Are you ready to learn some next level shit!? From this moment on, you guys are no longer little kids… You’re cold, calculated, murderers.

Prepped some ribs the night before to make my first attempt at smoking in my Weber kettle. Turned out pretty edible but for the amount of effort it took to make a slab just for me, there's no way I'll ever do it again.

While part of the problem is the kettle not being specifically designed for smoking, it just takes too much effort and resources for one person. With a proper smoker I'll have to revisit.















Did make some amazing chicken though by marinating it overnight in Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald porter, honey, jalapenos and onions. I've had the GLEFP on several occasions and most of the time it tastes like one of those beers you would grab at a party that someone put their cigarettes in, so I saved the remainder of a 6 pack to use for grilling/marinade purposes. It worked out well. Baked the chicken in the oven for 3hrs @ 200, with about 2 cups of the marinade in the pan, wrapped tight in foil. When they were done I browned them up on the grill for about an hour while I was stabilizing the coal temp for the ribs. It came out amazing...the meat refused to stay on the bones.




















Stone Ruination IPA - #2 and 3 of a 3 bottle batch of these I bought last time I was in Indiana since Stone doesn't have distribution in Illinois. GREAT IPA...much better than the first bottle that may have just been old. Thse two were just like the previous bottle and drafts I had enjoyed in Vegas and MD. Enough hops and citrus flavor to burn your tongue right out. Yet very drinkable. Thing of beauty.