What could be finer on a warm summer evening than a great meal served in the great outdoors? Maybe a great meal served in the great indoors, away from the mosquitos! Anyway, the tradition of summer grilling outdoors grew out of the days when no one had air conditioning, so it was just too hot to fire up the stove inside. Makes sense to me. Then for some reason, men decided it was OK to cook, as long as it was outdoors. Inside cooking was still women’s work. I think it had something to do with charcoal lighter fluid, and how much fun it is to cause major fires. A lot of men have a little pyromania in them.

Hale McKay at It Occured to Me recently wrote both prose and poetry on the joys of the barbecue:

Mine eyes have seen the glory
Of the firing of the barbies
Cookin up the dogs and burgers
That are much better than Arbies
We don't worry about cholesterol
Or the terrible fat or carbies,
The food is finally on.
Glory! Glory! Glory Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Glory Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Glory Hallelujah!
The food is finally on!

Yes, fathers and husbands all over the land will be singeing their eyebrows and eyelashes when they fire up the barbecues for this weekend that jump starts the summer.
....Here's to those hotdogs, burgers, chicken wings and steaks that fall on to the ground, only to be picked up, wiped on a pant leg and put back on the grill. Here's to those grill masters that pull it off. Here's to the friends and family that gather to celebrate the weekend. Here's to those who show up empty-handed and eat all your food and drink all your beer.
....Here's to those neighbors who don't invite you to their cookouts. Here's to those neighbors who call the cops because you are making noise. Here's to the cops who arrive at the neighbor's and who come to your backyard to have a cold beer for the road. Here's to those guests who decide it's time to leave when you begin to clean up the mess.

The Top Ten Coolest BBQ Grills.

PAgent has one fine BBQ grill.

Blog of the Day: Insane Chicken’s Hot Sauce and Barbecue Blog.

The BBQ Report is good, too.

Redneck Barbecue Grill

Men who love a challenge even have barbecue competitions.

Adjustable Hot Sauce.

A full technical explanation on how to pour ketchup. (via Arbroath)

Johnny has been forced to barbecue while the kitchen undergoes a remodel. But he's still a gourmet cook!

OK, what do you do when you drop $50 worth of steaks on the ground?

HOW TO BARBECUE

After long months of cold & winter, we are finally coming up to summer & BBQ season. Therefore it is important to refresh your memory on the etiquette of this sublime outdoor cooking as it's the only type of cooking a real man will do, probably because there is an element of danger involved.
When a man volunteers to do the BBQ the following chain of events are put into motion:

Routine...
1) The woman buys the food.
2) The woman makes the salad, prepares the vegetables, & makes dessert.
3) The woman prepares the meat for cooking, places it on a tray along with the necessary cooking utensils & sauces, & takes it to the man who is lounging beside the grill - beer in hand.

Here comes the important part:
4) THE MAN PLACES THE MEAT ON THE GRILL.

More routine....
5) The woman goes inside to organize the plates & cutlery.
6) The woman comes out to tell the man that the meat is burning. He thanks her & asks if she will bring another beer while he deals with the situation.

Important again:
7) THE MAN TAKES THE MEAT OFF THE GRILL & HANDS IT TO THE WOMAN.

More routine.....
8) The woman prepares the plates, salad, bread, utensils, napkins, sauces & brings them to the table.
9) After eating, the woman clears the table & does the dishes.

And most important of all:
10) Everyone PRAISES the MAN & THANKS HIM for his cooking efforts.
11) The man asks the woman how she enjoyed "her night off." And, upon seeing her annoyed reaction, concludes that there's just no pleasing some women....

Thought for today: Rare ... medium ... well done..... I’ve got all three types of burns on my hands from barbecuing this weekend.

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