Meatwave
Tue Jan 17, 2012
Happy Meatday to Me!
I'm not one to shy away from my birthday. Each year I plan myself a large blowout party, make an odd invitation, then mail them out to everyone I've ever been friends with. This has been the tradition for over 12 years, but this year I found myself about ready to take off for the holidays without a card produced—thanks mainly to my focused efforts on the barbecue team front—then came back from Texas pretty sick and in no mood to party. So I thought this was the year the parties of Josh would come to a close, but then I found myself with a nearly 16 pound brisket that changed it all.
Tue Oct 11, 2011
Meatward Season
This is always the saddest time of the year—the end of the Meatwave. As we face colder, darker, and shorter days, the Meatwave is laid to rest until the spring arrives. The off-season can be difficult to get through, so to start our forthcoming hibernation off right, I always make sure all of my meaty minions leave the last Meatwave with guts dangerously close to their breaking points. This season that was done in a grand manner with nearly 40lbs of meat!
Tue Sep 13, 2011
Meat-a-thon 2: Electric Burgerloo
Last year we instituted what will hopefully be a Meatwave tradition: the Meat-a-thon. The original idea was an entire weekend of meat—we start on Saturday afternoon, go all night, then wake up and keep grilling. That's exactly what happened last year, and what was on the schedule for this year, but as the Meatwave approached and I was feeling a little burnt out from recent travelling and with a lot of Meatwavers unable to make it this weekend, I scaled back to just one day, but with two days worth of meat!
Tue Aug 30, 2011
We Shall Meat Again Someday
In 8 years, the Meatwave has seen a lot of people come and go. It's always sad to say goodbye to fellow Meatwavers, but this past weekend's send-off was especially poignant as we bid farewell to two of the most loyal followers, Lindsay and Brandon. With the threat of a hurricane and, even worse, a shut down of the transit system, we pulled this together a day early for the very first Friday Meatwave. At the end of the night we had all eaten incredibly well, but more importantly, we had a celebration to leave Lindsay and Brandon with nothing by fond memories (and just maybe, a convincing reason to stay).
Tue Aug 16, 2011
Can You Feel the Meat Tonight?
I'd been toying with the idea of moving the Meatwaves from Sunday to Saturday for a while now. I've had a few Saturdays thrown in the past seasons, and they always seemed more lively as people could throw loose without the prospect of an early morning call to the work week the next day. Of course, this change would deprive me of my usually important Saturday for prep, but this weekend I decided to take the plunge and make a mid-season switch to Saturday Meatwaves and see how it goes. Using the past Saturday as a base, I think it's going to be a really good thing,
