Duck Pond Redneckery

[389 Hood]

It happens all the time. I burn the grates clean, then wire brush them. After the wire brush, I do a complete inspection of the grates just for that reason. Many times you'll see a wire just hanging in between the grates. When cooled, I coat them with olive oil to prevent rusting and also give me a somewhat non-stick cooking surface.

Weber says they are stainless. If they are real stainless why do they rust? Wiping them down also gives me another chance to check for wires. Burning everything clean at 900F cleans off all of the drippings on the pan below and prevents flare ups. I just scrape the charred remains into the drip pan and replace it.

 

[Duck]

It happens all the time. I burn the grates clean, then wire brush them. After the wire brush, I do a complete inspection of the grates just for that reason. Many times you'll see a wire just hanging in between the grates. When cooled, I coat them with olive oil to prevent rusting and also give me a somewhat non-stick cooking surface.

Weber says they are stainless. If they are real stainless why do they rust? Wiping them down also gives me another chance to check for wires. Burning everything clean at 900F cleans off all of the drippings on the pan below and prevents flare ups. I just scrape the charred remains into the drip pan and replace it.

How hot can you get a grill? 900F is 400F higher than my oven in the house goes.

 

[389 Hood]

How hot can you get a grill? 900F is 400F higher than my oven in the house goes.

It has a very accurate thermometer on the hood. When you put 4, 17" tubes of propane wide open, it gets hot real quick.

It runs out of numbers at 900 and it can still pull more.

I'll get you a pic in about a week of it. I did it just yesterday.

 

[Duck]

It has a very accurate thermometer on the hood. When you put 4, 17" tubes of propane wide open, it gets hot real quick.

It runs out of numbers at 900 and it can still pull more.

I'll get you a pic in about a week of it. I did it just yesterday.

My oven in the house has this "self cleaning mode". I tried it once. All it did was heat up to 500 degrees and fill the house with smoke.

 

[Electric Chicken]

My oven in the house has this "self cleaning mode". I tried it once. All it did was heat up to 500 degrees and fill the house with smoke.

Like a Regen.

 

[gearjammer]

to clean s grill or oven stick a bowl of water in it and get it hot, steam for a good 20 minutes, then let it cool until its still a bit warm, and just wipe the crud out, then in the case of a grill put foil on the grates and place on high, once it stops smoking it is about as cleen as you can get it
an oven is simular once you wipe the crud out then use the clean mode if you wiped it out pretty good little smoke will occur

 

[Duck]

to clean s grill or oven stick a bowl of water in it and get it hot, steam for a good 20 minutes, then let it cool until its still a bit warm, and just wipe the crud out, then in the case of a grill put foil on the grates and place on high, once it stops smoking it is about as cleen as you can get it
an oven is simular once you wipe the crud out then use the clean mode if you wiped it out pretty good little smoke will occur

I guess one of my dog's bowls would be good for that. They're stainless steel.

I've been tempted to cook spaghetti in one of them just to see if it deforms or anything. Because if they don't deform, they'd be perfect for camping because they don't weigh anything & they're stackable.

I'd just have a hell of a time dealing with the dog trying to attack me for eating "his" food.

 

[gearjammer]

or you could use a large glass measuring cup or even an iron skillet

 

[389 Hood]

Here are a few pix of what I was talking about. The first two show the calibration of both my digital and grill monitor are pretty damned close. The second se show the grill monitor at about 850F in 50F ambient temps and the drippings and other cooking remnants burning off of the grill body itself.

After it cools, I wire brush it and coat the grates with olive oil on a paper towel.

 

[389 Hood]

Weird! Not one of the images displayed as intended. But you get the idea.

 

[Rigjockey]

Weird! Not one of the images displayed as intended. But you get the idea.

Yes, I tried to upload a beautiful sunset pic that I took but it loaded sideways like your pics so, I didn't post it. It's a bug in the system on the Forum.

I didn't want to post a sideways sunset and then have people blaming me for the polar shift of the earth.

 

[389 Hood]

NOOOOOO!!!! No polar shifts. That would give you Florida weather and me Canuck weather.

Then you could laugh at me shoveling snow!

 

[389 Hood]

It's 45F out there now and I'm tacking the dog up for his walk. 45 sure beats 34. That'll be tomorrow again.

 

[Electric Chicken]

NOOOOOO!!!! No polar shifts. That would give you Florida weather and me Canuck weather.

Then you could laugh at me shoveling snow!

In that case I say upload it.

 

[Duck]

It's summer in the southern hemisphere right now.

Post the pictures upside down.

 

[Hillbilly Canuck]

It's summer in the southern hemisphere right now.

Post the pictures upside down.

If only that worked I would be out on my bike tonight.

 

[Duck]

It's 45F out there now and I'm tacking the dog up for his walk. 45 sure beats 34. That'll be tomorrow again.

Here's my current weather.





At this temperature, you can get a pot of water boiling on the stove, take it outside and dump it into the wind and it'll instantly turn into snow.

 

[Rigjockey]

You are getting the same polar vortex that we are having here too.

People at work saying it's cold out. I say wait until winter comes.

It's kind of a different take on what we used to say to the new guys at the airport when they were standing there in their parkas and we had spring jackets on. The new guys would say, it's cold.
We would say what are you going to do when winter comes?

 

[Electric Chicken]

It was a scorching 12°F when I left the house around 11:30 last night.

It's 4°F this morning.

I ran my two loads as early as I could muster to get them done ahead of whatever. There's currently a travel ban in PA for commercial vehicles starting at midnight tonight as in for Sunday.

Finally put the chains in the truck but only to be compliant if necessary. I'm not running tomorrow if the ban is still in place or if the weather isn't clear enough.

 

[Duck]

My neighbor has goats now.





Goats are hilarious critters. They have a lot of personality. Sarah thinks it's funny when they try to eat her hair.