My wife has informed me that after this weekend, I can't cook on my PBC. . .
We're running out of freezer space.
We're running out of freezer space.
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Now that's a luxury problem..
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Buy a chest deep freeze for the garage. Throw a drape over it. Tell her it's a craft table.
Making good BBQ is a craft, is it not?
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Simple solution - eat more or invite your son and his friends over.Last edited by LA Pork Butt; May 2, 2019, 05:13 PM.Comment
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Sounds like an eating disorder to me. Or are you a collector?Comment
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My wife and daughter "get tired of barbecue." I've never seen those words together before, so I don't know what they mean by that. -
hubmacfan I feel for you . we could eat barbecue every day of the week , nobody in our household would complain . When we were both working , the wife came home first , she would fire up the barbecue every day to cook supper during the summer . She`s the first one to say , we have to fill the freezer up for the summer .
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hubmacfan I can feel your pain. I can eat BBQ for 3 meals a day, every day of the week. My wife and the one daughter still at home, not so much. I end up using the Foodsaver to vacuum seal leftovers after a couple of days, and have random chicken halves, pulled pork, and other stuff in the deep freeze. I tend to pull stuff out and microwave it in the vacuum bags for lunches and stuff.
The other thing in my freezer is uncooked meat - currently a couple of chickens, 8-9 Boston butts, and a few slabs of baby backs. I always stock up when its on sale!
Sounds to me like you need to eat some of that piled up BBQ, and take a 2 week break on the PBC. Or smoke smaller quantities?
Another thought - get more creative, and mix it up. Cook up chicken or fish, versus more traditional BBQ. Make tacos/nachos with pulled pork/chicken/beef. Get creative to entice them to eat the left overs....Comment
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jfmorris I'll be taking a break. I've only had it for three weeks (as of yesterday) so it's still a new toy to me.
It doesn't help that we stocked up on shrimp, redfish, and red snapper at the beginning of April! I need to let the smoker rest a bit and grill some seafood.
My daughter always comments on how we eat pork all the time, but let's face it, not too expensive and modern pork is a great blank palette for sauces and seasonings.
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My freezer has ended up with quite a collection of smoked stuff too. There's vacuum sealed and dated brisket, pork butt, and chicken every where I look in there. With just the wife and I here most of the time it adds up in a hurry. My best bet is to make the family get together on Memorial Day a leftovers buffet.Comment
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FREEZE DRYING gives you a little room but meat still needs to be kept in the freezer because of the fat content.Comment
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Sounds like you need to load the PBC up more!Comment
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There's just 2 of us. My wife doesn't like leftovers more than once and our freezer started filling up quickly. I started cooking smaller amounts of food... 1 small loaf of bread, 1/2 lb meatloaves, 3 lb chuck roasts. It's not as efficient with the charcoal, but I get to smoke more often. And I figure if I can cook a small roast without drying it out, the big ones should be easy.Comment
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have a lunch party. Then you can make more. :-)Comment
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I have the opposite problem, a freezer full of uncooked meat.
If there's a good sale I stock up so I have lots of ammo for the smoker.
Never leftovers in this house.
I could send the family over if it would help....Comment
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I really envy you with the redfish & snapper. Have the same problem with bein only two of us, it is why I don’t do brisket & butts.Comment
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This thread hits home for me. A Freezer, Several Cookers (Including a PBC this winter) and Foodsaver makes for a full freezer at all times. Our house also has only 2 people most of the time.Comment
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