We're back part 2
Ok - so I forgot some info in my last post. During the surprise party we barely averted disaster. Conrad was q'ing and tried to move one of the barbecues when the legs fell off. He couldn't hold it and the thing went down on its side, spilling hot, ready to cook, charcoal. Unfortunately, this happened on the wood deck in the backyard in 90 degree weather.
Not knowing what to do, Conrad starting looking for help and ideas. I was in the vicinity, with freshly opened beverage in hand, and grabbed the insanely hot barbecue by the lone handle. Knuckle hair gone in milliseconds. Leg hair feels like its melting but I'm holding it because something tells me that hot charcoal and barbecue on the wood deck is a bad thing. Just for reference, this is a standard Weber barbecue (half sphere with tripod legs). I had most of the charcoal in the grill but I'm holding it with one hand so its at an angle, getting heavy, hot, and I still have my drink in my other hand.
Then I see the flames start on the deck. The problem is that its so hot and bright outside that they are hard to see and I think we could have been fooled pretty easily that there was no immediate threat. Blake starts thinking -- water, water, water -- and runs into the house to grab a bucket and get water. He gets some and douses the deck but I don't think we put it out. Finally we figure out that there is a hose around the side of the house so Blake puts on his firefighter gear, grabs the hose, and soaks everything just to be safe.
Somewhere in the middle of this Lori's aunt hands me pot holders from the kitchen, which end up saving my hands I think. I don't remember how I got them on -- someone must have put them on for me while I was holding the barbecue with my other hand. But I'm trapped by a hedge that has a small hole for people to walk through. The hedge is well over waist high so lifting this hot barbecue over with spilling, burning the bush, etc is not really doable one handed. I grab the grill with my other pot holder hand (no handle just the side of the barbecue) and lift it up and over the hedge to the brick/dirt below. More charcoal spilled on the ground in the process. One of the wheels is actually set down on a hot coal and we didn't realize for a couple minutes until the wheel was pretty well melted. I reassembled the legs so that the thing could stand on its own and felt relief.
Back to my drink. Ate some grub. What a party
Not knowing what to do, Conrad starting looking for help and ideas. I was in the vicinity, with freshly opened beverage in hand, and grabbed the insanely hot barbecue by the lone handle. Knuckle hair gone in milliseconds. Leg hair feels like its melting but I'm holding it because something tells me that hot charcoal and barbecue on the wood deck is a bad thing. Just for reference, this is a standard Weber barbecue (half sphere with tripod legs). I had most of the charcoal in the grill but I'm holding it with one hand so its at an angle, getting heavy, hot, and I still have my drink in my other hand.
Then I see the flames start on the deck. The problem is that its so hot and bright outside that they are hard to see and I think we could have been fooled pretty easily that there was no immediate threat. Blake starts thinking -- water, water, water -- and runs into the house to grab a bucket and get water. He gets some and douses the deck but I don't think we put it out. Finally we figure out that there is a hose around the side of the house so Blake puts on his firefighter gear, grabs the hose, and soaks everything just to be safe.
Somewhere in the middle of this Lori's aunt hands me pot holders from the kitchen, which end up saving my hands I think. I don't remember how I got them on -- someone must have put them on for me while I was holding the barbecue with my other hand. But I'm trapped by a hedge that has a small hole for people to walk through. The hedge is well over waist high so lifting this hot barbecue over with spilling, burning the bush, etc is not really doable one handed. I grab the grill with my other pot holder hand (no handle just the side of the barbecue) and lift it up and over the hedge to the brick/dirt below. More charcoal spilled on the ground in the process. One of the wheels is actually set down on a hot coal and we didn't realize for a couple minutes until the wheel was pretty well melted. I reassembled the legs so that the thing could stand on its own and felt relief.
Back to my drink. Ate some grub. What a party
posted by Matt Tencati at 8:25 AM
2 Comments:
Where's the movie of that?
I wish. But I had the barbecue in one hand and my drink in the other. Holding the video camera at that point would have been difficult.
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