Full disclosure: We're burnin' shit 'cuz I recently upgraded from my dearly departed Weber Go-Anywhere gas grill (they value-engineered a $70 grill to the point where it no longer cooks) to a thumpin' $250 Magma Newport.
Also full disclosure: I much prefer charcoal to gas, but charcoal is explicitly verboten by my CC&Rs. Love the one you're with and all that.
1A) Cook something - anything - over some form of open flame. Although this challenge is clearly intended to let me fuck with my new barbecue, it's also November which means those of you with fireplaces hop to. Worthy of note: tortillas warm up better on a gas stove if you bypass the pan entirely and go straight for the burner; also peeps brulee are fucking delicious. S'mores? Hobo stoves? throw down, baller. If'n you wanna cook duck l'orange rawk on, so long as combustion products visibly lick your entree at some point during cooking.
1B) Edibles that are on fire are equally acceptable. I'm a big sucker for Baked Alaska, personally speaking. Bananas Foster and Cherries Jubilee are, in my opinion, overrated... but here's your chance to prove me wrong. A friend inspired me to make a drink called a Molotov Cocktail that involves caramelizing a sugared rim with a flaming float of 151 - it has the dual advantages of knocking you flat on your ass and glazing your upper lip with molten sucrose should you drink it without caution.
2) Photos are your friend. FINAL PHOTO OF READY-TO-EAT CHARRED DELICACY IS MANDATORY
3) Sticky that shit
4) Entry starts NOW and ends Tuesday Nov 18 at Midnight PST
5) Subscribe to #grubski 'cuz group shout-outs are tedious and lame and The Crew is busy with more important things to streamline it right now
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veen, Complexity, _refugee_, flagamuffin, zebra2, rjw, wasoxygen, humanodon, ghostoffuffle, rezzeJ, thenewgreen