a wild 4th

[sparky]

a great time was had by all. i will admit i had my share of drinks and someone else's share too. and not once did my wife yell at me that i was drinking to much. i'm getting better at this. i cooked everything in stages w/ little starter cooks early in the day to practice to get some food in me (wife's orders). the days starts off w/ a quad patch of M3.

action shot (oh my gosh, the man is multi talented and wicked cute).

bagged up 2 tris and 1/2 rack of ribs.

for the chicken wings i used chili oil instead of grape oil. oh, hot. very hot.

the other tri i used some sweet lou's and tatonka dust.

the other rack of ribs got some maynards (i'm loving this for my ribs, great flavor profile).

got a full hopper of oak.

time to kick the tires and she what these girls can do.

cont w/ 4th july food fest.

 

[sparky]

4th july fest cont,

ribs go on #336 (got to give my mak a name) @ 275°.

tatonka abt's (i learn this from tanya). jala / phily / shrimp / bacon / tatonka dust in that order (ps, i hate this jala holder. will only work for little jalas. the big ones want set in it right). blah!!

ribs done. maynards on left / M3 on left.

thru some more stuff on. wife: "eat more before ppl show up" (she's mean).

being wet adds twenty pounds to ya. its true.

wheres that ice chest at? this needs to be closer to the pool.

alright. who has my other flipper? i just go in circles w/ one.

those didn't last long.

alright, who threw marley's ball in the pool? don't do it again.

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4th fest cont...

 

[sparky]

4th fest again....

tri's go on Hazel.

glad i own a hasty bake.

wings go on #336 @ 350°. put some wild bills blazen on the wings.

lets check temps.

were done. your look good buddies.

welp, i wanted a "N yar face" sauce for my killer wings. who ya gonna call.

ok, well we got a good solid crisp on some. the old grey one has skills around the fire pits.

grubs one. get out of my way. let dad sit down at the table.

oh ya. this is wants it all about.

ok. welp, fireworks over. get out my house so i can go to bed.

 

[squirtthecat]

Love it!!

It was pretty mild here... I'm coming to your place next year!

 

[ACW3]

STC,
I think we should all show up at Sparky's next year!!! His wife will love it!!!

Art

This may be the only sure way of getting to taste some of his fine ribs!!

 

[Scallywag]

EPIC! You are awesome dude!

 

[Big Poppa]

spark you are the hugh hefner of sacto

 

[Tatonka3A2]

I agree.... it was pretty lame here. Next year we all go to Sparky's!!

 

[fishingbouchman]

Loved watching the kids light fireworks but that looks like more fun

 

[Chili Head]

He's got a pool! I don't know how hot is is where you are but haties ain't got nothing on us!
Looks like you had a great time with the family and ate some fine food sparky!

 

[sparky]

i will say it was alot of fun. no one got out of control. my daughter did have to take a little nap (smoked cherry margaritas). having the #336 and Hazel made the day very easy to cook the food. my son set up 2 tents in the backyard and a few ppl stayed the night. me and the mrs went in at 10 pm. don't know what was going in the backyard after that. i was asked to fire up Hazel before i went to bed. i think i saw some marshmellow out. smore time. it was alot of fun and my son and daughters friends cleaned it all up. good family time.

 

[cowgirl]

Looks like a great time Sparky!!

 

[Kite]

Looks like it was a great day, good food and fun with the family. It doesn't get any better than that!! Thanks for sharing.