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Today was a good day for a BBQ Chicken sandwich. I cooked the boneless skinless thighs at 375, rub was Yardbird and q0 minutes before they were done I glazed with Texas Pepper Jelly’s Bird Bath. Once rested I chopped up the chicken and mixed it up with Boss Hog’s Original BBQ Sauce and added pickles made by my lady friend. It’s a nice change of pace on a hot summer day. The pickles really make the sandwich special

my best attempt at cedric grolet's apple tart. this does not look like the final product in the videos because i sliced the apple too thin and it couldn't hold itself up in the flower petal assembly.

Made some chicken sates that turned out very juicy and good. Also made some sweet rolls with the grandkids.

method here, but no recipe:

Cooked a nice simple tasty lunch on the 16 today. Cooked direct 300-325, thighs were marinated for a couple of hours in teriyaki. I hit the poblanos with a torch to blister off the skin, stuffed with tomatoes, onion, italian seasoning, topped with mozzarella

Last year the fence ended abruptly with fall setting in and the thought of taking on another big project had to wait for another day. Spring came and the fence corner turned in another direction, it created a 90 degree angle and with that the thought of adding in a storage area came to mind. Two sides were already supplied with the fence so adding in two more sides with a couple of doors was a no brainer. Off the ground this little shed will hold 20 bags of coal or 50-60 boxes of Dennis's charcoal very neatly. No more running to garage on the other side of the yard for this po boy, I walk over and pull one out with convenience. It's really nothing special to look at, very simple in design but oh did I say convenient all ready. I also continued the fence to enclose a large area in back of the original covered ODK and when it was complete I cut through the chain link making it a still self contained, no escape area with the dogs in mind. A gate was added to let the neighbors feel welcome to come over for BBq. It has that camping area feel that I like and incorporates in much of the elements of a modern ODK but with the out doorish ambience. The extra space gave me the opportunity to wheel out the offset and if the weather turned bad back in under cover. Lot's of elbow room and I'm not bumping into other cookers as often. So here's a few pics, it may not be for you but it's comfortable for moi.

Just be careful if making bacon 🫣

That looks great. It's amazing how yummy all these different foods appear on here. I never get tired of looking at the photos.

I did a porkchop last night with some of the American Pie that I sent you - it's going to become a house fav here! AND, the tomato on the salad was the FIRST one harvested off my plants this summer!

Yup. Italy is our happy place, so that was a big part of the decision.

In the beginning there was lamb, and oh what a lovely lamb it was. Marinated in Balsamic just overnight with fresh rosemary and sage. Staked on the skewer and spun for 2 1/2 hours over an open fire and basted with a special sauce of Allegro, Japanese BBq sauce and apple cider vinegar. The sides as plated were Swiss Chard in a marinera and cheese, fresh garden cukes and cherry tomatoes, chopped kale in a vinaigrette with sweet dried cranberry, sliced almonds and walnuts, and of course a baked potato with butter, sour cream and chive accompanied by a good Polish beer. Also pictured is a herb garden established this year, crowded with herbs, too many. Next year I'll space them differently or build a bigger box.

You know you can do the same with salmon and have great results, your cook reminds of my neglect.

i wanted a plated shot with the reduced beef stock sauce i made but once i started to cut individual portions, it pretty much fell apart..

That looks good David, don't know how you could improve much on that presentation except for some delicious gravy running down the sides. Yum!

That was quite the cook. A job well done.

@Poochie that was peach habanero. All of their products are really good. Love their rib candy too.

Naked pizza is one of my favorites! 🍕 😆

made a breakfast pizza on the alfa. its really too hot for slinging pizzas outside in this weather. i want a brick oven built into the wall of my kitchen so i can do this in air conditioned comfort wearing only my underwear…

Going off-topic again: our patient greeter and copay collector was back on the job as of Tuesday.