MikeLucky
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Well, it's been a crazy year for everyone on this big rock. I am no different. Between getting laid off in October and all the kids being in college now, we decided it was time to downsize. We no longer needed a house with 5 toilets. lol. So, we put the house on the market and sold it December 30th. For our new phase in life we decided to try something new and rent a house in one of the vibrant, trendy places here in OKC. Within about 10 minutes we can walk to about 50 different restaurants, bars, and stores. But, like most areas similar to this one, the houses are 100 years old and with renting there's a lot of compromise with what you would typically look for in a house, especially when you are looking for a specific, narrow location.
We ended up finding a great house that has 4 rooms that can be bedrooms or offices and 1,800 square feet, which is still roughly half of the square footage we were moving out of, which brought with it a whole mess of its own challenges. But, after about a 3 day move involving 2 trucks, 3-5 moving guys at any given time, and half our stuff coming to our new home and the other half going to storage.... we are thankfully settled in to our new home and already enjoying the new lifestyle and neighborhood.
Unfortunately, one of the biggest compromises I had to make in this move was losing my beautiful, large, covered back patio that was the perfect Weber hangout.
I could grill/cook/smoke year round and in any conditions and at any time. It really was fanastic.
For all the great things about our new rental, the one big downside is the back patio. We have a nice deck, but no cover. Not only does it restrict some of my grilling due to weather, but I have an unnatural seething hatred for vinyl grill covers. lol. So, without using individual grill covers, it would mean leaving all my Webers to the mercy of the elements. Not acceptable.
So, for simplicity sake during the move, I only brought my Q1200 to the new house and figured I'd just use that for a while until I could assess the situation better and decide how to proceed. I moved all the other Webers to our "storage" which is actually my parent's house who had a full empty garage and huge empty bonus room upstairs where they can't even go because they are too old to get up the stairs now. Thankfully I have easy access to them all, but just need to figure out how it's all going to end up here at the new house.
I did my first grill January 4th on the Q1200 and it came out pretty great. Filets, baked potatoes, corn on the cob, and sautéed mushrooms.
But, man I was already jonesing for some charcoal smoke. So. Monday I brought over my Go Anywhere Charcoal grill that I keep loaded with a gallon ziplock bag of charcoal, small Weber chimney, firestarters, and tongs. I call it my Charcoal Launch Briefcase.
It was so amazing to get those coals lit....
I discovered one perk of the new place.... I can monitor my coals from my backyard cam.
Did another round of filets and they were so good I forgot to take a pic of my plate.
BTW, sidenote.... The filets I've been cooking are the packs of 4 prime tenderloin filets from Sam's. I gotta say, they are really great steaks. A pack of 4 will run between $35 and $50, but they really are good cuts of meat. I definitely recommend.
Well, I'm over here in OKC adjusting to life changes best I can. It will be an interesting year in the new house and I am working on my full Weber plan for the back patio that will evolve over the next few weeks and months. I'll post pics to chronicle the journey for those of you that are interested to see the twists and turns of my crazy new move.
I hope everyone is having a better 2021 so far than what 2020 gave us. I'm hoping to make it a better year one hot grill at a time.
We ended up finding a great house that has 4 rooms that can be bedrooms or offices and 1,800 square feet, which is still roughly half of the square footage we were moving out of, which brought with it a whole mess of its own challenges. But, after about a 3 day move involving 2 trucks, 3-5 moving guys at any given time, and half our stuff coming to our new home and the other half going to storage.... we are thankfully settled in to our new home and already enjoying the new lifestyle and neighborhood.
Unfortunately, one of the biggest compromises I had to make in this move was losing my beautiful, large, covered back patio that was the perfect Weber hangout.
I could grill/cook/smoke year round and in any conditions and at any time. It really was fanastic.
For all the great things about our new rental, the one big downside is the back patio. We have a nice deck, but no cover. Not only does it restrict some of my grilling due to weather, but I have an unnatural seething hatred for vinyl grill covers. lol. So, without using individual grill covers, it would mean leaving all my Webers to the mercy of the elements. Not acceptable.
So, for simplicity sake during the move, I only brought my Q1200 to the new house and figured I'd just use that for a while until I could assess the situation better and decide how to proceed. I moved all the other Webers to our "storage" which is actually my parent's house who had a full empty garage and huge empty bonus room upstairs where they can't even go because they are too old to get up the stairs now. Thankfully I have easy access to them all, but just need to figure out how it's all going to end up here at the new house.
I did my first grill January 4th on the Q1200 and it came out pretty great. Filets, baked potatoes, corn on the cob, and sautéed mushrooms.
But, man I was already jonesing for some charcoal smoke. So. Monday I brought over my Go Anywhere Charcoal grill that I keep loaded with a gallon ziplock bag of charcoal, small Weber chimney, firestarters, and tongs. I call it my Charcoal Launch Briefcase.
It was so amazing to get those coals lit....
I discovered one perk of the new place.... I can monitor my coals from my backyard cam.
Did another round of filets and they were so good I forgot to take a pic of my plate.
BTW, sidenote.... The filets I've been cooking are the packs of 4 prime tenderloin filets from Sam's. I gotta say, they are really great steaks. A pack of 4 will run between $35 and $50, but they really are good cuts of meat. I definitely recommend.
Well, I'm over here in OKC adjusting to life changes best I can. It will be an interesting year in the new house and I am working on my full Weber plan for the back patio that will evolve over the next few weeks and months. I'll post pics to chronicle the journey for those of you that are interested to see the twists and turns of my crazy new move.
I hope everyone is having a better 2021 so far than what 2020 gave us. I'm hoping to make it a better year one hot grill at a time.