Garbage Can BBQ

While on vacation at the Lagace family reunion I saw a pretty unique way of BBQING! Two relative Daniel and Michel came up with the genius way of using garbage cans to cook Turkey, Chicken, and Pork. They call there cooker the Garbage Can BBQ! J

These are quite simple and cheap to make and very efficient believe it or not!

What you do is well a metal ring around the opening of garbage can about 4” in width all around. Then well a 3 inch high wall of steel around it. You can also cut the bottom of an old steel drum to do this. All you would have to do is cut the hole the size of garbage can.  

Next you build a 1/4 thick metal disc that fits in the center and weld a metal piece with hole drill in the center which will hold a rotisserie bar and fork vertical in place. You can also use a deep socket as the rotisserie holder. 

To use the garbage can BBQ you put your me on the Rotisserie rod then place the rod with meat vertically on the metal plate with rod.

Then you place garbage can on top and fill the ring with pre-light brickette charcoal from your lighting chimney. 

Before cooking with food do a few burns to ensure no zink is left from the galvanized steel. (since zink melts at lower temps!) In cold condition I recommend also putting some charcoal on top of the garbage can. When using this BBQ I recommend using the maverick ET-732 to monitor the temp of meat and of the Garbage Can BBQ.

Enjoy and happy grilling! :)

Tips to prevent the dangers of BBQ Brush Bristle

Tip: Don't use plastic wire brush to clean BBQ grill. when plastic is heated it expends and bristles fall out posing serious health hazard.

When done brushing grill always run a rag quickly on the grill to ensure no wire bristles are left.

I recommend using good quality wooden BBQ brush or The Grillion which uses onions to clean the grill 

Here's a news article of someone that almost died from this recently!

Source of article Bellow: http://www.torontosun.com/2014/07/07/woman-hospitalized-by-cheap-bbq-brush

"CALGARY - A Red Deer, Alta., woman had to undergo two surgeries and spend a week in hospital after wire from a cheap barbecue grill brush ended up in her food and lodged in her throat.

Kim Schellenberg wants other people to be aware of the potential hazard,

"It's not something that ever crossed our minds," Schellenberg said. "It went from just this thing caught in my throat to the ability to kill you, that's when they decided to go in from the outside."

Schellenberg now has a four-inch scar on her throat.

The wire bristle attached itself to a hamburger and before Schellenberg knew what was happening, it was too late.

She tried to get the bristle out herself but the pain was too much, so she asked to be taken to the hospital.

Problem was Red Deer no longer has an ear nose and throat specialist so they had to go to Calgary.

By the time they reached the hospital the wire had worked its way further down Schellenberg's throat.

After hours of surgery followed by more X- rays, doctors made an incision on Schellenberg's throat and went in from the outside looking for the wire.

They never found it and Schellenberg was hospitalized for five days while being monitored. The fear was the wire could puncture her bowel or cause other complications.

Experts warn that the cheap brushes can break during cleaning, leaving sharp pieces of wire stuck to the grill.

Schellenberg Googled "barbecue bristles" and discovered it's not the first time this has happened. There was a case last June in Montreal and in 2012 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a warning in the United States after six cases in the state of Rhode Island."

Source: Youtube

This is the second case of this I came across in the pass couple of weeks.

Grilling breakfast during Power Outage

Well today I woke up with no power due to the tropical storm Arthur. With no power I decided to cook breakfast on the BBQ. No storm will stop me from grilling lol! I decided to use my Kamado Joe cooker instead of the propane grill because the high wind would constantly knock out the flames.

I was quite impress how easy the Kamado Joe was to light in the high wind condition. To make my breakfast I decided to use the Kettle-Q griddle since I could cook multiple eggs and ash browns on it at ounce. It was a real challenge to put spices on the breakfast while I was grilling. The wind gust of 110km/h was a challenge and half. The wind blew away my spice bottle a few times and even blew one of my plate away. But with a little determination, speed and a juggling act I managed to cook my breakfast on the grill in this storm. Griller won Arthur lost J

Happy Grilling!