slow&easyPork w/ planked taters ON THE SLIDE

[Jim Lampe]

wonderful zucchini from our wonderful garden

soak a hickory plank in cold water for over 3 hours

2 inch thick "pork steak" marinated in Wickers

then seasoned with pig rub from Jacob's of Appleton

using a lot of used kingsford, the snake routine was employed with hickory

after two hours

hunks of homemade bacon to keep the cook smiling....

and more of the pork

now, comes the fun part.
mashed up some buttered gaaaalic Yukon potatoes... lettem sit for a while, then....
plopped em on the water logged hickory plank

 

[Jim Lampe]

seasoned it with Penzey's Adobo seasoning....
got the 22"OTG hot as instructed (up to 350ºF)...

20 minutes later, I though we were in Saint Louis toto....

thought little about it... so I went in to wash some dirty utensils...
and broke a favourite plate.

after I cleaned up my mess, I went out to check on the mashed spuds

HOLY ****! What else is gonna go wrong??!!
cleaned the fricken mess off the grill, formed the potato loaf again.....

without showing it again, the dam thing slid offanother time....
FI!
I took it in the house with four letter words streaming from this former altarboy's mouth.
**** me off!
go for it, call me a fanboy, altarboy, whateverboy!
<sigh>
Zucchini took over the grill...

 

[Jim Lampe]

potaotes sat motionless in the kitchen

zukes like... done.

and finally get to eet....

it was all good!

Check this out... weird ****! eh?

Anyway, thanks for puttin' up with my BS!
you guys are therapy....
enjoy the evening!

now where did I put that bottle of rum.....?

 

[John Solak]

Its good to see I'm not the only one that has issues from time to time. Great looking meal despite you minor setback though!!!

 

[Jim Lampe]

by the way, I did send a nice, but personal, email to the company that I bought the planks from....
not looking for reimbursement, just to inform them of a customer problem/irritation.

 

[Mike Coffman]

Awesome looking food Jim! I haven't had that problem yet with that companies planks, but
it gives me something to look for. Hopefully it was just a weird one in the bunch!

 

[Gary H. NJ]

Definitely one of the funnier posts from you Jim (from this point of view). Sorry for the problems; the food looks awesome as usual. Cheers my friend.

 

[Mike Cosgrove]

You could make a really nice mini canoe from that, or maybe a canoe paddle, or a .......zucchini griller.

 

[M. Rollins]

Please don't take this the wrong way, Jim, but this is a fantastic post!!! And of course, the food turned out great. Without a doubt, you are the man! Thanks for sharing.

Mike

 

[Tony R]

You made it work and the final results look great!

 

[RogerS]

Great cook Jim! Even though it was a little "warped"

 

[Jim Lampe]

Thank you ALL for your kind responses!

Its good to see I'm not the only one that has issues from time to time. Great looking meal despite you minor setback though!!!

keep kickin', eh, John....?

I haven't had that problem yet with that companies planks, but
it gives me something to look for. Hopefully it was just a weird one in the bunch!

Hope so Mike!

Definitely one of the funnier posts from you Jim (from this point of view)

Gary, every now and then, I try to come up with a moronic post that opens eyes.... Thanks buddy, you caught me!

You could make a really nice mini canoe from that, or maybe a canoe paddle, or a .......zucchini griller.

Mike, it's already in production!

Please don't take this the wrong way, Jim, but this is a fantastic post!!! And of course, the food turned out great. Without a doubt, you are the man! Thanks for sharing.
Mike

Mike..... what in your message am I not to take the wrong way....? ? ?

Great cook Jim! Even though it was a little "warped"

Thanks Roger.... goes with my territory... see, I'M a little warped.

Thank you ALL!

 

[Jim McKelvey]

Jim - really a great post. You're a story teller and this is a good one - or at least an entertaining one. Plated pic still looks good. I got a pizza peel that looks like your plank...as the saying goes, s happens!

 

[PeterZ]

Looks great Jim !
Is that a new way of planking...................?

Peter

 

[JimK]

Not without its challenges, but it still looks like the meal turned out great.

 

[NeilH]

That's the Lampe signature design on that plank. The meal looks great as well. I'm big on zucchini this summer. Looks great.

 

[Brian Dahl]

At least you didn't call it an 'epic' failure All's well that end well, and I'm sure the rum helped things end well. BTW, were the taters on long enough to pick up any of the wood flavor?

 

[Jim Lampe]

Thanks everyone
you're correct JimMcK, S happens
Brian, to tell the truth, no, I did not taste any smoke flavour on the spuds...
and yes, the rhum smooths out the entire day....

 

[JimmyE]

Very entertaining thread, and the food came out great, as usual. Just goes to show it can happen to anyone.

 

[Chuck Dugas]

I first thought that someone in the neighborhood was shooting off fireworks......Now I know where it was coming from.lol.
I think next time, use a brick on top of the mashed potatoes will solve the problem. It's a good thing you have a sense of humor Jim.
That last pic looks great. I bet it tasted just as good.
Thanks for sharing.
I finally figured out how to post on Photbucket......Can't figure how to get them on WSM.
Some day when your in the neighborhood,please stop by.ok!(beer is cold!).