Blake's WSM & Kettle cooks (a ton of pics)


 

Bob Correll

R.I.P. 3/31/2022
I found a craigslist WSM for my grandson, Blake, a few weeks ago, he is so happy you would have thought I gave him a thousand bucks!

He cooked for us on my 2 day visit a couple of weeks ago.
First a rib roast, with kielbasa, and pork steaks.
Montreal Steak Seasoning on the roast.
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His buttered/spiced onions direct on the coals, the way he always makes them, and a method I will mimic.
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Cookin'
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Steaks and sausage ready, a bit longer for the rib roast.
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Roast done.
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Sliced.
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The Blakester ready to chow down.
(notice where his eyes are focused)
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My plate.
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Two thumbs way up for dinner, now let's see the next morning's breakfast.
Blake put Weber's Steak & Chop rub on the tri-tip, and I whipped up some bacon cornbread for the kettle.
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Meanwhile my daughter made scratch blueberry muffins.
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Tri tip done.
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Sliced.
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My plate with farm fresh eggs and morel mushrooms.
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Another fantastic meal!

Blake, so far, has made successful cooks of spares, tri tip, and a pork shoulder on his WSM.
Gramps is going to take over a brisket for him to make soon!
Hope to get him posting his own cooks, but I think he's still a little intimidated with the whole process right now.

That concludes the cook pics, but with about 200 shots taken during my 2 day stay, I wanted to share a few more, for anyone interested.

Our morel finds after our big breakfast.
I only found one
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A few of the egg providers.
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Future egg providers getting a little free range time.
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I may be old, but I'm still a chick magnet
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Brooke wasn't allowed to play with the chickies.
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Chillin' while Blake was grillin'
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Bonfire.
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Sunset, and the end of this long post.
Thanks for viewing!
(Chris A, if this is more than should be posted at one time, please let me know.)
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Adding a video, I hope.
Tried this in the post and it messed up the whole thing.
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The best post of the year Bob. Love the story and the pics are just great. Your grandson made this?!
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Does he give cooking lessons? Wow. Just wow.
 
WOW!
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Blake is well on his way to becoming a master griller/pitmaster. Someday, he will realize the that the skills and tools that you are passing on now will be invaluable and hopefully he will pass on to future generations.

Great looking cooks, Blake!
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Bob, You've got a future PitMaster there. I can see he's learning from the Best. Great photos and story!
 
You are one of the coolest Grandpas.

Beautiful pics and post.
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Went out for morels today, second attempt. No dice, still too early.
 
All I can say is WOW!!

You must be so proud of Blake! I wish I had someone like you in my life when I was growing up Bob...warms my heart to the nth degree seeing you passing on your skills and passion to your grandson.
 
Nice cooking Blake...thinking he should start posting himself!! I bet u are one proud gramps!

Way to go!
 
Blake and I thank you for the kind comments!

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Brandon,
If you've had the early spring that we've had, the morels are probably a done deal, last ones were found 2 weeks ago.
 
Outstanding looking food and pics!!!! Did you get any pics of the onions? I am interested in how he makes them.
 
Bob,

If I had a grandson like Blake I'd make a menu of what I liked grilled/smoked, give him an allotment each month and order my meals through him.
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Naw, probably not cause people like us enjoy doing it ourselves. But you do have a one-in-million grandson.

Scotty
 
Thanks everyone! I have the best grandpa in the world. And thank you for my WSM grandpa. Also John all I do to my onions is, cut up a whole onion into slivers, about a half stick of butter cut up into pats, then a little bit of weber seasoning salt and a little weber garlic and herb seasoning and cook them till the tips are black then they will melt in your mouth.
Can't wait to Q with Grandpa again!
 

 

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