National Barbecue Month

[KenP]

What, you didn't know May is National Barbecue Month? sheeezz...

I've fired up the grill or smoker about 4-5 times a week so far this month.

Tonight we're finishing off the remainder of a whole tenderloin I cut into 1.5" filets for dinner.

Around 9pm I'll be firing up the smoker to do an overnighter with pork butts. I hope to have them on by 10pm. Should take around 15 hours.

Damn skippy, jack!:perfect10s:

May 23 is the WSM Smoke Day V. I'll be doing ribs, chicken, and maybe some ABT's.

[frenzy1]

Well, it would be a nice gesture to invite your belgian friend for some good ol' bbq !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :o :perfect10s: :clapping:

[NewHummerGuy]

So Ken have you already scheduled your angioplasty?

:beerchug:

[KenP]

More than 74 million American barbecued in 2007.
Last year Americans bought roughly 900,000 tons of charcoal briquettes. Kingsford, a unit of Clorox, has about 80% market share.
According to a Web survey, most Americans decide when to take their food off the grill by cutting into it, seeing "if it looks done," and/or "poking it with a fork."
But 21% just "wing it."
A record 17.4 million grills and smokers were sold in 2007.
That same year, revenues at leading grill maker Weber-Stephen Co. neared $200 million.
The Natural Born Grillers of Olive Branch, Mississippi, beat out 261 teams to win $26,000 at last year's World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest in Memphis, Tennessee. They served a whole hog.
Holidays that get the most grills fired up: Memorial Day (69%), Labor Day (74%), and the Forth of July (86%).
The George Forman grill has sold almost 100 million units since its 1995 debut.
19% of Americans prefer to grill indoors.
People who make $100,000-plus are 7% more likely to time their barbecue and 3% more likely to use a thermometer.
In the summer, the average American grill owner spends 4.4 hours barbecuing each week.