Bringing together two of the finer things in life... wine and BBQ

Updated: July 4th

OK, I deserve whatever ridicule you people want to dish out for not keeping up with my blogging. There's nothing worse than an inconsistent blogger. Blogging must be timely to be relevant. In case you can't tell, I love blogging.

So I'll try to dust off the cobwebs and recap the July 4th BBQ experience (what's today... fall?). It was hot, very hot that day. Ma and Pa K were in town for the 4th so we fired up the smoker for a full day of BBQing. I got up early to get the shoulder out of the refrigerator, get the coals going and prepare for a long and grueling day of grilling. The shoulder looked glorious. I got the pork in the smoker by about 8 am. I was also smoking a chicken and some kielbasa to be ready for lunch. I made another batch of beans (red, white and blue in honor of Independence Day) that were going to simmer outside for the day. We took the chicken and kielbasa off the grill around 1 pm and they turned out great. In fact, the kielbasa may have been the star of the show on this day. But the chicken was delicious too, making us remember why we love the chicken so much. After lunch we passed the time with a few games of bocce ball and finally the shoulder came off the grill at around 6 pm. We wrapped it in foil and let it stand for another hour, then went to work shredding it. We had dinner around 7:30 with pork, beans, and cole slaw. What better way to celebrate the 4th?