- Mar 6, 2008
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Hello,
My name is Paul and I'm here to give a little background about myself before asking (begging? pleading?!) for advice.
I grew up in New Jersey and curently live in NewYork City, but I went to college in Kansas and my parents and brother live there, so I have a little grilling experience, but not much. All I know is that barbecue tastes really good, it's not humanly possible to get enough of it and no temperature boiling or freezing should prevent one from barbecuing.
At this point, you're probably asking yourself what the heck a guy from NYC is doing on this forum. Who barbecues there?!? Well, that brings us to the next chapter in my story. I'm getting married in September and our plan was to live in our apartment for a couple of more years after getting married and then buy a house somewhere where I would finally have a yard to grill in. Well, three weeks ago we stumbled home from our favorite bar on a Saturday night and found a 580 page document sitting in front of our door that explained our apartment building was being sold and converted into condos. Long story short, we could either buy our place or our lease wouldn't be renewed when it was up in August....exactly one month before our wedding.
So, we decided to take our time and embark on a long apartment search. 10 days later we found a place with the same rent and less indoor space, but....on the top floor and with a large outdoor garden patio area. Yours truly is now in heaven, because what I thought was a totally unrealistic dream (unless I somehow became rich overnight) of being able to barbecue NOW is coming true.
So, if you haven't fallen asleep yet, my fiancee is buying my one of those grill/smoker combos for my birthday. And that's why I'm here for advice. So far I like this one a lot : http://www.grillsdirect.com/barbecue...propackage.cfm
The reviews all seem really good, but after stumbling across this forum I thought this would be the perfect place to solicit advice.
Also, as you might guess, finding supplies in NYC is something of a pain. Does anyone have good recommendations on places to order lump charcoal, wood chips, etc. over the internet?
Finally, if you click on the user manual in the link above, it says that the firebox can even handle "regular" wood (not just chips). Is that firebox really big enough for that??
I apologize for the long length of my note and can't wait to get started and then share the results!
Paul
My name is Paul and I'm here to give a little background about myself before asking (begging? pleading?!) for advice.
I grew up in New Jersey and curently live in NewYork City, but I went to college in Kansas and my parents and brother live there, so I have a little grilling experience, but not much. All I know is that barbecue tastes really good, it's not humanly possible to get enough of it and no temperature boiling or freezing should prevent one from barbecuing.
At this point, you're probably asking yourself what the heck a guy from NYC is doing on this forum. Who barbecues there?!? Well, that brings us to the next chapter in my story. I'm getting married in September and our plan was to live in our apartment for a couple of more years after getting married and then buy a house somewhere where I would finally have a yard to grill in. Well, three weeks ago we stumbled home from our favorite bar on a Saturday night and found a 580 page document sitting in front of our door that explained our apartment building was being sold and converted into condos. Long story short, we could either buy our place or our lease wouldn't be renewed when it was up in August....exactly one month before our wedding.
So, we decided to take our time and embark on a long apartment search. 10 days later we found a place with the same rent and less indoor space, but....on the top floor and with a large outdoor garden patio area. Yours truly is now in heaven, because what I thought was a totally unrealistic dream (unless I somehow became rich overnight) of being able to barbecue NOW is coming true.
So, if you haven't fallen asleep yet, my fiancee is buying my one of those grill/smoker combos for my birthday. And that's why I'm here for advice. So far I like this one a lot : http://www.grillsdirect.com/barbecue...propackage.cfm
The reviews all seem really good, but after stumbling across this forum I thought this would be the perfect place to solicit advice.
Also, as you might guess, finding supplies in NYC is something of a pain. Does anyone have good recommendations on places to order lump charcoal, wood chips, etc. over the internet?
Finally, if you click on the user manual in the link above, it says that the firebox can even handle "regular" wood (not just chips). Is that firebox really big enough for that??
I apologize for the long length of my note and can't wait to get started and then share the results!
Paul
