I am going to get my husband a barbecue for his birthday. What kind of features should I be looking for, and where would the biggest bang for my little mini bucks be?
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I Think we've agree diffrent strokes for diffrent folk. what better than BBQ'n ?Well this thread sure as hell went to $hit,,, used to be entertaining,,,, wheres all the hate gone??? Cmon lets get back on topic
This thread makes me laugh. But I am getting sick of the "BC vs everyone" attitude so here's my comments.
I got no lifted truck, no fancy house, no white oakleys. I don't have the typical attitude of "my money makes your town worth living in so let me do what I want like triple park my jacked F350 and leave it idling for hours on end." I'm respectful to every place I visit. I've seen it from both ends of the spectrum, there is absolutely a huge crowd of douchebags from AB/Sask, but we are not all the same, sorry to burst the stereotype bubble. Seen many many jacked up diesels in the forestry crews in BC, not sure just how the BC guys think its any different than the oilpatch? So you visibly rape thousands of acres of forest, oops I mean cut trees down, instead of drilling holes? How much diesel fuel is burned pushing a foresty road up the side of a mountain or burned in skidders/feller bunchers/yarders during tree processing? Do you know where the diesel in the trucks hauling the logs to mill comes from?
Someone made the comment about living in BC and having "clean" air and water. hahahaha, that is the biggest fallacy statement I have heard in a long time - "clean air and water in BC". uhhh, have you looked over your back fence? Have you ever been to Kamloops? Do you know how bad the air quality is around some of the mills in BC? How about what the pulp and paper industry has done to the water quality in several BC rivers? Do you know the kinds of chemicals they use to bleach pulp? well, one for starters is....bleach. No, you don't have "clean" water either, so that's a bit like the pot calling the kettle black in terms of polluting the environment. Let's not even talk about Vancouver. You can thank the oilpatch workers for the track on your sled and the tires on your truck though...pretty hard to recreate without gas in either of these vehicles too...
I spend a lot of time in the koots at my place with my extended family from Castlegar who've lived there for more than 4 generations. If you've moved to BC and haven't lived there your whole life, you are an outsider just like so many others. So many people talking about "their" BC, yeah, I've been there the better part of my life, mail still goes there, so what if I'm in AB making cash to spend in our BC? To me - you are the outsider since I've lived there longer and have just as many roots in the community. I've fought for more riding areas and signed more petitions than I can ever remember - ALL FOR OUR RIDING AREAS IN BC!!!! The mountains don't belong to you last time I checked, so back off with the self-righteous opinions about "your" province. Imagine what would happen if you alienate other provinces and lose their support, and the local riding areas start closing? Trust me, you can't go it alone, I've been trying my whole life. Now you gotta drive somewhere to ride just like us rich guys next door.....
Nope, I don't have a jacked up truck, attitude or sunglasses to match, regardless of my location on the internet. I'm just a dude with a sled and a love for the mountains, getting out ripping some powder and having good times with my family and friends. If we weren't divided by some line drawn on a map - how different are we really?
Yeah toss the side burner out the window................Me I'm getting a Green Egg . I would rather spend good money on a smoker or cue as I use 3-4 time a week.I get what FS is saying but there must be a preface on everything. How much do you BBQ? Don't buy a $1000 BBQ if you only use it in the summer (unless you have lots of disposable income and just want to part with it). Is he a traditionalist/purist (BBQ snob) or does he just like to cook outside in the summer? Me personally, I am a smoky flavour kind of guy so I like slow cooked on charcoal or apple/hickory wood chips, time ain't a thing for me when BBQing and heat prep is key to me. I cook about 2-3 nights on the BBQ all year round, at home in BC in the summer we will cook on the BBQ or fire pit almost every night. Veggies, etc, you name it, even cooked Xmas turkey on there.
Do you have natural gas/propane/etc.? Propane burns a little hotter than natural gas, both have about the same flavour IMO when cooking. More burners and BTU's is always a good thing, but uses more fuel obviously (this is a bigger deal when hooked to a propane tank with limited supply). Don't spend the money on a separate "external" burner model, had them on 3 BBQ's and very very very rarely use them. Get more BTU's and more grilling space than fancy features IMO. We started our marriage with "old smoky" (named that because no matter what you cooked on it or at what temperature, it smoked like a mofo for no reason), and had 2 burners - one cold side and one hot side, we often said that it was old couples BBQ because that's what your marriage is like after about 40 yrs (and it was about as old as the mountains).
And to answer your question Jay: (all cooked on the BBQ) Fri - corn and steak: Sat breakfast (in the freakin' snow.....)- hashbrowns and sausages: Sat dinner - red and yellow peppers and chicken: Sunday - Ate at the mother in laws
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and I BBQ'd bacon wrapped sirloin, mushrooms, onions and peppers in homemade BBQ sauce, asparagus in balsamic vinagrette, olive oil and pepper and french onion potatoes and veggies.
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looks like Albertans see more sausage then they do snow
I get what FS is saying but there must be a preface on everything. How much do you BBQ? Don't buy a $1000 BBQ if you only use it in the summer (unless you have lots of disposable income and just want to part with it). Is he a traditionalist/purist (BBQ snob) or does he just like to cook outside in the summer? Me personally, I am a smoky flavour kind of guy so I like slow cooked on charcoal or apple/hickory wood chips, time ain't a thing for me when BBQing and heat prep is key to me. I cook about 2-3 nights on the BBQ all year round, at home in BC in the summer we will cook on the BBQ or fire pit almost every night. Veggies, etc, you name it, even cooked Xmas turkey on there.
Do you have natural gas/propane/etc.? Propane burns a little hotter than natural gas, both have about the same flavour IMO when cooking. More burners and BTU's is always a good thing, but uses more fuel obviously (this is a bigger deal when hooked to a propane tank with limited supply). Don't spend the money on a separate "external" burner model, had them on 3 BBQ's and very very very rarely use them. Get more BTU's and more grilling space than fancy features IMO. We started our marriage with "old smoky" (named that because no matter what you cooked on it or at what temperature, it smoked like a mofo for no reason), and had 2 burners - one cold side and one hot side, we often said that it was old couples BBQ because that's what your marriage is like after about 40 yrs (and it was about as old as the mountains).
And to answer your question Jay: (all cooked on the BBQ) Fri - corn and steak: Sat breakfast (in the freakin' snow.....)- hashbrowns and sausages: Sat dinner - red and yellow peppers and chicken: Sunday - Ate at the mother in laws
