well what a ***** weekend as i said i was going to cook for wife's family on the Navajo res this holiday weekend on my brand new excel.
day 1 80mph winds non stop rain thru Monday morning when we left
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day 2 mud,mud,and yes mud canopy took a joyride thru the desert still in a gulch somewhere i believe.
broke out the excel and said to myself is this a good idea <<HELL NO!!>>
after 14lbs of charcoal in 40deg weather i managed to get to 190 whoohoooo!!!
so cant turn back now so as i lay my 16lb brisket on my beautiful 20 the legs benton the grill as i lurched and fell into the mud hmmmmm so i sat down laughed my ass off and grabbed a beer 545 am why not. got back up on the ole horse bent legs back basically just stuck it in the mud had no choice got it rolling .come sunday 2-3 pull brisket at 170 wrapped and in da cooler it went only cause i was out of beer
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started chicken finished it then decided to do so reindeer hotdogs buffalo burgers and buffalo steaks. as i let the charcoal burn out i look over to see her grandma throw a slab of mutton on the grill hmmm OK why not so we will see this next cook how the 20 smells up the meat,
so all in all could have been better .
thoughts on the 20 decent for the $$ but they should have maybe put stronger legs on them and insulated handels every time i open the doors i got a Ching Ching ching.
also i found as it was a good idea it was hard to get any probes through the hole.
so how was your weekend???
Lol
rjb