Too hot to grill?


 
Last I looked, the heat index was 118. Bought a pork roast that is going in the crock pot tomorrow. It was like a blast furnace getting out of the air conditioned car in the parking lot.
 
It's been miserable here. I've gotten more used to it, but it's been over 110 quite often and no sign of it getting better. I'll take 100 any day at this point. Standing over a grill is rough.
 
timothy said:
The constant going in and out is another thing to consider. Yes you will heat up the house cooking inside but so will opening the door.
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I agree. That's why i try to have my outdoor setup so thete's minimum back and forth. Enough storage is key. Hence my extended grill cabinets and the one I made for what wouldn't fit. It's not a Stephen Raichlen or Bobby Flay setup, but it does help limit the in and out.
 
timothy said:
I did my mowing and yard work earlier. It's hard breathing ( for me )outside with the high pollen and humidity.
Browning a pork roast in the slow cooker today but tomorrow firing up the SF for wings and pizza.
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You nailed that Tim. Extreme high pollen here and monsoon humidity to add on to it, breathing is not a pleasant thing, and my eyes are like puff balls with waterfalls.
 
We hit 100 F with 60% RH at about 3:30 PM this afternoon. This is the sort of day that Dad would have loved to put up hay, he could finally stay warm.
 
RichPB (richlife) said:
I stumbled on this article this morning -- seems relevant to this thread. He makes a convincing argument.

www.thenation.com

We Are Witnessing the First Stages of Civilization’s Collapse

Will our own elites perform any better than the rulers of Chaco Canyon, the Mayan heartland, and Viking Greenland?
www.thenation.com www.thenation.com
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Well climate change is what led our primate ancestors to come down from the trees and start walking on two legs.

Humans are masters of survival.

It’s encoded into our dna.

We will even defeat the robots one day…

In my opinion of course.
 
JSaus said:
Well, to make things worse, the AC went out yesterday. Sitting here waiting for the tech. 84 degrees in the house.
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We had that happen 3 summers ago, right in the middle of a heatwave - house got up to 86F inside. It turned out to be the infamous burnt out capacitor which cost $10 in parts and $100 in labor.

I'm tempted to stock up on these like Ralphie's dad stocked up on fuses from A Christmas Story. :unsure::giggle:
 
Erik Tracy said:
We had that happen 3 summers ago, right in the middle of a heatwave - house got up to 86F inside. It turned out to be the infamous burnt out capacitor which cost $10 in parts and $100 in labor.
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Well, it was a capacitor. The part was covered under warranty, but $200+ for labor. I gladly paid it. My house is all the way down to 82 now and the cool air blowing feels great.
 
Had that happen to us twice the capacitor went south. The second time the tech told us that because it was a common problem with our unit the a/c company designed a super capacitor which was much more capable of handling the startup requirement. We paid an additional $20 for it and that solved the problem.

What was worse our furnace puked in the middle of January when it was 0-20 degrees outside. It was a bad circuit board and they of course had to order it, took two weeks to get it.
One gas fireplace and two portable heaters was all we had for heat, although Barb or as I call her Nanook of the North had no problem with it nor did the dogs with their winter coats. Me I froze my petunia off.
The most wonderful sound I ever heard was the furnace firing up after the board was replaced.
 
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