Too hot to BBQ

[JohnHB]

Some like it hot. Well in Sydney it is now 107F at 1:30pm and expected to rise to 109F later this day. There are a number of out of control bush fires on out Eastern Seaboard. We have a total fire ban. So only enclosed BBQs but with the heat it better inside.

[Bludawg]

I thought you OZ guys where a hardy lot. that's a typical day 6-9 months out of the year in Tx. Pop a top and burn some meat mate.

[flyingbassman5]

Sizzlin'!! Over the summer I did a cook when in the triple digits and I much prefer to cook in the winter now. Its easier to stay warm than to stay cool!

[jeffsee]

I say this with all the love in the world for a fellow brethren: Sc)/!w You!

In "balmy" West Bend, Wisconsin we have a sweltering 32 degrees Fahrenheit as I speak.

[JazzyBadger]

Blue took the thoughts right out of my head. You guys typically don't get a lot of wildfires out there? I figured that would be a typically seasonal thing. The heat sounds like what I'm used to dealing with. About 95º in the shade, but we do get a lot of humidity here... I imagine it's more of a dry heat where you are.

[IamMadMan]

Some like it hot. Well in Sydney it is now 107F at 1:30pm and expected to rise to 109F later this day. There are a number of out of control bush fires on out Eastern Seaboard. We have a total fire ban. So only enclosed BBQs but with the heat it better inside.

Sounds like you can just put sliced meat in the cooker without fire and come back later and you will have jerky without the use of fire.

Stay inside and be safe...

[bbqbull]

I cooked a pork butt in 33 degree weather with 30 mph gusts of wind today.
Windchill was 17 when the butt went on.
I have bbq'd in temps over a hundred here and very humid.
I live in Michigan......gotta go with the flow here.

[chriscw81]

wait!! so the fire ban means you can't even BBQ?

[JohnHB]

I thought you OZ guys where a hardy lot. that's a typical day 6-9 months out of the year in Tx. Pop a top and burn some meat mate.

Hey isn't TX that small U.S. state that can fit into a number of our Northern Territory cattle station?
The heat in Sydney is a humid heat. Today is likely to be the third highest on record.
This evening I will be BBQing a marinated boned leg of lamb so I am not wimping it out altogether.
Great sharing the responses - lots of fun for a new member.

[JohnHB]

wait!! so the fire ban means you can't even BBQ?

It means no open fires

[Meat & Heat]

Man I wish I could have even half those temps right know.
We havent been above 25 for the past month, lows have been @0 -15.
Looks like we may hit 30 on friday.
Time to break out the shorts:loco:

[mbshop]

you can keep yer heat ! i get enough to last me till feb-march. then i start wanting the heat back. sorry to read about the fires.

[JohnHB]

My State, NSW, has 141 reported bush fires currently burning with over 40 out of control!!!!! We need a rain storm but that is unlikely soon.
Tasmania has been suffering from many fire for around a week with lots of homes lost. The Red Cross (always in action early) has an appeal running for the Tasmanian victims.
Australia is a land of extremes! Bush fires, floods, feast and famine - and we like to play/follow many sports. Great place to live.

[VoodoChild]

I Live in Phx. Az and our summer temps are very similar ...I Love Firing the smoker in summer ..I get the most steady temps and good burn rates .
Its hot but Im amazed at the the steady temps the cooker holds.
Hope you guys get those fires under control.

[code3rrt]

Yeppers, I'm with ya, keep it to the evenigs in a nice covered/shaded area, Glad to hear you're not stopping the Q altogether, the lead-in almost scared me a little bit!:razz:

[bigabyte]

Yep, it definitely needs to cool off a bit here before I even think of stepping outside to cook. It's supposed to hit farking 52 today, a farking ridiculous farking heat wave!:shock: I might as well jump in the farking oven!

You Aussie's know that 52 degrees is WAY too hot to cook!

Wait a minute...

Are we talking Farenheit or Celsius here?:confused:

[vafish]

I lived in Alice Springs, NT for 6 years. I remember cooking out on the barby on Christmas day when it was 115 degrees F out.

It was better to cook outside than have the hot oven going inside.

Just have a cold beer, get the barby going, have another cold beer, throw the meat on, have another cold beer, well you get the picture.

[luke duke]

Sounds like a cool summer's day around here. My pit gets over 150F just sitting in the sun during the summer.

[daninnewjersey]

Australia is a land of extremes! Bush fires, floods, feast and famine - and we like to play/follow many sports. Great place to live.


You forgot to mention the smoking hot chicks.....:biggrin1:

[caseydog]

Sounds like you can just put sliced meat in the cooker without fire and come back later and you will have jerky without the use of fire.

Stay inside and be safe...

I have actually tried to fry an egg on the pavement in 110-degree heat here in Texas. It didn't work. 110 is hot enough to kill an animal, but not hot enough to cook it. :laugh:

CD

[Offthehook]

72 degrees here today, it is winter after all...

[Boshizzle]

I cooked a whole hog on the hottest day of the decade. The heat index that day was around 130*F. I walked outside my front door at 4:00 am to start the fire and immedietly started sweating like I had just jogged a mile and the heat only got worse as the day went on.

I hope I never have to do anything like that again! It sucked.

Here is a pic taken just after the sun came up.

http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=462&pictureid=3905

[basuraman]

My sis lives in Sydney and has just been spending the days in the water. Head out to Bondi or Coogi.

[J-Rod]

Sizzlin'!! Over the summer I did a cook when in the triple digits and I much prefer to cook in the winter now. Its easier to stay warm than to stay cool!

Not if you got a good pair of shades, man!:cool:

[Boshizzle]

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2013/1/8/1357646896276/Australian-Bureau-of-Mete-001.jpg

Australia adds new colour to temperature maps as heat soars

Forecast temperatures are so extreme that the Bureau of Meteorology has had to add a new colour to its scale.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2013/jan/08/australia-bush-fires-heatwave-temperature-scale#_

[Big George's BBQ]

Stay safe Did a contest in PA where the Temp was 140 around the smokers and very humid

[cowgirl]

Hey isn't TX that small U.S. state that can fit into a number of our Northern Territory cattle station?
The heat in Sydney is a humid heat. Today is likely to be the third highest on record.
This evening I will be BBQing a marinated boned leg of lamb so I am not wimping it out altogether.
Great sharing the responses - lots of fun for a new member.


lol Thanks! That one made me laugh!! I'll mention it to my Texas friends. :biggrin1::thumb:

Sounds pretty hot in your area, hope you find a way to keep cool! :grin:

[bigabyte]

52 to 54 degrees Celsius???

I was joking earlier about 52 degrees Farenheit here.

For fark sakes...that's HOT!!!

[Titch]

52 to 54 degrees Celsius???

I was joking earlier about 52 degrees Farenheit here.

For fark sakes...that's HOT!!!

Now you know why Kangaroos Hop, the bloody sand is hot:laugh:
cheers.
Titch