smoked pork
Last weekend Mike and I made our way up to Sparta Friday night to prep for an all day Saturday smoke. Friday we picked up two 7-8 lb. Boston Butt’s, made the dry rub and the BBQ sauce. Saturday morning the alarm went off at 5am and it was time to start the fire. At 5:45am the meat went on the grate with the smell of charcoal, hickory wood, and rub filling the air. All day we tended the heat and watched the meat grow more and more mouthwatering! 7:15pm came along and the temp was perfect to remove the meat from the heat. The day was terrific as family and friends hung out, played lawn games, and listened to music. The meat turned out fantastic, can’t wait for our next meat smoke…maybe ribs and/or chicken next time!
Props to Southchild Blog where Mike found the recipe for the rub and sauce.
Waking up at 5am on a Saturday was tough but well worth it!
13 hours later the pork was done.
It was so juicy and smelled great.
My favorite picture, wish I had some more. Time to smoke some more pork!
memorial day hoops 2009
Last Monday Paul and I took first place in the annual Tuinstra basketball tournament. After dropping the first game of the tournament, we had a tough road to the championship match against the same team who beat us, Troy and Jim. After a hard fought win against Troy and Jim in the first game we had to turn around and play them again. Paul and I came out on top, what fun!
summertimearoundthecorner
So many things come to mind with summer right around the corner - now is the time to anticipate!
I think of family and friends.
I think of backyard football games.
And I think of food made on the grill.
Bring on the summer!
coffee and homework
Coffee is a good way to kick off a long day of homework.
Fun times this past weekend and on my birthday
Last weekend Kelly, Ben, and I took a late night walk downtown. We had a fun time on the walk, I snapped a couple of shots at the river.
On my birthday Brad came over and brought along a delicious treat. Pork tenderloin wrapped in bacon, Happy Birthday to me. Thanks Brad!
Indian food and madcap coffee
A couple of weeks a ago Kelly and I went out to dinner with Stacie and Paul Muri. We went to Palace of India and had Indian food for the first time and really enjoyed it. After dinner we went to my college roommate’s coffee shop that he recently opened downtown GR. Good times.
New Year’s on the Grand
New Year’s on the Grand was deemed a success by those that organized it. Estimates had the crowd between 10,000 and 20,000 people. It was a very cool event.
Below is a pic from our deck of the city and the ball that was dropped at midnight.
Paul Koutz and his 366th hot dog
Today marked a day where, my friend, Paul Koutz ate more hot dogs than anyone else I have known within in a calendar year. Check out the video.
Missing the Fuller kids.
Today Kel and I were looking through some old pictures and came across this video of our trip to Vermont in June of 2005. Michael demonstrated the ‘booty shake dance’.
Halloween, experimentation, and downtown.
This guy was making us hotdogs at SBC’s trunk ‘r treat
Don’t mess with the skull!
Experimenting with HDR images. Three seperate images made this one…kinda cool.
A weekend walk downtown. How about that fluoride sculpture??? 