I totally want that condiment gun. HOW FUN WOULD THAT BE???? "Hey, want some mustard? Let me just whip out this MUSTARD GUN!!!"

Karinabob

@HotShotNN:

Is there a kosher version for our jewish friends...

pmathews

wtf?

skulldriveshaft

@carmen89:

"LETS go get really skanky outfits for memorial day"

Only for memorial day?

;-)

LindsayJoy

@LindsayJoy: Thats b.c we rock!

LETS go get really skanky outfits for memorial day. Give those veterans something to "get up" about ;)

itscarmennnn

@Hvedhrungr:

I just paid $1,200.00 for a Traeger a month back. If you are really someone who likes smoked and grilled meat then it's worth it.

I would probably not pay the extra dough for a cow, however.

logruszed

@carmen89:

Hey hey now...dont be silly, you know you could get laid 24/7 if you wanted.

Methinks all we need is a redhead and we can be the Charlie's Angels of Giz.

que Curves:

You a redhead?

BTW, I have now noticed that Carmen, Curves, and I all have kissy faces as our Avatars.

LindsayJoy

See now, this just makes me not want to bite into them...

I wonder how long it would take to dissolve a hot dog sucking?

Perfect for cock worshiping dieters.

I think I will stick to large melting Popsicles that drip down my face onto my cleavage.

LindsayJoy

for some reason the cheesiest stamped metal 30 buck charcoal grill i had - cooked so well versus the more expensive one I have nowadays.

Happy Memorial Day w'end everyone. Thoughts go to those in the two Asian catastrophes, who won't be celebrating anything.

flyboy

@carmen89:"Was I just ravished?"

May..be... Buttons were pushed.

GadgetPlay

@HotShotNN: It comes in black, but that's only for polish sausage... It's too big for anything smaller.

monkeybars

@cygnusx8:

mustard only - brown mustard...

nutbastard

No matter which grill you use, just remember --- No ketchup on hot dogs!!!

cygnusx8

@Ubik2501: only problem with the darker lagers is you gain more flavor from the beer and less from the bartwurst...yes said it's a problem. lol

faabshaam

@carmen89: not really.
But then again I have no idea what Memorial Day is, so...

Step666

@HeartBurnKid: @faabshaam: Actually, what I really like to cook brats in is a German rauchbier, which is a darker lager made with smoked malts that has a very distinctly smoky, meaty flavor. It imparts some of that goodness to the brats and just makes them that much better.

Ubik2501

@carmen89: If you have to ask... then ravisher gots some 'splainin' to do...

ps61318

@Booskie: I'd watch it.

LiquidGravity

@Booskie: I'll even volunteer to provide the dog.

Booskie

@Booskie: I so second that motion.

pinkfloyd1972

@GadgetPlay: ... Was I just ravished? wtf happened,lol.

itscarmennnn

@faabshaam: I'd like to simplify the challenge to just getting carmen89 to do a youtube video of her eating a "hot dog". :P

Booskie

@carmen89: Oh Baby!

@carmen89: Oh God!

------------------(after a brief intermission)-------------------

I'm guessing the "priced to own" was somewhat sarcastic, unless bloggers make a shitload more than I think they do.

GadgetPlay

good old weber charcoal grill ftw.

firesign

@carmen89: rolls eyes, smiles ruefully
That Gidget, she's a pistol.

ps61318

@faabshaam: Chicken chunks. Poultry's different, right??

Kaiser-Machead

@Gann: "cook with what you like to drink"
So you can drink while BBQ'n! ;)

LiquidGravity

I'd like to ammend my challenge to include non meat products, for all the vegetarians out there.

faabshaam

@Gann: This is true, outside of bratwurst. Also...you can do the same thing to ribs. boil them in beer a little while, THEN slow cook them however you like. But I suggest using a really light beer, or a very strong barbque sauce. Tastes great. less filling.

faabshaam

@Gann: My wife will sometimes do a roast with the dead simple recipe of one jar of chilli sauce and one bottle of amber-to-dark beer. Slow cook in the oven for anywhere from three to 18 hours (yes, 18, on a correspondingly lower temp.) It really is delicious.

ps61318

@ANoel: hm?

itscarmennnn

@ps61318: There are many philosophies to cooking meat with beer, but I do generally stick to "cook with what you like to drink"

Gann

Clusterbbq? @carmen89:

ANoel

@Step666: Well memorial day turns me on much faster than lets say a regular thursday.

When I think of memorial day, I think about getting laid.
When I think of any other day it's oh hey i got this stuff to do and MAYBE i'll get laid.

understand?

itscarmennnn

My weaner is bigger than your one!

DJTripleRRR

@carmen89: 'Memorial day does that for me.'

And that's different from every other day how?

Step666

@HotShotNN: sure it does, just look at that guy on the left in the first pic.

jackfrost132

@ps61318: haha i'm sorry. I'm a very bad girl...I think I need a hard spanking.

itscarmennnn

@faabshaam:
@N@tedog:
Wausau Wisconsin (Marathon County) myself, Agreed German beer brats rock!

@carmen89: If I had you as a friend at the time I'm sure I could have canceled my internet subscription. :)

LiquidGravity

Loving those BBQ Extras.

I'm going to check with Marketing and see if we can't come up with anything for 2Q 09.

FortyFiveDollarsAndOneRustedCoatHanger

I'm throwing down a challenge, we can do it through youtube if Giz doesn't want in on it...Winner gets bragging rights.

Video yourselves cooking your burgers, dogs, or whatever meat you choose, in the most creative way you can. I'm thinking I can come up with the best. Let's judge this based on method and assumed taste (cooking it with a propane torch would be cool, but probably not so tasty). Anyone in on this?

faabshaam

@HeartBurnKid: @faabshaam: Great stuff, thank you. I'll check out Jeffsgourmet.com, although that sounds more like weisswurst than Bratwurst - which may work as well. Lighter meat, lighter beer, probably; don't wanna kill the flavor.

Or I may have Boris (the local Kosher butcher) take a whack at it. He's pretty amazing - and his sausages are the wurst.

Great pointers. Great weekend!

ps61318

@carmen89: Ya see? Ya got 'em all riled up an' hot an' bothered, don'tcha? Ya have any i-d-er how long it's a-gonna take to get 'em settled back down, commentin' proper and so on?

I jes hope yer happy, little lady.

ps61318

@N@tedog: Where in Wisconsin? Milwaukee here. With family in the fabled "Up North" Wisconsin... pretty much Marathon County.

Wisconsin bar-b-que'ers are the only ones who know the best way to cook a German meal like Bratwurst, but we'll welcome you all to our "fraternity" with open arms. (Hell...I'm Sicilian.)

faabshaam

@carmen89:

I'll never think of hotdogs the same way again. Thank you. :)

fsusmithc2

@ps61318: I usually suggest a cheaper beer, save the really good stuff for drinking. Around here we use Miller products because it's so cheap in the city. As far as some of the other comments, you can put it back in the beer and onions while awaiting consumption, and you'll get more flavor if you boil them, then cook them over med. - low heat on the grill. Trust me on this. as far as the kosher brats....I think Jeffsgourmet.com might be your best bet for the closest to brats you can get. they're made of veal.

faabshaam

@HeartBurnKid: I am from Wisconsin and you, sir, would fit right in at any summer party.

N@tedog

Nothing is better nor as good as a Weber, gas or live fire... period

Kingteddybear

@ps61318: You definitely want to go with a lager when doing beer brats. Dark beers don't tend to boil or braise well (though they can make a killer beer batter).

Quality doesn't matter too much, since most of it cooks out anyway. It just keeps the brats moist and gives them a slightly hoppy flavor, which is the perfect finish to a brat. I'm the type of guy who absolutely will not drink Bud, Miller, Coors, and the like. My friends aren't, so sometimes I have leftovers from them after a party, and I find that applications like Beer Brats are the perfect way to use them up.

HeartBurnKid

@carmen89: I love you!

Scott

@faabshaam: @Messer: Help me find good Kosher bratwurst and I will beat a path to the grill. These sound amazing.
Any favorites on the beer? Light? Dark? Stout? Or is it akin to cooking with wine - "only cook with a wine you would enjoy drinking?"

Let me into to your Beer Brat Fraternity, I plead with you!

ps61318

That sword thing, as ridiculous as it looks, would be very useful at a campfire - I was at a bonfire last night, and watching a bunch of highschool kids sacrificing arm hair and risking other body parts just to cook a hot dog... Some kind of a shield arrangement would have been awesome. (It was a very large, very hot fire.)

ps61318

@Hvedhrungr: Memorial day does that for me.

@SigmundTheSeaMonster: eh...I could think of another way to take off some tension ^_^
you know you guys used to rush home after school sometimes to do it. Loaded up that AOL and hoped to god they had a "free tour" video.

itscarmennnn

@faabshaam: I heard that once you are done grilling, you should put the brats back in the beer/onion bath to await consumption.

Had some at a homebrew meet on Sunday.

Best brats I ever ate.

ltcmurray

They plump when you cook'em!

@carmen89: Um. Cold shower. Now!

SigmundTheSeaMonster

@carmen89: ok, i'm horny.
I guess it's that season of the year...

Hvedhrungr

@joch: Indeed. All you need is one of these. $75 and it will last for years.

middy

@carmen89: Now I am too.

Gann

@Kaiser-Machead: LMAOOOO
I can't help it myself.

I love when there's those long juicy thick wieners for some reason those just seem to slide into my mouth easier, probably b.c I can't resist how tasty in the inside of that hot wiener is....

ok, i'm horny.

itscarmennnn

it's that expensive cause traeger uses wood pellets. some different mechanisms involved.

tameanaka

I like the tower smoker. Nice design.

Stacky Botrus

@HotShotNN: But it does have a Cthulhu version

Git Em SteveDave

I prefer to do my beer brats in the reverse order. Grill up nice and brown, then throw then in a pan with beer and onions to boil and steam back up. That way you don't cook out all the beer they may have absorbed. Plus, you can leave it on simmer for a long time if guests are late to the bbq.

Messer

@carmen89: We all like a big hot wiener inside of us. Heck, I think I'll go get me some on my lunch break and have it out on the sidewalk. Stuck between the buns, glistening in the sun.

Hot dogs have been officially scratched off my to-eat list.

Kaiser-Machead

Man, I wanna make my own grill-cow now. To the machine shop!
*kapwings*

DaOtter

Unfortunately for me, but fortunately for barbecuers everywhere, when I told my extremely dyslexic girlfriend "Spit on my dick!"... the Roast My Weenie was born. :(
[www.shop.roastmyweenie.com]

scarbrtj

that beer barbq is often also called a "keg-a-que". Being from the city caller "Brew-City" (Milwaukee, home of Sprecher, Miller, and dozens of micro breweries) Those things are available for around $10 or less at garage sales. They actually work really well.

Side note, if you haven't had a beer brat before, try this:

Buy some bratwurst (German type sausage) and boil them in beer and onions for about 20 minutes, then take them out of the pot (of course) and throw them on the grill to brown on both sides, DELICIOUS!

faabshaam

Didn't include a big gold and diamond grill for my teeth? Where's the thuglove?

adamator

Nice! I've been looking for something to grill and entire side of beef!

Scott

These wouldn't even exist to someone who's serious about grilling.

But, I am one to enjoy a large wiener in my mouth :)

itscarmennnn

"Roast My Weenie" doesn't come in black, huh?

HotShotNN

just gimme a Weber

joch

1700 bucks for a metal cow that grills.

I'm so tempted. Not.

Hvedhrungr