Carbon wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:35:34 -0500, MNMikeW wrote:
>> Carbon wrote:
>>> On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:52:01 -0700, Dene wrote:
>>>> On Apr 17, 7:27 pm, Carbon<
nob...@nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Dave!
>>>>>
>>>>> I haven't been playing much myself, maybe as much as 3-4 times a
>>>>> year and some years not at all. I did play last weekend though and
>>>>> shot a whopping 103. And that was with a cooperating driver.
>>>>> Clearly some horrible palsy has crept into the short game.
>>>>>
>>>>> But it was still fun. Seeing old friends was fun. The beer and
>>>>> chicken wings after were fun. I want to do it all again.
>>>>
>>>> What stops you? Sure hope it isn't that dumb old deal called work.
>>>
>>> Pretty much, yeah. I know, it's sad...
>>
>> Hope you still have time to do some BBQ'in. Picked up a Weber Smokey
>> Mountain this spring, love it!
>
> Totally! Fun toy. I did some cool mods on mine, ideas I got from here:
>
http://tvwbb.com/eve/forums/a/frm/f/8680069052. I fashioned some eyelets
> from lamp repair parts; installed handles from Genie garage door
> handles; wedged a 14" clay pot base into the top of the water bowl (no
> water and no mess to clean up); did the 3-in-1 grate mod. All these mods
> are dirt cheap and involve nothing more than a trip to Home Depot.
I have the Maverick ET732 and was looking for a eyelet mod, but was
hoping not to have to drill into her. The Cajun Bandit eyelets wont fit
the 732 probes. Does your cover still fit on it with the handles?
I ditched the water as well, just foil over the water pan now.
Love the virtual bullet site, on there all the time, as well as bbq
brethern.
>
> I've done ribs a fair bit, pulled pork, brisket. The brisket is still a
> work in progress. Chicken, steaks, chops, I generally do on the kettle.
> It is a rare weekend when one of these two doesn't get fired up.
Same here, practice, practice, practice. Thanks to craigslist, I have
quite the kettle army now (4). And a new(to me) stick burner I'm
refurbing right now.