Inspiration vs perspiration

[Richard S]

So our neck of the woods opened up a bit for business last week and after months of not “hitting the town” I did my best for the local economy to make up for it. Long night. And there is nothing more I like to do after a few too many beverages than BBQ. And I have been obsessed lately about chili verde so that was the goal. Luckily I shopped on Saturday so I didn’t need to drive anywhere!

I must say this forum has been inspiring for me to try new things and chili verde from scratch is not something I have ever done.


I fired up the Redhead, Performer and a beverage (gotta get back on the horse).
Spotify really wanted me to listen to Warren Zevon....who am I to argue?

I smoked the pork for an hour with peach !
Then melded it all together...

I am really happy with the results and my wife who is a huge “verde” fan gave it high marks. Looking forward to some enchiladas in a couple days for sure! Thanks for the continued inspiration everyone! This forum is incredible!

 

[Andy Linn]

that looks delicious!

 

[Timothy F. Lewis]

That’s a fine way to enjoy a day! Wish I’d been there!

 

[Michael Richards]

This is now officially on my short list! I will be looking for a lazy weekend day that I can put time to a new cook and just go for it.

 

[Timothy F. Lewis]

I’m really getting hungry!

 

[Rich G]

Man, Richard, that looks great! I agree, gotta put those sluggish "next days" to good use with a long grill session (hair of the dog optional!)

Other than your beautiful verde, my favorite part of this cook is seeing the proud war wounds on your red kettle......mine has similar ones and I wouldn't change 'em!

R

 

[Pat G]

That looks great Richard!

 

[JimK]

Outstanding work, Richard! I'm loving that Lagunitas cup too!

 

[Rich Dahl]

That looks really fantastic Richard. I've never made chili verde before but after seeing all the forum members who seem to have a great fondness for it I'm going to try to find out what I'm missing.

 

[Brenda T]

That sounds like a wonderful day and the food looks great!
I love your red kettle and back in the day, I think I was Warren Zevon's #1 fan.

 

[Richard S]

Man, Richard, that looks great! I agree, gotta put those sluggish "next days" to good use with a long grill session (hair of the dog optional!)

Other than your beautiful verde, my favorite part of this cook is seeing the proud war wounds on your red kettle......mine has similar ones and I wouldn't change 'em!

R

Oh yeah! Can’t hide the battle scars. Hard to tell from the photo but the best part is the aluminum dog dish as the ash catcher!

 

[JKalchik]

Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain, a Chinese menu in his hand....

That really does look darned tasty.