Like Martin Luther King.... I Have a Dream
and its a simple one....well OK, maybe two!
To be the guy in my friendship group that when I say "I'm having a BBQ", people come from far and wide to be hosted, listen to awesome music and eat the best Brisket, wings and Ribs that they have ever had.....im still a long way off!
Whilst Im at it I suppose it wouldn't hurt if I'm able to get some sort of Saturday afternoon BBQ going in the garden of the brew pub i run in Battersea... although whilst its nice to think big...i'll be taking it one step at a time!
The Journey so far
What got me hooked?
3 weeks in Texas and Louisianna (Blues, Brews and BBQ's tour) with my now Fiancee
A visit to Grillstock Manchester, hanging out in the pit lanes and chatting to the crews.
What I started with
6 months of smoking with an old enamel roasting pan, some coleman wood dust and cling/foil as a gasket.
a summer of hijacking any friend fortunate enough to have a kettle BBQ and a garden armed with a broiling tray, £3 digital probe and a mop.
What Ive read
Peace Love and BBQ by Mike Mills
Smoke - Tim Byres
Smokinest - Myon Mixon
Pitt Que cookbook!
Where Im at now
Ive moved house and got myself a garden in leafy SE22
got a WSM 57cm with gasket, door and hinge kit (plus an awning to cook under all year round)
a decent butcher or two around the corner and some time on my hands
Looking forward to the next 12 months...