New Grill, New Endeavors.

I usually make my hamburgers in a pan with a half a stick of butter (quote Paula Deen), though for Memorial Day, we had family over and we had a new grill. I decided that I would use the grill for making the burgers with the same recipe and the same ingredients as usual but I'm not used to cooking on the grill. I would say my recipe on here but only a select group actually know it and I think that I'm going to keep it confidential.

It was the best barbeque that I have ever had, because, I was cooking the food and I made sure that everything was done with care and quality. My menu was simple and it consisted of my famous burgers, simply done hot dogs, and sweet potato fries. You would think that this is simple; and you would be right. However, there were certain events that made this event get to the blog.

First of all, as I mentioned, it was a new grill that we just bought yesterday and haven't hooked the propane up to until today. That can lead to a whole bunch of problems, such as, BOOM! and the whole house falls down... Luckily I have the common sense to check if the gas is leaking or not and I did. It took about a half hour to figure it out and people were hungry. First, my father and I hooked it up and turned on the gas. We heard a sound. So we tried again about three times. Then, we read the instructions, and that said to pour soapy water on it to see if the gas makes it bubble. We did what it said. No bubbling, though we could still smell the propane. We eventually decided to try to ignite the grill after about 45 minutes... No fire, no explosion. Then we realized we needed to turn the ignition on.

I never realized how fast cooking on a grill goes by because of the high heat and I was scrambling all over the place to keep the temperature down, make sure nothing got burned, etc. I forgot to mention that I got requests for three different donenesses (how done the meat is): medium rare, medium and very well done. All of this for a first time griller. Then I needed to fry the fries, which wasn't that hard to do and I just left the hot dogs there and I threw them in the deep fryer to finish them (yeah, yeah, gross; it just makes it more crispy and gives it a bite).

It was a pain, though, my pain was rewarded with my wonderful cooking. I don't even know how I managed to do it, though all that I know is that this had been a blog-worthy Memorial Day experience. Certainly new and strange...