Cooking after a disaster video

[kev]

Talking about cooking for people that have evacuated to your house or cooking after a disaster.

YouTube - Cooking on the pit

[shawn]

Lunch looked good. I think were going try cooking on our new firepit today.

[LaserCool]

Just curious, Kev. How much wood do you go through in a 2-3 BBQ session, and where do you get your wood?

In the 305, we don't have oak/pecan trees around, and I'd have to plan to store hardwoods for a BBQ pit. There's a bit of pine around, but not as much as pre-Andrew through Wilma.

[kev]

On a 3 - 4 hour cooking session I could use about @12, maybe 14 pieces of wood. I usually start out with 4 pieces, 2 down and 2 across those 2. After they get going I will close off the vent so the pit maintain @225 degrees.

Cooking a brisket for 8 - 9 hours I could use @16+ pieces of wood. This is a rural area, there is always someone around that needs a tree cut up. Storms will sometimes blow oak trees down, and people just want to the wood removed from their yard. My parents own some acreage, so rarely an oak tree will be cut down. But that is only a last resort.

[Josiah922]

We just had the powerline crew come down a road near us. They were cutting the side branches off of several peacan tress and just leaving the wood beside the road for the county to clean up. A bunch of good ol' boys saw all of it and the limbs didn't sit there more than a week before it was mostly gone. People would drive up with thier trucks and chain saws and grab a pile.

[123]

Awsome vidoe Kev, LOVE the new editing!!! MAJOR PROPS AND KODOS!!!!!

[TxStrong]

As far as the hardwood goes, those of you who want to come up to the College Station area in early January, and help me cut some trees, are welcome to what you need. I need to clear two singlewide spots on the wooded back portion of my land, and would much rather cut the trees and have the wood put to use, than just have the excavator backhoe it out.