Strange & Funny BBQ News
Recipe for Grilled Bologna
Who says grilling has to be gourmet? Try this recipe for Grilled Bologna, also known as Kentucky Round Steak. No, it’s not fancy, but its pretty good and you can’t beat the price.
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How many BBQ ribs can you eat?
I guess I’m only slightly surprised that there is an organization called the I.F.O.C.E — The International Federation of Competitive Eaters Association. The upcoming Smokin’ at the Ocean BBQ Fest is adding a number of eating related competitions to its normal round up of BBQ cookoff events. The leading contender for the Competitive Rib Eating Championship seems to be IFOCE member Richard “The Locust” LeFevre:
LeFevre is the number three competitive eater in the world and ate more than 5 pounds of birthday cake in only 11 minutes on May 10, 2005. Last year, local favorites Scott “The Pork Slayer” Sayer of Albany, and Tom Jones of Mulino went on to challenge the professionals. This will be their third year in the eating competition and they’re getting themselves in shape for the contest.
You view the full results on the I.F.O.C.E. website, apparently this is a particularly challenging event:
“The rib, the most elegant of the debris foods, presents a distinct challenge to all eaters,” said George Shea, chairman of the IFOCE. “This event requires jaw strength, stomach capacity and sturdy orthodonture.”
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Grilling causes cancer?
According to this article by Dana Farber eating grilled food can increase your risk of cancer. Isn’t that just peachy? I mean what doesn’t cause cancer these days?
Research has shown that high-heat grilling can convert proteins in red meat, pork, poultry and fish into heterocyclic amines, chemicals that have been linked to a number of cancers. Also, the smoke generated when fat and juices drip on the hot coals or rocks can contain polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, another potential cancer causing chemical. As the smoke rises up past the food it can deposit PAHs on the surface of the meat.
The aticle goes on to present a number of tips on helping avoid the suspected risks. Of course, most of them involve distancing your grilling from anything remotely resembling grilling such as wrapping up your food in foil, avoiding smoke exposure, and removing all of the fat from meat before cooking.
I think people take this whole cancer risk too far. Stop smoking? Of course. Avoid exposure to asbestos? You bet. Worry about remote possibilities of exposure to burn pork fat? I don’t think so.
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Using a BBQ Grill as a Pool Heater
Now this is just a bad idea, horribly wrong, or maybe just really clever. This guy has converted a BBQ into a pool heater. I guess you have to admire his engineering skills, but it sure seems to me like there is an easier way.
I like swimming in about 80F to 85F myself, if it’s sunny and warm out. I created a prototype heater coil that seemed to work for its size. I then create a large heater coil out of 180 feet of copper tubing that connects to my pool pump using a garden hose and fits inside the grill. The hose runs from the pump through the grill heater coils and then into the pool. I heated my pool from 68F to 89.4F in 48 hours using 3.5 tanks of propane.
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Stranger Found Dead In BBQ Grill
Don’t you hate when that happens? From Florida we recived
this story about a bizarre death in Boca Raton.
A couple, who lives in the upscale New Floresta neighborhood, returned home from a vacation and found a man dead on his hands and knees with his head stuck in their barbeque grill.
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Texas Six Shooter Grill
Joe Wood of Weimar, Texas built this 6 foot-11 custom barbecue pit in his home metal shop. The barrel is 10 feet long and 8 inches in diameter, and the entire rig is over 15 feet long. The pistol’s grips, which cover the firebox, are made of red oak. When cooking, the barrel acts as the grill’s chimney. It took over two years and 1,100 hours to complete, and used more than two tons of red oak, stainless, and carbon steel.
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