Kicking off summer

[Richard Chrz]

Figured with Summer Solstice happening at 9:42 last night central time, I decided to run an over right on a few butts, one for me, one for a friend as a token of gratitude. They went on at 9 pm last night, here is a 12 hour peek, wrapped and back on for a few more hours,


Thinking I make some tortillas today.

Any first day of summer celebrations for you? It’s supposed to be brutal hot here today,

[mrteddyprincess]

Excellent job there, friend! Good lookin' cook.

My Santa Maria PK360 attachment arrived three days ago and I've had other things I've had to do. And today is our anniversary and we're going out, and tomorrow is my wife's birthday and we're going over to her brother's house for dinner. I can't join you in a summer cook at least until Monday!

Brian

[Richard Chrz]

Happy Anniversary to both of you, how many years are being celebrated? Happiest of early & best birthday wishes to your bride! It starts raining here on Monday for almost 6 days straight, so I’m trying to get my time in outside, under the gazebo, and ceiling fan on. lol!

[Draznnl]

Happy anniversary to you and Princess. And Happy Birthday to Princess.

[mrteddyprincess]

This is the big TEN year for us and thanks for all the well wishes.

B

[Jfrosty27]

I did Vortex wings for dinner last night. Forgot to take pictures though. But I mention it here because it’s the first time I have used the kettle since November. I did everything in the Recteq over the winter and spring. Felt great to burn some charcoal! So I guess summer is underway at my house. The wings were great too. 😉

[58limited]

I was at the farmer's market this morning and bought a couple of grass-fed chuck eyes. One is dry brining right now.

[RichieB]

I have 2 racks of St Louis cut ribs on the PBJ. A little over 3 hours. I'll take a look at 4 hours. Running consistent at 250ish. These are meaty so expect a 4.5 to 5 hour cook. Pictures later on in the Show Us thread.

[Panhead John]

Trying to decide between cooking up some red beans and rice or my world famous chicken pesto rigatoni…..

[Panhead John]

Y’all are right, Zatarains ain’t bad for their frozen meals. And Stouffers puts out some pretty decent stuff too, add a little seasoning and I’m good.

[Richard Chrz]

Ok Panhead John somehow I completely ignored the Zatarains was frozen, I have not had that, but the boxes of the mix to boil up and add, those I had a lot of.

[Panhead John]

The Zatarains frozen red beans and rice…..sucked! Do not buy.

[FireMan]

Yup, it won't be long now, leaves 'll be fallin, snow "ll be comin!

[Richard Chrz]

Right, it happens quicker every year!

[Steve B]

Gonna be a lot of people wishing for this over the next few days.

[Carolyn]

We had 100+ the other day. Dropped into the low 90s, then today, we had a cool front. It was weird to walk outside into a cool breeze on the first day of summer here in the Inland Empire.

Those butts look good. (😄This is the only place I can say that without sounding pervy.)

[Steve B]

I worked. 🫤

[DavidNorcross]

Richard…..wow!

[mrteddyprincess]

Okay, so it turns out that my plans with Princess got canceled due to the heat, but that allowed me to fix dinner on the new Santa Maria attachment for the PK360! This turned out to be a lovely meal of grouper, cobia, peppers, and corn.

[PGH_RAM]

Nice rig!

Gotta ask: where in the Sam Hill did you find grouper and cobia in IN? I haven't seen them anywhere since I moved out of FL.

[mrteddyprincess]

Thanks, Spinaker it's from The Burn Shop in TX, and yes, it's very heavy duty.

PGH_RAM I got the fish from Niemann's Harvest Market in Carmel. Their seafood display is unbelievable for a grocery in the middle of IN. We loved the cobia. First time trying it.

[TripleB]

Looks good and is good!! I love my SM attachment for my PK360. It's great when you have people over and you're cooking. If you want to back off the heat a bit, just crank the grill grate up. Cheers.

[CandySueQ]

Beautiful cook! Colorful meal!

I was invited to a friend's house for burgers yesterday. Got to cook them on a Big GMG!

[Hulagn1971]

Celebrating air conditioning all week. These aren't "feels like" temps.

[Kathreen]

https://crumblcookies.com/

[DaveD]

Yesterday our only activity was grocery shopping and then sitting on pins and needles awaiting news of the birth of my stepdaughter's third child. We finally got the good news a little after 10pm, everybody is healthy and happy and my lovely bride now has another granddaughter, Emily Louise, clocking in at an impressive 9lb 3oz. Labor was close to ten hours but not overly painful (my stepdaughter is a doula and has helped deliver many babies, and in fact delivered her second child by herself in her bathroom, things happened fast). My stepdaughter is 41 (unplanned pregnancy but not through irresponsibility, her IUD failed), at which age childbirth is not without risks, so we were pretty anxious.

Today we're headed over to our new neighborhood community center for a "get to know your neighbors" brunch, which are held every so often (i.e. they didn't schedule it just for us!), looking forward to meeting a bunch more of our new neighbors. Going to be stinking hot for the next week or so while the regional heat dome parks on us, but it should moderate some toward the end of the week. Probably do an outside cook on Weds, that looks like the best bet weatherwise. Pork butts and chuckies in my near future, got to generate stock for chilibeans and enchiladas...

[Hulagn1971]

Congratulations on your new grandchild! We have 11. Got married in 2012 and she brought 4 daughters and I brought a son and daughter to the table. Grandkids are a blessing indeed!

[dubob]

Woke up to 43 degrees and wet this morning. Yuk! No outdoor cooking today.