The reason for the season

**jasonu** · 26th December 2019, 17:02

Originally Posted by george formby

A mate has just opened a BBQ shop in the Bay of Islands, BBQ BOI funnily enough.

This is one brand he stocks Big Green Eggs, they are epic and very spendy.

He also has other brands from Mercka. Off sets, grills and ovens. Different types of wood, charcoal, briquettes, rubs, marinades and trinkets.

It's awesome to see NZ embracing proper BBQ without gas bottles.

My Weber kettle is still going strong after 7 years but I'm really tempted by a small off set grill and smoker. Summit I can get a wee pig into.

I've seen the Green Egg ceramic cooker around here but not tried one. They do come highly recomended by those that own them. They start at around $600 for the full size.
I've got a pellet cooker from https://www.campchef.com/ I use the piss out of it from jerkey to pizza to brisket. Works really well.

**F5 Dave** · 26th December 2019, 17:13

No point in hot plates I reckon. My bbq needs replacement but it's ok. Have a grate covered in pumice above the flame. Fat drips down on pumice and smokes. Use a roasting dish for a cover.
Man at pub in Wanganui after races. Good day watching motorcycle racing.

**Katman** · 26th December 2019, 17:15

Thank fuck for these important threads.

KB would be totally fucked otherwise.

**jasonu** · 27th December 2019, 03:28

Originally Posted by Katman

Thank fuck for these important threads.

KB would be totally fucked otherwise.

It's called a conversation about non motorcycling things in a non motorcycling section.
Better than what the Grace thread has unfortunately turned into once the turd showed up.

**Voltaire** · 27th December 2019, 05:37

I witnessed a large religious event yesterday and which saw all of the different ethnic groups celebrating as one.
Yes, was busy at the Boxing Day sales.
Supercheap had 30% off, but as on foot I was able to resist the lure of savings.
Maybe instead of dropping bombs, Westfield Vouchers might bring world peace.

**F5 Dave** · 27th December 2019, 07:17

Boxing day has sales? Never been to one. Always the pilgrimage to Wanganui to worship at the alter of good racing with my other brothers. Taking the long way back over a couple of days.

**pritch** · 27th December 2019, 08:04

Originally Posted by george formby

It's awesome to see NZ embracing proper BBQ without gas bottles.

Mine is a small Weber portable, you can take it to the river, beach, or wherever. It'll take a boned out leg of lamb but generally only has some ribs. Which reminds me...

Oddly perhaps, I've never associated BBQ with a gas bottle.

**ellipsis** · 27th December 2019, 08:57

...I have a 44 gallon drum, a heavy cast plate that used to be the grill plate in a Chinese restaurant...it gets hot, holds it's heat and cooking on it is like playing squash...I can knock over all the chops, steaks, snags, kebabs,onions and anything else that turns up in a very rapid session...feed an army and then the drum is used for the obligatory, stand around the fire and drink piss into the evening or early hours...not portable, but who the fuck wants to leave home...fuck gas...

**george formby** · 27th December 2019, 09:51

Summit like this?

**ellipsis** · 27th December 2019, 10:08

...I've had the odd big saw blade and they work well but I like the heat retention of a heavy piece of cast...I don't need to add any wood once it's at cooking heat, maybe just a few twigs to keep it at it's constant best...I got a saw blade very hot once, it had already become concaved which was great for the drainage straight into the drum...it went from concave to convex in a very hot moment and the meat and stuff ended up on the deck...fucked me off but I could see the funny side too...

**BMWST?** · 27th December 2019, 10:18

Originally Posted by ellipsis

...I've had the odd big saw blade and they work well but I like the heat retention of a heavy piece of cast...I don't need to add any wood once it's at cooking heat, maybe just a few twigs to keep it at it's constant best...I got a saw blade very hot once, it had already become concaved which was great for the drainage straight into the drum...it went from concave to convex in a very hot moment and the meat and stuff ended up on the deck...fucked me off but I could see the funny side too...

when you get finally annoyed with it just make it concave again by turning it over

**Voltaire** · 27th December 2019, 10:42

Originally Posted by F5 Dave

Boxing day has sales? Never been to one. Always the pilgrimage to Wanganui to worship at the alter of good racing with my other brothers. Taking the long way back over a couple of days.

Ya coulda got 30% off a bike lift

**Laava** · 27th December 2019, 12:15

Originally Posted by Katman

Thank fuck for these important threads.

KB would be totally fucked otherwise.

You should take a holiday you miserable troll.

**Swoop** · 27th December 2019, 15:09

Originally Posted by nerrrd

Can I just say that discrediting one religious celebration by citing another, earlier religious celebration is not the strongest argument against religious celebrations.

Pagans had their ideas nicked by the modern delusional fuckwits.
Celebrating the solstice = "we'll have that. Add some bullshit and the deluded will believe the crap".
Easter (Equinox - spring planting, new life from the soil) = "Fucking well nick that as well, we need to get more gold and slaves from the fuckwits. - Bung some twat on a stick so they can worship the knobend".

Looking forward to the end of organised ~~crime~~ oops "religion".