D Livingston
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My youngest daughter (9yo) Saturday said she wanted to start learning how to cook. Sunday, after I picked her up from visiting her friends, I asked her what she wanted for dinner (hamburgers) and if she wanted to help (yes).
Since two of our five were gone, and the burgers were the only thing going on the grill, we used the Smokey Joe. She helped me get everything out and ready for the grill, helped load the charcoal into the chimney, and I got it lit. Then we went inside and she made her own burger patty (I made the other two to demonstrate), she selected the seasoning (Weber Gourmet Burger), we gathered up the sides (veggies, pickles, and chips), then went out to put the charcoal in the grill and let the grate preheat while making lemonade. Then went out and put the burgers on the grill. We then brought everything (sides, plates, drinks, ketchup, miracle whip, etc.) out to the deck table and by that time we were ready to flip the burgers (she flipped hers after watching me flip mine). And then I told her the next step was my favorite part of cooking outside. We sat in the rockers on the deck with a beer (well, she had lemonade) and relaxed and chatted while waiting for the burgers to finish.
With the teaching, and being in the moment, I did not get any process pictures, unfortunately. But as we were waiting on her sister to join us, I did finally think to grab a picture.
And now for something completely different. During this cook, I realized I was a little tired of not having a good spot to set up my Smokey Joe. The Master Touch and Q1200 have their places next to the prep table I built earlier this year. But for the Smokey Joe, I typically move the fire-bowl off of the concrete pad I have for it, move a small round glass top table onto the pad, and use that for the SJ (you can see the setup in the background of the above picture) with nothing else really around to set things on while working. So what's a guy to do? Add a shelf, pull out the jigsaw, and cut a hole in the prep table of course.
Problem solved.
Since two of our five were gone, and the burgers were the only thing going on the grill, we used the Smokey Joe. She helped me get everything out and ready for the grill, helped load the charcoal into the chimney, and I got it lit. Then we went inside and she made her own burger patty (I made the other two to demonstrate), she selected the seasoning (Weber Gourmet Burger), we gathered up the sides (veggies, pickles, and chips), then went out to put the charcoal in the grill and let the grate preheat while making lemonade. Then went out and put the burgers on the grill. We then brought everything (sides, plates, drinks, ketchup, miracle whip, etc.) out to the deck table and by that time we were ready to flip the burgers (she flipped hers after watching me flip mine). And then I told her the next step was my favorite part of cooking outside. We sat in the rockers on the deck with a beer (well, she had lemonade) and relaxed and chatted while waiting for the burgers to finish.
With the teaching, and being in the moment, I did not get any process pictures, unfortunately. But as we were waiting on her sister to join us, I did finally think to grab a picture.
And now for something completely different. During this cook, I realized I was a little tired of not having a good spot to set up my Smokey Joe. The Master Touch and Q1200 have their places next to the prep table I built earlier this year. But for the Smokey Joe, I typically move the fire-bowl off of the concrete pad I have for it, move a small round glass top table onto the pad, and use that for the SJ (you can see the setup in the background of the above picture) with nothing else really around to set things on while working. So what's a guy to do? Add a shelf, pull out the jigsaw, and cut a hole in the prep table of course.
Problem solved.
