GRENDEL arrived about an hour ago!!
Thanks to plywood, pallet jack, and a very helpful driver it is sitting on the patio awaiting uncrating.
Photos will follow when I have some time, I promise. We have a bunch of other things going on today and tomorrow.
Peaches and pork chops - great combo! Direct cook on the main grate, peach wood chunks (what else?), 325F.
Peaches get cut up for the spinach & arugula salad with shallot vinaigrette made with peach balsamic vinegar (again, what else??) Topped off with a nice Viognier. Perfect light summer dinner!
I’m too lazy to use the basket splitter most of the time. I just shove a pile of coals to the corner and use the half grate/lower grate combo for indirect & searing. Works great for me this way