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BBQ and the hammock...

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Interesting things can be found on the internet...

"In order to appreciate barbecue as a leisure-time activity, it is critical to understand the relationship between the barbecue smoker and the hammock. It was the Carib custom for a hunter or fisherman to retire to his hammock for as many days as he had been out hunting or fishing in order to recover his strength. There in the hammock, he would wait for his meat or fish to slowly smoke to perfection.

An incredulous French observer once reported that: "A Caribbee has been known, on returning home from fishing fatigued and pressed with hunger, to have the patience to wait the roasting of a fish on a wooden grate fixed two feet above the ground, over a fire so small as sometimes to require the whole day to dress it." That a hungry man could relax in a hammock all day waiting for his dinner to be properly smoked was obviously something of a mystery to the Europeans. But this delicious form of patience is something that modern barbecue lovers can completely understand."

Robb Walsh wrote this.

All I can say is.. Amen Brother!
 
al.. are you stuttering or repeating yourself?


Although i have a hammock, not 10 feet from the pit, i feel much more comfortable in a chair next to the firebox. Just staring at the fire....the black steel... the pile of wood... the blender full of margaritas.. life is good. :)
 
BBQchef33 said:
al.. are you stuttering or repeating yourself?


Although i have a hammock, not 10 feet from the pit, i feel much more comfortable in a chair next to the firebox. Just staring at the fire....the black steel... the pile of wood... the blender full of margaritas.. life is good. :)

I have to keep a foot on the ground too, my duty to keep the neighborhood from spinning :D
 
We own a lot at a private lake and golf development, we usually go camping there 2 or 3 times a year, Jeannes half century overhaul has kept us from making it there this year. One day of each trip is always dedicated to smoking something. My hammock is an intregal part of the process.
My lake "smoker" is an open fire, a cooking grate and the lid from an old gas grill. Once the fire is lit and the meat is on, the routine goes a little like this... Open a fresh beer, get comfy on the hammock, wait 1 hour. Get up, tend the fire, open a fresh beer, retire to the hammock for an hour repeat until you eat.
Now I'm a bit bummed that I'm not there doing the hammock mod right now.
 
Open a fresh beer, get comfy on the hammock, wait 1 hour. Get up, tend the fire, open a fresh beer, retire to the hammock for an hour repeat until you eat.
You will never get anywhere drinking one beer an hour.
 
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