WayneT has been hounding me 😳 to start this post for anyone traveling to the MeatUp. If you have any pics you’d like to post of your journey to North Carolina, you can post em here if you like…..I’ll go ahead and get it started.
Nice Sunrise On My Way Out This Morning……
Beautiful Rest Stop Just Inside Louisiana
Not Only Did I Blatantly Disregard The Sign, I Also Wrestled One After Jumping In! 🙄
Last edited by Panhead John; May 2, 2023, 05:45 PM.
Large Big Green Egg, Weber Performer Deluxe, Weber Smokey Joe Silver, Fireboard Drive, 3 DigiQs, lots of Thermapens, and too much other stuff to mention.
I’m bringing the real camera, I want to get used to using it, and get back in the habit of taking shots. I’ll be coming down I-81 through Virginia, that is beautiful country. Maybe bring a landscape lens.
Also, I made a list of possible lunch stops, and I’m going to hit up Schaffer’s BBQ Market, it has a strong following. I will definitely grab some photos there.
Also, I remembered to print my ticket for the BBQ festival Sunday! That was a close near-forget.
I considered bringing the real camera, but it's for my wifes work and if I broke it while we're drinking I'd best just go home with one of y'all... and nobody wants that
Gear includes: Char-Griller's Grand Champ off set stick burner/smoker, SnS Kamado Deluxe, Weber 22, PBC, Victory gasser, Victory 36 griddle, Smoke Hollow electric smoker. ThermoWorks Thermapen Mk4, Smoke, Signals, and RFX4, Meater+, SNS-500, roti fits 22 n gasser, Emeril countertop TO, InkBird Sous Vide, Potane Vac/Sealer. Fire&Ice griddle/cooler ensemble.
3-pkg of Collapsible Prep Tubs
Junior, Original, Xtra Lg. SS D. Norcross
Complete set (Tx PJ!) Wusthof Knives n block.
Dalstrong:
Phantom Series Paring knife
Shogun SeriesX 6" Chef knife
Gladiator Series 12"Cleaver knife
Just got into charcoal Dec ‘21 (PBC)
fav is brisky. Love Turkey on PBC. also Turkey in the glass,(any nice bourbon)
Bud has always been my barley pop.
Been smoking a handful of years, just got serious in the last two or three years. Thanks to AR n @glemn picked up an SnS Kamado for appx 1/3 price of new. I dont think he used it twice. Love AR! keep calm n smoke on! Miss you Bonesy.
Out of curiosity, were they morons WITH man buns or BECAUSE of man buns? Be careful how you answer that. It could effect the condition of your accommodations at the Hampton.
Gear includes: Char-Griller's Grand Champ off set stick burner/smoker, SnS Kamado Deluxe, Weber 22, PBC, Victory gasser, Victory 36 griddle, Smoke Hollow electric smoker. ThermoWorks Thermapen Mk4, Smoke, Signals, and RFX4, Meater+, SNS-500, roti fits 22 n gasser, Emeril countertop TO, InkBird Sous Vide, Potane Vac/Sealer. Fire&Ice griddle/cooler ensemble.
3-pkg of Collapsible Prep Tubs
Junior, Original, Xtra Lg. SS D. Norcross
Complete set (Tx PJ!) Wusthof Knives n block.
Dalstrong:
Phantom Series Paring knife
Shogun SeriesX 6" Chef knife
Gladiator Series 12"Cleaver knife
Just got into charcoal Dec ‘21 (PBC)
fav is brisky. Love Turkey on PBC. also Turkey in the glass,(any nice bourbon)
Bud has always been my barley pop.
Been smoking a handful of years, just got serious in the last two or three years. Thanks to AR n @glemn picked up an SnS Kamado for appx 1/3 price of new. I dont think he used it twice. Love AR! keep calm n smoke on! Miss you Bonesy.
I stopped for lunch just outside of Baton Rouge in a little place called Denham Springs. I was just driving around looking for somewhere to eat. I’d been on the road for almost 5 hours and just wanted to get out of the damn truck. Pulled into the first place that looked decent. Found a little place called Hwy 55 Burgers Shakes and Fries. The shrimp po boy with fries looked pretty decent, hadn’t had one in a few years. It was……ok I guess. Wasn’t anything like you’d get in New Orleans, but I wasn’t expecting it either. I gave it a C.
I don’t think much of it was authentic, except it did have lettuce and tomatoes. Shrimp were obviously frozen from a bag and it wasn’t an authentic French roll. I don’t know what the white sauce was that was drizzled on it 🧐
Panhead John if you are goin through New Orleans you really should stop at s the iconic Parkway Bakery and get a Roast Beef Poboy. It is my standard for a Roast Beef Poboy. Of course that are lots of places with authentic bread and properly dressed Poboy. The bread makes the poboy and almost anything you put one it tastes great. Unfortunately my favorite Hot Sausage Poboy place went up for sale and I am afraid it is closed.
That "sandwhich" looks like some fried deep-fried confection with a light sugar glaze you'd get at a State Fair. I stared at it for a full minute, trying to figure out what it exactly was and why you were consuming a sugar bomb for lunch.
Halfway between Lafayette and Baton Rouge lies the Atchafalaya River Basin. I-10 crosses over the basin and the bridge is 18.2 miles long, the 3rd longest bridge in the United States and 13th longest in the world. I snapped a few pics as I crossed. It’s a lot prettier in person than my 70 mph pics show…..
I've driven over that bridge many times. Back in the '90s, I lived in Houston a few years, and most of my family was still in Tenn where I grew up. I drove I-10 a lot. I always thought it looked prehistoric, like a dinosaur might poke it's head out anytime.
> Weber Genesis EP-330
> Grilla Grills Original Grilla (OG) pellet smoker with Alpha/Connect
> Grilla Grills Pellet Pizza Oven
> Pit Barrel Cooker (gone to a new home)
> WeberQ 2000 (on "loan" to a relative (I'll never see it again))
> Old Smokey Electric (for chickens mostly - when it's too nasty out
to fiddle with a more capable cooker)
> Luhr Jensen Little Chief Electric - Top Loader circa 1990 (smoked fish & jerky)
> Thermoworks Smoke
> 3 Thermoworks Chef Alarms
> Thermoworks Thermapen One
> Thermoworks Thermapen Classic
> Thermoworks Thermopop
> Thermoworks Square DOT
> Thermoworks IR-GUN-S
> Joule Turbo Sous Vide Circulator
> Searzall torch
> BBQ Guru Rib Ring
> WÜSTHOF, Dalstrong, and Buck knives
> Paprika App on Mac and iOS
"Maybe a few of these pics might entice a few folks to attend a possible October Louisiana Cajun MeatUp…..in Lafayette."
I gotta admit that Lafayette is tempting (flashback to more than a few months spent there back in the '90s). But damn, that's a hellova drive ... (maybe CaptainMike could loan me TWFTD?) ...
When are you gonna get off your lazy ass and attend one you grouchy old bastard! 😉And don’t give me that crap about a long drive. 😵💫 Captain Mike is doing it again, more miles than anyone has done! …..and I’m doing 1,100 miles….one way. 😳
Last edited by Panhead John; May 3, 2023, 04:42 AM.
PJ and I may have discussed a place that is about 45min from the Baton Rouge airport that would be a good home base for an extended 4 day weekend. Trying to see if there is something similar on the other side of the swamp where there are more swamp related activities.
Actually, I just had some of the best chicken wings I’ve ever had! I asked the front desk girl…[who was hittin on me big time by the way!] if there was a Popeyes nearby. There was one a few miles away but it sounded confusing how to get there, didn’t wanna mess with that. Right around the corner was a chicken place called Zaxby’s, they only sell wings and chicken strips. I wanted to pick up my food to go, before I was gonna have a few beers. I don’t drink and drive. So I got back to my room at 5 with my order to go. They sat around for 2 hours before I reheated them in the microwave. I wasn’t expecting too much, especially the fries. Wow! These wings were killer! I ordered the 2nd spiciest offering they had out of 5. They gave me some of their Ranch dip to go with it. The pics of the bare bones aren’t too appetizing I know, but after eating a few of them I just wanted to share a few pics. This place is a mini chain with 3 locations in Biloxi. Honestly I could have eaten double the 10 piece I ordered.
Wish ida had my camera. 
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