Pizza Perfection..

Big Green Egg style!
When we last left off I believe that food was being grilled on the Big Green Eggs for the first time!  We made pizza and salmon on a cedar plank last weekend and it was delish!  Randy ever the perfectionist had to have another go at the pizza this week and this time I got pictures!

(I now have proof that he can cook and thus can no longer use the excuse that he doesn’t know what to fix!)
After tossing the dough about a bit he made a wonderful, well two actually,  Margherita Pizzas!

Before the egg did it’s magic…

Look at that yummy goodness!  The crust is cooked to perfection and is nice and crisp, the toppings don’t get over cooked and the cheese melts into delicious pools of heaven!  I told him I NEVER wanted another pizza cooked any other way!

Now that’s what I call a good ending to a long week!

Birthday & BGE’s

On June 17th Cooper turned a year old!  We can’t believe he’s been here 10 months, it doesn’t seem like it at all!  For his birthday he got a steak and a pool!

Almost… but not grilling yet..

Randy worked most of the weekend on the BGE Island and it’s almost done.  He’s got to do a little caulking and assemble (reassemble) the eggs.  I’m hopeful for low and slow by this weeks end.  The slate in the nest box turned out really nice, but I’m still really glad it didn’t end up on the back splash!

Big Green Island

The granite guys came last Friday (yes I’m delinquent in posting).  While Randy was at the US Open in Pinehurst.  To me the addition of the granite made the BGE island look so much bigger.

Randy returned home at midnight, so on Sunday morning we went off to the tile shop to get the slate he had ordered for the area we are calling the ‘nest box’. 

He’s hoping to get the island done and the eggs in this coming weekend.  How nice it will be to grill again!!!!

Stoned!

Randy is getting closer to the end of his BGE Island!  He put the last of the Air Stone on yesterday.


Now we wait for the guys from Counter Intelligence to come out…

Fenced and Rocking..

Randy decided to try the wood frame idea ( I had) and I think he liked it, since he went ahead and glued it in place!  The wood is the same wood we used for the deck so it will tie the island in nicely.  The only thing he hasn’t decided yet is if he should make wood panels for the cabinet. 

He told me he can’t wait to get done so he can get grilling!  He isn't the only one some foods just taste better cooked on the grill!

Rock On…

We’ve been on a roll… with rocks.

Randy has been working in between rain drops on his island, I know how much he wants it done so he can get to grilling again.  It's a time consuming process, especially when you are battling the weather, but wow does it look good!

Rock on!

BGE Getting Stoned

While it wasn’t a balmy 70 or 80 out this weekend (thankfully!) we did spend it working on a current project. 

I told Randy that we needed to spend some time working on the stoning process of the grill island.

It took a few rows to get the pattern and process down but when he did,

Wow!  I think it’s going to be awesome and I love the look of the stone, it just fits with our home.
Happy Easter!

A Big Green Island…

It was cold outside but Randy was determined to work on his BGE Island!




It’s actually starting to look like something now!  I know he’s excited to get the backer board finished.  We still haven’t decided what’s going to go on the outside though!

Think warm thoughts…

What do you get with a bored man, snow and artic cold air?
Randy got a Big Green Egg (for those that don’t know what that it, it’s a big green ceramic cooker) for his birthday last year and I will be the first to admit that food cooked on the BGE is the juiciest, most flavor packed food I’ve ever had from a grill! 
The research began and Randy decided to build an outdoor ‘kitchen’ area for two BGE’s.  He will have the large for cooking turkey or other large items or amounts of food and a medium to use when it’s just us.

So here are the bones, the two sections on either end are for the eggs.

The middle piece gets this cabinet and drawer.

When it gets warmer, these frames will get concrete backer board on them, then a counter top of something like granite or soapstone.  We will cover the backer board with stone or tiles.
So as we sit watching it snow, we can’t help but think warm thoughts…