I love to BBQ in the snow! There's just something about standing outside in the brisk air with the smell of burning wood. It feels natural...My neighbor is my actually my father, and he enjoys it too. We are outdoorsmen and cannot get enough of being outside, even on the coldest of days.
This will be my first winter with a pellet grill but I will use it all year round. In the past I have used the grill and Bradley all year.
I'm quite sure my neighbors think I have fallen and hit my head . Not only do I cook outside in the winter, it's not unusual to see me out there at 6am throwing something on - peppers to roast, sausage for a recipe later, or whatever.
I'll be buying a welding blanket soon to use on the Traeger. Squirt gave me a link to a decent priced one.
I cook all year long, -20° up to 100°, in any type of weather. I'm in the process of building a cooking area with ta bit of shelter and a 10' X 16' enclosed area for storage, food prep, and staying dry/warm/bug free/etc. as conditions merit. I'm waiting on the insulated cover for my GMG and if that doesn't happen in the next month I'll be getting a welding blanket to reduce pellet use during the cold weather.
I cook year round too. My cookers are under a carport, so what's falling from above isn't a problem. It's on the south side of the house, so it keeps me out of the North wind.
My biggest issue with winter cooking is the short days. I don't have good lighting where I cook. I say every year that I'm gonna fix that. Maybe this is the year.....
Springtime: is good! Memorial day starts the BBQ season. I start doing the summer time fair (Ribs & such).
Summertime: is time to haul out the big smoker & stock up on pork shoulders, ribs & briskets... 4th of July, Family gatherings, Church picnic, Marching Band Cookout, Labor Day... lots of big BBQ cooks happening!
Fall: is the best! When cool weather hits something in me awakens. Its time to smoke things I can't in the heat of summer; like the cheese I did two weekends ago (to be posted on BigPoppaSmokers soon). For thanksgiving I'll be smoking a 15-16 lb bird. I love the Fall!
Winter: NOTHING chases away the Winter blahs like shoveling the snow away & firing up that grill to cook up a hearty dish of chili or other Winter favorite!
I hail from Costa Mesa, Cali. It's 70 degrees out right now. Next week it might get really cold and dip to 62 degrees or so and I'll have to bust out a sweatshirt. What is that white stuff in those pictures?
I enjoy cooking in the snow! Also, you can dress for the cold weather, ever when it gets subzero, but you can't take off enough clothes to stay cool when it hits 95 in the shade!
OK you SoCalies - stop rubbing it in! Pounding rain here last night (although In bet MAK Daddy got his ribs off before it started). I gotta get an awning over my deck. Grrrrrr.