Saw it while driving a van for work. Spent my lunch break driving this thing back to my house.

It’s got some rust, the existing paint is faded, and the thermometer is shot.

So I got a wire wheel for my grinder, a couple cans of high temp flat black paint, and a couple universal thermometers.

It’s far from perfect, but it looks great from 10 feet away, and it only cost me like $20 n supplies!

I’ve never owned a grill before, believe it or not. Let alone a smoker, or anything to do with charcoal. But so far I love it.

Made lots of hotdogs to practice getting it hot and running it. Made steak for my friends, with some guidance, and the consensus was “tasty!”

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      Ugh. I’ve since gone vegetarian and my smoking buddy (who’s smoker and grill I used for free) moved away. I might have to see if I can rig something up and maybe smoke some jalapeno poppers on my little ufo grill or something.

      Those look amazing though

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        4 days ago

        yeah, we put some seasoned goat cheese in a few jalapenos (still wrapped in bacon because they’re that kind of vegetarian) for our vegetarian friend when we make MOINKs.

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          Why have I not thought of smoked goat cheese jalapeno poppers? Alright, as soon as it’s not 90+ out again I’m grilling. Bring on the cheese.

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            4 days ago

            remember: sauce, then dust with rub. otherwise you’re just tossing rub at the pepper and hoping