Winter Grilling

Hard to believe its been a couple of months since I have been able to BBQ. In the Northeast we have seen record snowfalls where it seems that my kids have been home at least one snow day every week. This past weekend we saw temperatures soar into the 50s degrees Farenheit which meant that I was not going to let that oppurtunity pass me by. Considering that it had been a while, I decided to go to Loews to restock on some charcoal and fire up the Weber Smokey Mountain and my One Touch Gold.

For this smoke, I decided to go with some hickory wood chunks that I had picked up.

If you recall, I recommended adding bricks to the bottom of your smoker to help maintain and retain heat inside the smoker. I then put down about 60 unlit briquettes and lit about 30 briquettes in the chimney.

After pouring the charcoal, I added the woodchunks and covered the smoker to bring it to temperature.

For this smoke, I did sweet potatoes and chicken with a spice rub and a little olive oil.

I let the smoke go for about 3 hours....

On the Weber One Touch I made burgers

And now as I sit and wait for the snow to come back this week, I have had to cover my grills again and set them for hibernation until the warmer weather arrives.