Great story man. we should have started a thread on this topic. At least you didn't burn a hole in your hedge bushes like I did.....As far as you can remember anyway.
Once back in college a buddy and myself were fixing dinner for our girlfriends on a trip to NC.
We were using one of those cheap, but indestructible public charcoal grills without a top that are placed in parks and such for public use.
Needless to say we may have imbibed too much spirits and had no business near fire in the first place, but we dropped a rack of cooked ribs right in the sandy dirt - not sure if they slid off of the plate or what, but we used the "5 second rule" and picked them up and brushed them off.
It was kinda dark, so we didn't see all of the crud that got all over the ribs and we served them to the ladies.
We could hear the sand / dirt crunch when they bit into them. We were so schnockered it didn't even occur to us to RINSE them off - lol.
At first we pretended nothing was wrong until we were flat called out: "Did you guys drop these in the dirt?"
We giggled and then busted out laughing.
I was told that we had a good time the rest of the evening, but to tell the truth I kinda blacked out and my memory is kinda spotty.
Chin up - happens to the best of us.
"Got to scrape that sh*t right off your shoes" - Rolling Stones, "Sweet Virginia" from Exile on Main St.
I've done this on the other end of the cook. It was slow motion watching 5lbs of meat that I had lovingly cared for skid horribly across the concrete. But it didn't go to waste!
There is tons of moisture in the PBC. I would say more than most cookers with out a water pan. The bird will be fine. I did a pheasant about a month ago on the PBC, came out fantastic. I hung it, but remember brother, you don't have to hang everything. Just throw that bird on the rack. It will be fine.
Now you guys have me spooked about the pheasant I'm doing tonight. Maybe I should do them on the rotisserie on my kettle, where I can keep them screwed into the basket. Also, and a little more seriously, maybe for moisture retention. Thoughts?
I've had a lot of stuff fall off the plate trying to get it from the "outdoor kitchen" (a/k/a back yard) to the indoor one. I never think it's funny at the time. But, looking back on it . . .
I once got so worked up over a pizza dough that I coudln't get to lie flat on the stone that I threw it over the fence. I've calmed down some since then.
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