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Cooking in the dark is it fly by night or something else. Tri-tip with a Plowboys BBQ Bovine bold rub, a good accompaniment. Wendy's chilli brought to bear over a fire in the Columbian or Peruvian clay pot and tested to it's max. It held together.

That's a great site @Sir Bill, really like the look of the baking plate and the 15 inch bbq grid. I'm not going to get those past the approval committee at the moment. There have been Mapp torches & leaf blowers arriving in readiness for the KK. I've been busy cutting out and refashioning rotting soffits , re-painting , remortaring and am about to fix new metal guttering and downpipes. Of course you need the right tools for this - and hey-ho , look at the money we're saving by me doing that work ! Cue more packages arriving with various cordless appliances and boxes. The silent 100 kg charcoal delivery must have taken place at first light yesterday morning - the boxes were stacked 5 ft high right outside the front door to keep the rain off. Mrs RD was first downstairs : "What the (insert procreative expletive here) are those !!" I am just trying to slip unnoticed out of the Last Chance Saloon.

Grilled some boneless/skinless chicken thighs. Direct, main grate, no smoking wood, 325F, slathered with Tabasco Garlic marinade and rubbed with Yardbird. Plated with roasted artichoke hearts and parsnips in a lemon garlic dressing, interesting mix-up of roasted chickpeas and couscous with Parm, lemon zest and parsley.

I took a look at the links that you sent, @tony b and @Sir Bill and my heart was still with the Lodge. That was until I looked around on the Netherton Foundry site where Sir Bill found the grid. Wow. What a lot of fun outdoor cooking stuff! The good news for my wallet is that it made me realise that I pretty much have most things that I need. That said, I can see me commissioning a nice paella pan in the new year when they get past their Christmas rush. Cool.

How about this @tekobo https://www.netherton-foundry.co.uk/outdoor_cooking/Barbecue-grid

I feel your family's pain. The folks that tell you, "they're just material items" have never experienced losing everything. It's devastating. It took me a long time to get over the feeling I let my ancestors down. All of the wonderful furniture and hand-downs gone on my watch. Did your parents rebuild?

Yes there are regulations (this is California) for building in fire prone areas. There's what's called the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) requirements. It states no eve vents, fireproof siding, class A fire rated decking, engineered sprinkler system inside all homes, and so on. I was talking with the Direct TV installer the other day and he was saying they can't take shortcuts and run wires through foundation vent anymore. The fire investigation found that they were running wire through vents designed to close at high temp. The wire blocked the vents from closing and fire gets sucked in. After seeing what fire can do I'm not sure anything is fireproof. A mate of mine had two, 40' sea vans (all metal ocean going shipping containers) that burned and melted to the ground. Another guy had a WWII surplus quonset hut (all metal framing and exterior) that burned/melted to the ground. Every person I know with a gun safe said they failed. I had all the underbrush cleared for more than 100' from house. All the ladder fuel on the trees was trimmed up high. I had a concrete around three sides of the house with a metal roof...and it still burned. We had granite counter tops in the kitchen and a marble bathroom which we could not find a trace of. The rock turned to dust. Fire can move very fast and it's so unpredictable. I hung around and tried to fight the fire. By the time I figured out it was a lost cause the fire was in the tree tops all around. By the time I got to my car to evacuate the outside temp was flashing 999°. I guess it went full scale but, I think it was somewhat accurate because I had to get new tires the next day.

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Carbon steel woks and pans need only be wiped out like cast iron and rinsed then dryed on the stove with some oil residue remaining.

There are a lot of perforated grilling pans/woks out there, various materials (SS, enamel), most are under $30. I like the 3 sided ones, so you can easily slip a spatula in to flip things over. AmazonSmile : Kona Best Grill Tray - Heavy Duty BBQ Grilling Pan Will Never Warp & Porcelain Enameled for Easier Cleaning - BBQ Accessory for Fish, Vegetables, Kabobs - 16x12 x1 inch : Garden & Outdoor

A bowl of leftover Sweet and Sour Gochujang Chicken.

I bought one in Aspen , Co. last year and hauled it back to Albuquerque , NM . Rented a trailer from U-Haul ( it was a motorcycle trailer with a ramp and worked great ). Also had boxes of Coco and Coffee Char on trailer. Here are some pictures of how it was strapped down . Checked straps after the first 10 miles very slight tighten on one strap , and she didn't budge an inch. We also went over Independence Pass which is a little over 12,000 feet , 2 lane road , and lots of switch backs . Very difficult drive no problems . About 500 miles each way. Here are some pictures . Make sure to you put the smaller strap over the top really helped stabilized everything . The box is " Critical " you can see it the pictures below. Here are some pics: