Question for Backyard Folks: Who does the cooking?

NS Mike D · 08-15-2011, 07:24 PM

Who does the cooking, you or your spouse, and does that change when you are hosting indoors?

deguerre · 08-15-2011, 07:31 PM

We both do the cooking. Redhot (My better half) and I often compete in the throwdowns. We both love smoking as well as general cooking and often have great fun working together.

landarc · 08-15-2011, 07:32 PM

I'm single, so if it isn't me, then there is a problem if someone else is cooking in my kitchen. Actually, the last few women I have dated were pretty bad at cooking, so there was a problem if they were cooking in any kitchen.

LMAJ · 08-15-2011, 07:33 PM

I do most of the cooking, but Big Al has started chipping in more and more, inside and out. It's all about teamwork here.

bluetang · 08-15-2011, 07:33 PM

Typically I do the cooking outside. Donna knows her way around a grill, positively, but she does not use the smokers. As far as inside, I usually cook the meats, Donna does the veggies and we meet in the middle. She does do a bad arse veggie thing on the grill.

J'ville Grill · 08-15-2011, 07:34 PM

I man the smokers and the grills. But my wife will usually handle the side dishes. Hosting indoors depends alot on the menu but is usually a mutual deal.

Jaskew82 · 08-15-2011, 07:35 PM

When I first got married, my wife did all the cooking. Lately, I have been doing at least 50% of the cooking, if not more.

Anything on the grill/smoker - I make. If we are hosting, we both work together.

Turky1 · 08-15-2011, 07:39 PM

I cook outside, she cooks inside. It's a good life.

T

ezmuny13 · 08-15-2011, 07:41 PM

me,both out and inside

posey's_pork_pit · 08-15-2011, 07:45 PM

I cook outside and my housemate cooks inside ~ very well I might add!

syndicate559 · 08-15-2011, 07:47 PM

I do the bulk of the cooking nowadays, but a lot of that has to do with the fact that my wife is a teacher and I'm self-employed, so I can usually get it started earlier than her. That said, she is a fantastic cook, especially with all of her Italian family recipes. She doesn't grill or smoke, though. That's all me. She's great about helping with my recipes for side dishes, though. She'll make slaw, sauces, potato salad. She even mixed up a brine for me this morning! I'll keep her.

ytsejam · 08-15-2011, 07:47 PM

my wife and i have a deal. I do all the cooking and she does all the laundry

cameraman · 08-15-2011, 07:48 PM

My better half is a vegetarian so she makes the slaw and cobbler and I make the meat. Works out just fine. (Plus more meat for me!)

Meat Burner · 08-15-2011, 07:49 PM

We are a team and gave a blast!

BlueHowler · 08-15-2011, 07:55 PM

I do 85% of the everyday dinner cooking, 50% of the weekend lunch cooking and 100% of the outdoor cooking. My wife will help with the sides and such but I'm the main cooker in our house.

08-15-2011, 07:24 PM	#1
NS Mike D Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 08-08-11 Location: Huntington, NY Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Question for Backyard Folks: Who does the cooking? Who does the cooking, you or your spouse, and does that change when you are hosting indoors? __________________ 2 WSM 22 WSM 18 La Caja China #2 Weber 22 Kettle Brinkman Vertical Charcoal (out on loan) Weber Q 200 Weber Summit Series Gasser super sneaky thermapen disguised as a protemp

08-15-2011, 07:31 PM	#2
deguerre somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 07-15-09 Location: Memphis, TN...Formerly of Decatur, AL Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	We both do the cooking. Redhot (My better half) and I often compete in the throwdowns. We both love smoking as well as general cooking and often have great fun working together. __________________ Guerry >^..^< Weber 22 1/2" OTS "Dirty Girl", Weber Performer/Cajun Bandit "Cajun Queen", GOSM "Bubba Q", Maverick et73, RED Thermapen, One Cameron Stove Top "Lazy Girl".It burns sawdust... Avatar by Northwest BBQ!!! If you really care about this place, you'll show some respect for it. Seven Zero notches on my spatula. Join_Us_In_The_Throwdowns_Forum!

08-15-2011, 07:32 PM	#3
landarc somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 06-26-09 Location: San Leandro, CA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I'm single, so if it isn't me, then there is a problem if someone else is cooking in my kitchen. Actually, the last few women I have dated were pretty bad at cooking, so there was a problem if they were cooking in any kitchen. __________________ "perhaps...but then again...maybe not..." careful there son, those ribs are boiling hot... \_\|_/ (='.'=) Here there be bunnies... (")_(")ooo Pacific Rim BBQ Bob's Brew and Que

08-15-2011, 07:33 PM	#4
LMAJ Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 07-01-07 Location: Southeastern Pa Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I do most of the cooking, but Big Al has started chipping in more and more, inside and out. It's all about teamwork here. __________________ L-M Official Pennsylvania MOINK Ball maker 1 Large BGE - 7/5/08 1 Large BGE and table - 8/29/12 1 18.5 new to me WSM Super Fast BLUE and RED Thermapen 1 - The Great Outdoors Smoker Sea Bug cooker 1 - Fantastic hubby - the original Big Al _______________________________________ Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. - Robert Brault

08-15-2011, 07:33 PM	#5
bluetang Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 08-06-10 Location: Stuart, Fl Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Typically I do the cooking outside. Donna knows her way around a grill, positively, but she does not use the smokers. As far as inside, I usually cook the meats, Donna does the veggies and we meet in the middle. She does do a bad arse veggie thing on the grill. __________________ Homegrown 120 Gallon Reverse Flow, Homey, the Homegrown Kettle, 3 UDS's, 3 Stack Pro Q Excel 20, 18.5" Elderly(but not retired) WSM, 150lb Capacity Homegrown Electric and a CA gasserrrr Bicycle Fast Polder Thermo, Indisputably Fastest Purple Thermapen, SAI Satay Grill

08-15-2011, 07:34 PM	#6
J'ville Grill is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 11-18-10 Location: Jacksonville, Fl. Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I man the smokers and the grills. But my wife will usually handle the side dishes. Hosting indoors depends alot on the menu but is usually a mutual deal. __________________ Rick 18.5" Weber Smokey Mountain 22.5" Weber OTG with Cajun Bandit Conversion Kit Char-Griller Akorn with side cart 1999 Weber Master-Touch - bent but not broken 14.5" Weber Smokey Joe Silver

08-15-2011, 07:35 PM	#7
Jaskew82 is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 06-20-11 Location: Airmont, NY Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	When I first got married, my wife did all the cooking. Lately, I have been doing at least 50% of the cooking, if not more. Anything on the grill/smoker - I make. If we are hosting, we both work together. __________________ Hillside BBQ 2013 Stumps Classic - Delivered 4/15/13 Large BGE - Rescued 2012 2010 WSM 22.5" 2010 Weber genesis gas grill Rescued 22.5 Weber One-touch gold Yellow Thermopen BBQ Guru CyberQ 2011 Built UDS - Retired

08-15-2011, 07:39 PM	#8
Turky1 Knows what a fatty is. Join Date: 07-06-11 Location: Chicago IL Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I cook outside, she cooks inside. It's a good life. T

08-15-2011, 07:41 PM	#9
ezmuny13 On the road to being a farker Join Date: 05-18-08 Location: tn Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	me,both out and inside

08-15-2011, 07:45 PM	#10
posey's_pork_pit is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 05-11-10 Location: Doraville GA Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I cook outside and my housemate cooks inside ~ very well I might add! __________________ Super fast Purple Thermapen Custom Reverse Flow 55 Gallon Drum Offset Weber SS Performer date code EE Weber 18 and 22.5 OTS Kettle w/Marty's handles Smokey Joe Silver w/wooden handle a.k.a. Mini Me Weber Smokey Joe Platinum date code ER Sipsey: Secret's in the sauce.

08-15-2011, 07:47 PM	#11
syndicate559 Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 06-04-11 Location: Fresno, CA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I do the bulk of the cooking nowadays, but a lot of that has to do with the fact that my wife is a teacher and I'm self-employed, so I can usually get it started earlier than her. That said, she is a fantastic cook, especially with all of her Italian family recipes. She doesn't grill or smoke, though. That's all me. She's great about helping with my recipes for side dishes, though. She'll make slaw, sauces, potato salad. She even mixed up a brine for me this morning! I'll keep her. __________________ Eddie G. - Smoke Bomb BBQ & Catering

08-15-2011, 07:47 PM	#12
ytsejam Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 10-10-08 Location: dfw Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	my wife and i have a deal. I do all the cooking and she does all the laundry

08-15-2011, 07:48 PM	#13
cameraman is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 08-30-09 Location: Nashville, TN Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	My better half is a vegetarian so she makes the slaw and cobbler and I make the meat. Works out just fine. (Plus more meat for me!) __________________ Dave Photography is my passion, truth my obsession. No wait, Stieglitz said that. 22.5 WSM 22.5 OTS Weber kettle Smokey Joe (RIP) a dorky little headlamp.

08-15-2011, 07:49 PM	#14
Meat Burner Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 02-22-07 Location: Springfield, MO Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	We are a team and gave a blast! __________________ my avatar swiped fatties from the plate....look how sorry he is. ________ Meat. NB Bandera with mods Weber 22 .5" x 2, 26.75" x 1 UDS x 3 KCBS CBJ Created "The Great Spam Revelation of 2011." www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=111155

08-15-2011, 07:55 PM	#15
BlueHowler is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 07-28-10 Location: Centennial, Colorado Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I do 85% of the everyday dinner cooking, 50% of the weekend lunch cooking and 100% of the outdoor cooking. My wife will help with the sides and such but I'm the main cooker in our house.

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