I'm pretty envious, no lie. Great story, and congrats!
Mess Hall Acquisitions
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Nice!
The skillet in my pics just a few posts back was my Wife's Grandfather's and is also a Griswold. I'm not sure when or where he got it, but it was still his main frying pan until he passed away. He always used bacon fat or real butter, and lived to be 94 years old. When I first got it every time I hated it up it would smell like liver and onions, now it smells like my grill.
Enjoy them, they are so much better than anything made today, and being heirlooms makes them even better.
Came home from work and my wife had tried to put them in the dishwasher. Had a come to Jesus meeting about a) the rules for cast iron and b) the realistic weight capacity of a rack in the dishwasher. Unfortunately these have spent some time unused so they need some seasoning before they'll be ready for every day use, but it's amazing to me that they're over two hundred years old and still serve a real functional purpose. Let's see a Rachel Ray pan do that
So here it is, the new outdoor cooking setup. I was pretty set on a good old reliable Weber, but the wife is against having only charcoal as an option since she will sometimes use the grill as well. Charcoal prep and cooking just isn't in her skillset over all. Oh well, it happens. After reviewing the options we had at the place we shop, this one rapidly came to the top of the list, and in the end came home with us. Fjolnir is just as interested and excited as I am, as you can see.
Nice grill, Dustin. I am currently grill-less in anticipation of a new one. My wife saw Komodo at Walmart, and didn't balk at the price tag. The cheap plastic wheels on my grill kept coming off the axle rod, so the wife told me to put it on the curb. It was gone in an hour.
Until I get a new one, here is what my stepdaughter in Colorado gave my wife for Mother's Day. She has the same one and loves it.
Until I get a new one, here is what my stepdaughter in Colorado gave my wife for Mother's Day. She has the same one and loves it.
a square dutch oven (Camp Chef, 13")
and a Viking casserole:
and a Viking casserole:
I put my old one at the curb and it was also gone in an hour... it needed a full rebuild on the inside, which was obvious, and to me not worth investing that much money into.
Nice toys one and all! The potential there is enormous.
Thursday I bought a big slotted spoon for prepping and chasing poached eggs and also a similarly sized fine sieve with handle... big spender!
dave
Thursday I bought a big slotted spoon for prepping and chasing poached eggs and also a similarly sized fine sieve with handle... big spender!
dave
Yeah, mine had about had it, too. The ash pan was about rotted through, but the cast iron surfaces were still good. The wife thought it was an eye sore
I actually priced out getting all the things I needed to resurrect the old one, and the cost came to higher than the new grill was. Add that to the facts my old one was free to me in almost new condition, and I used it for around 8 or 9 years, and it just really came to time to buy one for myself that has the features we want.
Nice grill Dustin!
My brother has one very similar, he really likes having both gas and charcoal.
Looks like your dog is ready for you to fire it up and drop him a pork chop.
My brother has one very similar, he really likes having both gas and charcoal.
Looks like your dog is ready for you to fire it up and drop him a pork chop.
Also, I keep thinking that once I have my kitchen storage issues worked out, I have to add one of those to my setup.
I like that it has its own power source- that will come in handy for big meals, freeing up a burner. It probably cooks potatoes fairly quickly.
shavefan
I’m not a fan
Dough cutter and board scraper should be here via Amazon tomorrow
OK, although I consider it a build more than an acquisition, multiple acquisitions went into the parts so here goes...
My Ugly Drum Smoker
Barrel (free if you know the right guy at work)
Fuel basket (12" x 53" piece of expanded metal, 6 SS bolts-nuts-fender washers, charcoal grate from a 22.5" Weber and 3 rope clamps)
1 20" aluminum hot water heater drain pan (under the basket as an ash catcher
Air inlets (three 3/4" black pipe nipples, 2 caps, 1 elbow, a 24" 3/4" black pipe nipple, a pipe hanger and a bronze 3/4" ball valve)
1 donor Weber 22.5" lid
2 gate handles
1 wall (drum) mount bottle opener
2 Weber 22.5" replacement grilling racks
3 shelf clip brackets and a bag of shelf clips
3 cans of grill high heat paint (2 black and one silver)
Basket & ash catcher
Assembly
Burn
Paint
My Ugly Drum Smoker
Fuel basket (12" x 53" piece of expanded metal, 6 SS bolts-nuts-fender washers, charcoal grate from a 22.5" Weber and 3 rope clamps)
1 20" aluminum hot water heater drain pan (under the basket as an ash catcher
Air inlets (three 3/4" black pipe nipples, 2 caps, 1 elbow, a 24" 3/4" black pipe nipple, a pipe hanger and a bronze 3/4" ball valve)
1 donor Weber 22.5" lid
2 gate handles
1 wall (drum) mount bottle opener
2 Weber 22.5" replacement grilling racks
3 shelf clip brackets and a bag of shelf clips
3 cans of grill high heat paint (2 black and one silver)
Basket & ash catcher
Assembly
Burn
Paint
Well done Chris!
Whats the first cook?
Whats the first cook?
Very nice Chris. R2-D2 could not have done any better.
Nice smoker Chris, Well done! 
Super impressive build!
Cans have always intrigued me, good looking build!
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