On Sunday I got my very own BBQ. Now, this may not seem like such a big deal to some of you but you have to understand a few things to know why it's a big deal to me. I LOVE BBQ. For the past 3 years, I've been trapped in a small apartment with no space to BBQ. In order to alleviate my cravings for scorched meat, I would go to Jeffy's or to my other friends house where I would mooch from them. Then about six months ago, Jeffy moved onto the church campus and my other friend, Eric, moved to a new place about 25min away. I was reduced to regular servings of boiled corn on the cobb and broiled steaks. My BBQ life was devastated.....until now.
I have to admit that I did something fairly dumb in my eagerness to secure my new BBQ. I couldn't find anyone with a truck so I thought to myself "I can just buy it unassembled and put it together at home." The guy at Home Depot said that it would only take about 45 min and I thought "Great! I'll have it up and running in time for dinner." Yeah, BAD idea. Those who know me know that I have zero assembly skills....i usually have Jeffy do it for me. I got the thing home and it took me 45 min just to put the stupid base together and the swear words were about to start flowing. Thankfully, Jeffy showed up after a little while and I didn't have to cuss. Unfortunately, by the time we got it put together enough to actually use our wives were starving and didn't want to put up with an experimental, "I think this might work" BBQ experience. So we got pizza instead. Bummer.
Last night, I came home from work and finished it off and threw a beautiful, Black Angus tri-tip on the grill and it was b-e-a-utiful. Amazingly enough, I cooked it to perfection along with some grill roasted corn on the cobb. I guess I've learned a thing or two along the way of all my BBQ mooching from my friends. Then tonight I fired that baby up again for some chicken and more corn on the cobb....its soooooooo awsome.
Now that I think about it, I should name my new BBQ because we will be spending a lot of time together in next next few years. Anyone got any good name ideas? I'll take submissions in the comments.
6 comments:
Did this purchase lead to a fight? If it did, apparently you won. Good job.
When I come again, we can now have margaritas and BBQ beef steaks. I cant' wait.
By the way, my suggestion would be naming it "Alex the Q." I'll try to come up with more...
I think you should name it after yourself.
Or maybe call it grandpa so you could say things like:
"I have to go throw some steaks on grandpa."
"I'm going to go outside and scrub the burnt meat off of grandpa."
The possibilities are endless.
you could name it ernie in remembrance of your old honda hatchback.
I think "Smoky" is a good name. Opie will say its gay, which makes it even better.
no, matty, we did not have a fight over it. i just realized that i dont have time for a wii what-so-ever and a bbq was a much better purchase. now heather is a true believer after i've cooked dinner for her 5 nights in a row and it was all soooooo tasty.
you could call her Barbie! Can't wait for dinner Thurs...and Fri for that matter!! We'll stop at Costco!
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