Most Of My WSM Went On Vacation

[Phil Perrin]

So, we had to cancel the big 90th birthday party for my dad.
But my great-niece just graduated AND turned 18, so we decided to is it and go to Maine for vacation.
The first night, lobstah rolls, of course!


That, of course, was the first of many!
There was a big party for her on her actual birthday, Saturday, with burgers and dogs and her grandfather brought lots of yummy Philippine food!
Sunday morning, I broke out my smoker!
Unfortunately, I forget the cooking grates!
Luckily, we had plenty of HD foil and I made a couple “logs” of HD foil and cooked the 2 small butts in a pan right in the foiled water pan! I use a terra cotta disc instead of water, so it worked out great!

 

[Phil Perrin]

It worked out fine!
I put them on about 7AM and they came off at 3, nice and tender!
Into another foil pan and into the cooler.
I the put a pan of beans in and let them get right!
Her grandfather also brought corn and more LOBSTAH!!!

And, the feast!
Her grandfather was also amazed that the WSM still had hot coals after 12 hours!
I tried to explain it to him, but he is severely hard of hearing and refuses to get hearing aids!

Early this morning, we got everything packed up and are a part of the way home.
And before anyone questions, yes, we stayed socially distant as much as possible.
Well, got a long drive ahead of me tomorrow and a shorter one on Wednesday.
Thanks for looking everybody!

 

[JimK]

Wow! What a feast. Great improvisation with the foil pan right in the water pan. I never would've thought of that.

 

[JKalchik]

I'm just plain drooling here, Phil. Looks like some good eatin'.

I have to ask: how do you like to cook your lobster? Boiled? Steamed? Baked?

 

[Cliff Bartlett]

And I get all giddy when we buy two lobsters! Looks great Phil!

 

[Timothy F. Lewis]

When I was a kid we took a family trip to Maine, we brought back a GIANT cooler full of lobster! I think there were forty or more. When we got home there was a BIG party! I think I was twelve or so, went to the old L.L. Bean store and a old time real hardware store where my Dad bought a 10” old hickory chefs knife, which I use to this day! It’s my “Go To” knife! That trip was fifty years ago, gee now I feel old. I miss my father.

 

[Rich Dahl]

Sounds like a good time was had by all. Nice job of getting those two butts cooked.

When I was a kid we took a family trip to Maine, we brought back a GIANT cooler full of lobster! I think there were forty or more. When we got home there was a BIG party! I think I was twelve or so, went to the old L.L. Bean store and a old time real hardware store where my Dad bought a 10” old hickory chefs knife, which I use to this day! It’s my “Go To” knife! That trip was fifty years ago, gee now I feel old. I miss my father.

I still have a lot of my Dads old hand tools, brings back lots of memories every time I use one of them.

 

[Tim Campbell]

Phil, I grew up about 15 minutes from the Maine border. You just made me homesick.

Looks fantastic. Hope you had a wonderful trip! That's a haul...

 

[Phil Perrin]

I'm just plain drooling here, Phil. Looks like some good eatin'.

I have to ask: how do you like to cook your lobster? Boiled? Steamed? Baked?

Usually steamed. We had 5 or 6 lobster rolls in the 3 and a half days we were there!

Phil, I grew up about 15 minutes from the Maine border. You just made me homesick.

Looks fantastic. Hope you had a wonderful trip! That's a haul...

I grew up about 20 minutes outside of Portland in a small college town.
My brother, 2 nephews and one of my nieces still live there.
We camped outside of her house near Sebago Lake.

 

[Tim Campbell]

that rocks Phil. Glad you got to get back.

 

[JKalchik]

Usually steamed. We had 5 or 6 lobster rolls in the 3 and a half days we were there!

 

[mikemm]

Now that's a feast!