Wednesday, August 10, 2005

COMING NEXT WEEKEND...SAL'S "GREAT FLOWER-POT BBQ SMOKER EXPERIMENT."

posted by Sal DeTraglia @ 7:10 AM   12 Comments in the VTB Chat Lounge

12 Comments:

At 3:10 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi Sal,

Have you considered broadcasting the upcoming weekends grill show live on the web? I consider this to be of the same magnitude as when Discovery returned from space the other day - and that could be watched live on NASA's web site. I would especially like to see it with an infrared camera - perhaps you can tell when the meet is well-done that way :o)

Btw - thanks for making me hungry and I think that my German employer would like to talk to you as I have just spend at least 30 minutes of my working day catching up on your magnificent blog!

You mention watching American Chopper on the Discovery Channel - did you by any chance see the add where Lance Armstrong finds the entire mad Teutuls family in his bedroom......."refreshing" his bicycle with some chopper features? Sure is great.

Your Viking friend

 
At 5:05 PM, Blogger Sal DeTraglia said...

Hello my herring-snarfing friend:

I see that you're back from your holiday in the Arctic Circle. I understand that Vladivostok is quite pleasant this time of year.

Your technologically-adept mind has once again identified a golden opportuntity. A webcam-broadcast of the "Great Flower Pot Smoker Experiement" is a brilliant idea...except for two problems: (a) I don't own a web-cam; and (b) I'd assume that nobody wants to sit in front of a PC for ten hours watching a smoking flower pot.

However...you are encouraged to hop on an SAS flight to Spain and share the fruits of this incredibly time-wasting exercise in culinary eccentricity. And don't worry. If the experiment fails, we'll do a stir-fry.

As for American Chopper...I love that show, although I didn't think it had such a following in Denmark. Perhaps the Teutul family also make chopper-ized versions of snowmobiles. I didn't see the Lance Armstrong episode, but must keep my eyes open for it. It sounds like a gut-buster.

And hey! If my weekend experiment is a success, maybe we can fabricate an American Chopper Smoker on which to BBQ a Burmese Python.

See you in Moscow.
Sal

 
At 6:27 PM, Blogger christina said...

Oooh, that certainly looks promising. AND reasonably priced! ;-)

 
At 7:52 PM, Blogger Sal DeTraglia said...

Hey Christina:

Promising? I hope so. If this works, we must tell ChicagoKarl.

And yes, it was cheap. All the components (which I'll detail in a post this weekend) cost 75€ -- 18€ of which was that highly-unnecessary (but oh so attractive) wrought-iron tripod.

Yes...I think this contraption WILL work, provided that the German-built 1500Watt hotplate can withstand ten hours of continuous operation. And oh yeah...provided also that it doesn't rain.

Think positive thoughts. A man without Q is like a Martini without an olive. If my test-run is successful, I'll have the entire EU over of lunch some day.

Sal

 
At 5:33 PM, Blogger Angie said...

Sal,
Best of luck with your creation! Your ingenuity so impressed me that I mentioned it in my blog, so that my other two readers would visit your site. :) I also compared you to Don Quijote... it just seemed appropriate!

Angie

 
At 6:08 PM, Blogger Brenda said...

And look! The round top looks so Weberish! :-)

~ B

 
At 6:11 PM, Blogger Sal DeTraglia said...

Thanks Angie. I just hope that our local Fire Department (which, I'm certain, has never heard of a BBQ smoker...let alone seen one) view my experiment with the same good humor when they start receiving calls from my neighbors.

And you are correct to compare me with Don Quixote. We have, more or less, the same build.

 
At 7:15 PM, Blogger Sal DeTraglia said...

Weberish indeed, cousin CuFo. But this contraption didn't cost me 150€ in shipping fees.

And if this experiment fails, then at least I can use to components for next year's crop of basil (i.e., another experiment that's destined to fail).

 
At 7:42 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

This looks like fun. I could see it with some explosives too. Why just cook?

 
At 11:58 AM, Blogger Sal DeTraglia said...

Hey Cath:

That little comment will probably earn you a visit from the FBI this afternoon.

Sal

 
At 4:46 PM, Blogger Sal DeTraglia said...

Hey Iron Man:

You are the brainchild behind this terra cotta smoker, ya know.

Since I am beyond the reach of Sheriff Buford T. Pusser, I do intend to use an electric hotplate as my heat source.

As for wood...hickory and mesquite are hard to come by here. So, I'm using cepas (grape vine clippings). If it's good enough for paella, then it ought to be good enough for the 1-7kg brisket that's sitting in my fridge.

Full report to come Sunday or Monday. Thanks again for pointing me in the right direction.

Sal

 
At 3:47 PM, Blogger Angie said...

Those spammers! They're everywhere!

 

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