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 love the concept, but man. You gotta be dedicated to that kitchen. Like, it has to be your life, in the same way being a monk is who you are… and then, your kids have to buy in, and their kids, etc. It’s a way of life that people just don’t adhere to any more, except a rare few.
Interesting timing, as I used last weeks pork stock to cook a chuck roast in yesterday, which I will use the remainder of that stock to boil my T-bone steak bones in. It is a reflection of what Mr. Bones had taught me.
The frozen route seems fairly achievable. Make a stock, use what ya use, freeze the rest... throw some more crap in next time you use it, strain and repeat?
Never thought of a broth as being perpetual. I've heard of pots of drippings (such as bacon grease) being hundreds of years old in China and other places and there is a century old burger joint I remember seeing on Food Network that fries the burgers in a large pot. The oil has never been changed but it has been added to as the level drops.
If I cooked with stock/broth everyday I would be interested in doing this. I usually make big batches and freeze them in one quart containers.
My Dad used to talk about a greasy spoon in San Diego that made the best chili he ever had. He said that the cook never cleaned that pot - he just added more ingredients every day. 🤢
BTW - this was just before he shipped out to the Pacific during WWII.
It might have been a deli documentary I watched, and I can't recall the place but I believe there was a place on the East Coast or maybe Chicago that has the same au jus base they've had for over a hundred years... au jus is just more complex stock right?
I don't know about a Perpetual Pot, but my older brother would save his roaches until he had enough for another doobie. He called it a Generation Joint and claimed it was much more potent than the sum of its parts. I took his word for it...
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