Man Law reminder about being around another man's grill/bbq pit.

[Bamabuzzard]

Being that we're closing in on the grilling season it might do some of us men some good for a refresher course about being around another man's grill and/or bbq pit.

While at another mans house standing around HIS grill waiting on the food to be grilled:

1. Don't tell him how to cook since he's been cooking on a grill since he was a teenager.

2. Don't tell him how to better use his grill seeing he's been cooking on the same grill for 9 years.

3. Don't tell him "how you do it" because he really doesn't care.

4. Don't lecture him on how you think it is harmful to use charcoal and wood and that's why you cook on natural gas. When the real reason is you have no clue how to cook with charcoal and wood.

5. Just keep your mouth shut, chug back another one of the free beers he is allowing you to have and enjoy the 16 oz ribeye that he's about to pull off the grill. Now when you invite him to YOUR house, around YOUR grill then by all means inform him on "how to do it".

Ok. I'm done. We're all prepared for the summer grilling season. :biggrin2:

 

[BamaGoose]

and the brother spoke.. AMEN. :biggrin:

 

[TiderB]

Sounds like you've had personal experience with this! Maybe as recently as this past weekend?

I do agree with everything you said, though.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

Sounds like you've had personal experience with this! Maybe as recently as this past weekend?

I do agree with everything you said, though.

Yes in that I've had personal experience with it (most recent last summer). I just cooked out on the grill yesterday for the family and for some reason my last summer's episode popped in my mind and I figured I'd post it.

I'm a bbq/griller "purist". My late grandfather was a Texas cattleman that grew up around a grill and a bbq pit during his years of being in the cattle business. When he got me interested in it he taught me "his way" and that's what I've grown to do and like. But he always told me that everyone has their own way and there's no true "right way" to do it. The "right way" is the way you like it. So I was taught never to stand around another man's grill and give him UNSOLICITED "advice". It was just bad grill etiquette.

I use only charcoal and wood. I got rid of my propane grill YEARS ago and have never gone back. Now, I don't "look down" or think any less of someone that uses a gas grill because I refer back to my grandfather. The "right way" is the way you like it. So if someone invites me over to cook for me and my family and they're using a gas grill they're okay in my book. I don't stand around giving my .02 cents, especially when I'm not asked.

Had a guy last summer stand over my shoulder while I'm cooking on MY grill and tell me "how he does it" and why it's "better than how I'm doing it" and also that it is unhealthy to cook with charcoal. I bit my tongue and didn't say much about it. We all sat down to eat and toward the end of the meal his wife (and I swear I didn't set this up) just said out loud "Why don't our steaks ever taste like this? These are wonderful." I got this crap eatin' grin on my face and couldn't resist. "Because cooking with charcoal and wood is unhealthy." It was wrong but I couldn't help it. :biggrin2:

 

[Bama Reb]

and the brother spoke.. AMEN. :biggrin:

I"ll second that. AMEN.

 

[crimson fan man]

When I have friends over to grill that is not my problem at all. They are setting around, downing a few beers and asking when is the food going to be ready. I have to ask for help most of the time. Just got to say that I love to grill just for that time of friends, family, and the atmosphere that goes with it.
I do use charcoal and wood for all my grilling needs, I did not know that charcoal was unhealthy. I soak hickery wood in water and put it on charcoal when I cook.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

When I have friends over to grill that is not my problem at all. They are setting around, downing a few beers and asking when is the food going to be ready. I have to ask for help most of the time. Just got to say that I love to grill just for that time of friends, family, and the atmosphere that goes with it.
I do use charcoal and wood for all my grilling needs, I did not know that charcoal was unhealthy. I soak hickery wood in water and put it on charcoal when I cook.

It's not. It's about like global warming...

 

[bayoutider]

There were several of us in the backyard of one of my Cajun friends grilling steaks when one of the crew asked if the cook had ever used bourbon on his steaks. The good cook said no and produced a bottle of Jack Daniel's. He began pouring the bourbon on the steaks which ignited flames to the stars catching his shirt on fire. We chased him around the back yard trying to put him out. He looked like Michael Jackson in a Pepsi commercial or Richard Pryor freebasing. One thing for sure is nobody tells him how to cook anymore.

 

[bamanut_aj]

....I'll add another.

I have a tv on my patio for a reason. I have speakers on my patio for a reason. I watch the tv and I listen to music on the speakers. It is for everyone's entertainment, but mostly mine. When the music suddenly changes and I'm standing outside, not inside at the receiver, it's a dead give away that I didn't change it. When I'm holding the remote in my apron, it's a dead give away that I didn't change the channel. You aren't sneaky, but I can be when I'm cooking YOUR food.

If you'd like the music changed or the channel changed, just ask.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

....I'll add another.

I have a tv on my patio for a reason. I have speakers on my patio for a reason. I watch the tv and I listen to music on the speakers. It is for everyone's entertainment, but mostly mine. When the music suddenly changes and I'm standing outside, not inside at the receiver, it's a dead give away that I didn't change it. When I'm holding the remote in my apron, it's a dead give away that I didn't change the channel. You aren't sneaky, but I can be when I'm cooking YOUR food.

If you'd like the music changed or the channel changed, just ask.

Oh that burns me up as well. I've never had it happen to me but I've been a guest at someone's house where that happened and I could tell it made the dude mad but he never said anything. Some people have no problem walking into other people's homes and start "running the show".

 

[It's On A Slab]

One thing I wish most BBQ'ers would learn: get and use a good meat thermometer.

But I won't bring it up whilst the fire is hot. Until later when everyone is trying to slice into the charcoaled shoe leather they just pulled off the grill.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

One thing I wish most BBQ'ers would learn: get and use a good meat thermometer.

But I won't bring it up whilst the fire is hot. Until later when everyone is trying to slice into the charcoaled shoe leather they just pulled off the grill.

I agree Slab or either learn how to test the "doneness" of the meat the old fashion way. They both work but most do not do either one. There's nothing worse than spending good money on a ribeye or New York Strip and cooking it to the point of jerky. NOW THAT deserves the death penalty. NO QUESTIONS ASKED!!!

 

[bayoutider]

One thing I wish most BBQ'ers would learn: get and use a good meat thermometer.

But I won't bring it up whilst the fire is hot. Until later when everyone is trying to slice into the charcoaled shoe leather they just pulled off the grill.

Learn this

 

[Bamabuzzard]

Learn this

Great tip Bayou. Many have not even heard of this method and it us very accurate. I use this method and do not have to worry about ruining meat.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

I agree Slab or either learn how to test the "doneness" of the meat the old fashion way. They both work but most do not do either one. There's nothing worse than spending good money on a ribeye or New York Strip and cooking it to the point of jerky. NOW THAT deserves the death penalty. NO QUESTIONS ASKED!!!

I agree 100%. Everyone knows there is only one wahy to cook a steak, and that is medium rare.:cool2:

 

[jangalang]

I'm a bbq/griller "purist".

 

[bamanut_aj]

I will admit that I've broken the man rule on giving tips at another man's bbq. A well-meaning friend of mine bought a charcoal grill because he didn't want to use gas since his dad used charcoal. That's fine.

First time over, he dumps almost the entire bag in the grill (8 total burgers), throws on the fluid, lights it and a mere 5 minutes later brings out the burgers and is about to throw them on. Now, realizing that this situation was more than just "his way", it was actually a lack of knowledge, I casually asked "you not gonna wait for the flame to die? It's awfully hot...." to which he replied "Oh, yeah? Thanks, man. I wasn't sure." And he meant it.

This was actually for my own survival. I didn't want well-done on the outside, bloody on the inside burgers for dinner.

 

[It's On A Slab]

Learn this

Didn't we just have that discussion about cleanliness in another thread?

Great concept, but my meat thermo takes ALL the guesswork out.

Steak: Medium Rare 145 degrees

Hamburgers: 165 degrees

Poultry/pork chops: 160 degrees

Salmon, other fish: 135/140 degrees.

 

[rizolltizide]

I boil all my meat so I don't have these problems around the grill you speak of.

 

[jthomas666]

I agree Slab or either learn how to test the "doneness" of the meat the old fashion way. They both work but most do not do either one. There's nothing worse than spending good money on a ribeye or New York Strip and cooking it to the point of jerky. NOW THAT deserves the death penalty. NO QUESTIONS ASKED!!!

Two my best friends, one likes steak beyond well done, the other just says, "Put it a picture of an open flame for 5 seconds and throw it on the plate".

I'm starting to use the finger method for steaks and chops, but still use a thermometer for poultry.

While we're on the subject, can anyone recommend a good butcher in Birmingham? When I visit my mom in Scottsboro, I cand swing through Huntsville on the way home and hit a little store called Star Markets, which has a great meat counter. But I'd like something a little closer.