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Phil Perrin

Phil Perrin

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Tried the basic bbq chicken recipe today. Right when the charcoal was almost ready,BAM,it started raining. Hard. I thought that I got out in time,but the smoker never got up to temp. Finishing up on the gasser. Major bummer.
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Phil, sorry to hear you had to finish on the gasser. I had the same problem on Thursday doing a packer cook. Knew the storms where bearing down on me, so I went and grabbed the umbrella from the Patio table that hasn't be used in years. It's staying right beside the WSM, and not going back in the table.
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Phil,

I have gotten pretty good at 'quein in the rain, since I often have had to do it on New Years. I know it doesn't rain in Cali much, but it often does at New Years.

My wife is Japanese and we invite all of our Japanese friends over for Sho-Gatsu, and we always do it up like no other party for us, and it's a huge potluck. I will do yaki-tori always, it's tradition, so have to...

Bryan has as good of a solution, I have resorted to cooking under the eve one year...I can usually pull the 'que off though.

In fact if I ever go homeless, I'll take my WSM with me..."Will work for lump and meat!"..."Pssst, hey buddy, got a light?"
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Umbrella's become a hazard 'round these parts. Wind kicks up to 15-20 and that sucker's over or gone.
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Bill
 
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Bill Hays:
Umbrella's become a hazard 'round these parts. Wind kicks up to 15-20 and that sucker's over or gone.
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Bill </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
It's shielded by my house. My house sits about 15 - 20 feet above the top of the umbrella.
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We had 2 strong storms roll in when that pic was taken. Stood solid as a rock through them.
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Storm really came out of nowhere. We're close to a lake,so that happens sometimes. However,I will be breaking out my pop up shelter if there is even a hint of rain in the future. Thanks for everything guys. The chicken was pretty good,the beer was better,and it's about time to shut it all down. Talk to ya'll later
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> Umbrella's become a hazard 'round these parts. Wind kicks up to 15-20 and that sucker's over or gone. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Big time. That's why I ended up building this, enclosure. Wind, rain, snow, hail, doesn't matter anymore. It also doubles as cold storage, since my garage is full!

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Tropical Storm Hanna didn't blow it over yet. I was going to fold the umbrella down lastnight, but changed my mind to see how it faired with Hanna. I even moved it more out in the open, further away from the house just to see if it would blow over. So far that 35 lb. base has kept it upright. I'll let you know if it blows over.
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A few years back I was working in Phoenix, and to protect us from the desert sun we had what I would call an ez-up on steroids. It was framed in galvanized steel, and staked into the ground. In the summer heat you can get some intense thermals. These dust devils are stronger then I ever imagined. One day we were out earning our money and from about 1/4 mile to our west you could see one of these dust devils making its way toward us. When it was obvious it had our destination in its sights we cleared our equipment and backed away. This particular one was about thirty yards wide. That thing hit our tent, ripped the stakes out of the ground, and to our amazement took a ride that was about thirty feet up and traveled about a hundred yards or so down range. Sadly the galvanized frame did not survive.

The moral of that story: If you cannot adequately anchor or minimize the sail effect of your cover, quickly, you and your stuff are at risk.


Gary
 
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