I have encountered this with rain before and now this afternoon's heavy snow and am wondering if anyone has come up with a simple technique to deflect the moisture off of the lid without building a overhead roof or putting up a temporary portable tent cover?
While I am keeping up as well as the PBC, with it pretty good, thanks to the Maverick I am sort of thinking maybe a good sized piece of plywood would do the trick.
Something I've used with great success is a telephone and a call to the local pizzeria.
Snowing like crazy here too, we've got about 8" so far and it's going to continue for another 5 hours or so. As soon as the Packers are done kicking the snot out of the Seahawks it's time for snow blowing round 2.
Scotch: Current favorite- The Arran (anything by them), Glenmorangie 12yr Lasanta, sherry cask finished. The Balvenie Double Wood, also like Oban 18yr, and The Glenlivet Nadurra (Oloroso sherry cask finished) among others. Neat please.
About meReal name: Aaron
Location: Farwell, Michigan - near Clare (dead center of lower peninsula).
Occupation:
Healthcare- Licensed & Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) at MyMichigan Health, a University of Michigan Health System.
If you have a kettle grill you can use its lid for a snow & rain shield. Not so helpful if like me your kettles are also out in the snow w/o covers (since then with its lid off it will just fill up with snow), but if they're in the garage then there you go!
Not sure what your wind situation is like... If it isn't too bad, I have used one of those large offset stand alone Umbrella's with a giant base that you fill with water or sand... The pole for the umbrella had this grip on it that when you squeezed it would slide up and down and would cause the umbrella to angle if you wanted it to or whatever.... It was great for some rainy cooks earlier this year but would probably work for snow just as well..... providing no major gusts or sustained winds.
Let me see if I've got this right, you planned on this cook knowing for two days that this big snow (the one they call Aaron) was coming. Somewhere early on or in the middle of the cook you realize that there is a problem, SNOW. Then you put a call for help, "what can I do to alleviate the problem", take care of the SNOW. How much time do you have, cuz I think collectively we just might have an answer to your dilemma. Or, maybe not.
Now if one of your neighbors had an elephant maybe you could...... nah, forget it. I don't have an answer to your problem. But do let us know how the cook turns out!
FireMan I was not asking for help in any way as I certainly knew about the snow, which ended up being far less than forecast for me anyway. I was just musing as I had been caught in unexpected rain before and hadn't to date come up with a simple solution and just wondered if someone else had.
After thinking about a solution (if needed) I will keep a 2' x 2' piece of plywood around to just set on top as the handle and rim shouldn't get hot enough to ignite the wood.
Anyway the cook turned out fine and it was kind of humerus saucing the ribs amidst the snow falling.
Scotch: Current favorite- The Arran (anything by them), Glenmorangie 12yr Lasanta, sherry cask finished. The Balvenie Double Wood, also like Oban 18yr, and The Glenlivet Nadurra (Oloroso sherry cask finished) among others. Neat please.
About meReal name: Aaron
Location: Farwell, Michigan - near Clare (dead center of lower peninsula).
Occupation:
Healthcare- Licensed & Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) at MyMichigan Health, a University of Michigan Health System.
Ah, be careful of the PBC lid handle when using the kettle lid cover method. That handle can get hot! #askmehowiknow
On a similar note, I've learned when covering the firebox of my offset with a fiberglass batt in winter to not cover the handle itself. That lesson got burned into me.
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