle and a griddle insert for grilling breakfast.

Eva helped me assemble the grill because she loves assembling things with me. She did a great job on the fire table and I had her help me more on this once I took all the parts out of the box. As soon as I got that all unpacked assembly began. It took us a couple of hours to get it assembled.

We finished just before our Friday afternoon family Zoom session. This was a nice one. My sister, Tara, asked us all to send in some pictures and we got a chance to tell a story about each of the pictures. That was nice because it gave Andy a chance to talk at an appropriate time. He did pretty good today even though it was a longer Zoom than previous ones.

Once we were finished with Zoom I ran over to Chartley Country Store to pick up something to christen the new grill. I picked up some King Cut rib-eyes to break this baby in! I can’t wait!