What are your Memorial Day Meal Plans?

[hoovarmin]

It's that time of year when the grocery stores double the price of ribs and then generously offer them BOGO. I would love to hear what my brothers and sisters of The Pit are planning to cook for Memorial Day.

[tstalafuse]

A little up in the air, but the plan is throw a couple of whole spatch cocked chickens on to smoke. Haven't decided on sides yet. Up in the air because the gutters on the house got ripped off by snow this past winter and guess what day the installers are available to install the new gutters. Not sure if I will have to pull everything off the deck or not yet.

[hoovarmin]

That's a bummer about the gutters. A good meal will heal that.

[barelfly]

Not exactly sure. I’m having knee surgery Tuesday so not sure what I’ll be able to do or where we will be. Hoping I’m able to at least sit in the car for a few hours Thursday night or Friday so we can make it to the lake to hang out there for the weekend. Either way, I probably won’t be cooking but my wife has already lined up some stuff for the week and I’m sure she’ll make something good for the weekend!


And…you never said what your plans are for Memorial Weekend.

[klflowers]

What are you getting done? I had both mine replaced in 2016. It was interesting lol

[barelfly]

Thank you captainlee STEbbq

klflowers - I’m having 3-4 bone fragments of my knee cap removed, hoping that it solves the problems I’m having. Next step would be partial knee replacement, or patellafemoral/knee cap replacement. My first ortho suggested total knee, my surgeon said my knee is bad, but not that bad and wants to avoid it at my age. So Tuesday at 1:30

[klflowers]

I get it. It took a full year for me to recover fully. They don't tell you that part. But now that it is over, I am glad I did it. I was to the point where I had to stop and rest if I walked more than a half a block. I'll say this - if I had only done one, I'd be dragging the other behind me.

[DavidNorcross]

Hamburgers and hot dogs, will do some chicken for sure. Not sure what else. Looking forward to the weekend.

[hoovarmin]

Me too Dave!

[Prof Bunky]

Baby backs. Not sure about the sides, but ribs are a Memorial Day tradition here.

[hoovarmin]

Nice!

[mrteddyprincess]

Same here. Memorial Day = Ribs!

[Oak Smoke]

I haven’t decided. We’ve done ribs and a chucky recently so right now it’s between spatchcock chicken and beef tenderloin. I have three chickens and two beef tenderloins in the freezer so I won’t need to go shopping. It’s been a while since we’ve had either.

[hoovarmin]

Sounds like you are very well stocked!

[Oak Smoke]

hoovarmin , Dave we have three freezers that we use to save on groceries. When whole chickens go on sale I go get a few of them. We have our own beef processed locally. I still have both tenderloins from the last beef we put up.

[hoovarmin]

Oak Smoke when my water heater dies I'm going to convert to a tankless gas heater that goes outside on the wall. I'm going to use the space to finally have a second fridge/freezer. I can't wait for the storage, but not looking forward to the expense.

[Livermoron]

Gonna try this thing...https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/84...barbecue-pork/

but on the PBX. I figure with the combination of hanging and using the hinged grate, I can stage what will go on at different times to bring it all together at the end. I'll probably scale up the meat amounts as well...we'll see how it goes...

[fzxdoc]

Now this looks like a cook that I'd like to try. Maybe it would all fit on the WSCGC . If you have the time, please post your results and tell us how you juggled the times so it all came out at together.

K.

[jfmorris]

Looks interesting. I've never cooked ribs for shredding, but I imagine all the combination of belly/loin/ribs/shoulder mixed up together would be great. Especially smoked, and not roasted in a dutch oven the way the recipe calls for...

[swartzster]

That looks pretty good

[Finster]

Not even sure what’s for dinner tomorrow night…lol

[hoovarmin]

Same

[Purc]

I'm going to spin a Wild Fork Picanha on the Weber Kettle rotisserie. It will be my first time ever to cook a picanha. I will have plenty of adult beverages available just in case things don't turn out well.

[hoovarmin]

That's all you need Purc!

[DaveD]

...or in case they do! It's win-win.

[Santamarina]

We don’t have a Memorial Day tradition. As such, it’s too early to say, but I’d imagine either smash burgers, ribs, or tri-tip.

IMHO you can’t go wrong with any of those!

[hoovarmin]

Indeed!

[Jerod Broussard]

Lunch at work. Prolly a salad.

[ecowper]

Haven’t decided yet …. But I’ve still got some time. it’s just Stacy and I this year. The kids are scattered to the 4 winds and won’t be here ….. brisket? Chuck roast? Ribs and beans? Pork butt? Steak? I just don’t know yet.

[hoovarmin]

Well whatever it is, we know it will be fantastic!

[Richard Chrz]

Not sure yet, I know a pork shoulder at some point. I have started a tradition a few years ago of setting a plate at our table for those who did not come back.

[hoovarmin]

A great tradition

[fzxdoc]

Oh. That last sentence gave my heart a jolt. Wonderful idea, Richard.

K.

[captainlee]

Whatever United is serving on our flight back from Kona to Denver.

[captainlee]

Thanks

[Alan Brice]

It is going to be Pasta or chicken, 20:1

[captainlee]

Just pre ordered, pineapple and rice, or a choice of two types of chicken.

[fuzzydaddy]

Pulled pork for sure, on the kettle, overnight cook. My wife will fix the sides.

[hoovarmin]

Solid plan.