Viirin Softworks
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This is fancier than the barbeque I used to use, but I can't find a pic of the one I actually had. It didn't have the side-board or grate between the legs, and had no wheels. This is the best pic I could find: efficient barbeque.
Okay. So, get a really crappy pizza- like one of the frozen ones that taste bland, the cheapest thing in the store, like a Tombstone.
Now, when I did this, I was homeless and had no money (I've also been homeless with a job and money, but let's ignore that for now). I was also living in the desert. So, how could I get the wood to burn? I went to the local park and found pinecones, discarded corn cobs, and from work, broken pieces of pallet stained with who-knows-what. Also dry pine needles and dirty popsicle sticks for kindling.
Sounds like stupid materials to use for cooking.
Now, the first pizza I tried to barbeque was destroyed. Good thing it was only $8.00 USD! Yes, it was a few years ago. Anyway. How did I destroy it? I didn't pay enough attention to my "coals". There was a tiny little flicker of fire on one of them, and it made the entire pizza overcook (I have no teeth so everything must be soft or the crispy part has to be very thin so I can break it against the roof of my mouth using only my tongue). What does a pizza do when overcooked in a barbeque?
It folds up like a giant taco, but also the cheese melts and takes the pepperoni with it, and then you just have burned misshapen bread. All the toppings are in the fire. Yes, fire, as fat and grease are real nice accelerants. Well, not nice, but mean.
The next time I used the same materials, but paid better attention. You get the flavor of smoke based on what is actually being smoked- so this garbage material shouldn't be allowed to. So after all the fire was gone, and the corn cobs weren't smoking anymore, I put the pizza in there.
The pizza didn't misform, there was no smoke flavor added, and it was just a barbequed pizza. It didn't taste like it cost $8, I'll tell you that. It tasted like it cost $20! Maybe a little more.
So that's my introduction. How are you guys doing?
Okay. So, get a really crappy pizza- like one of the frozen ones that taste bland, the cheapest thing in the store, like a Tombstone.
Now, when I did this, I was homeless and had no money (I've also been homeless with a job and money, but let's ignore that for now). I was also living in the desert. So, how could I get the wood to burn? I went to the local park and found pinecones, discarded corn cobs, and from work, broken pieces of pallet stained with who-knows-what. Also dry pine needles and dirty popsicle sticks for kindling.
Sounds like stupid materials to use for cooking.
Now, the first pizza I tried to barbeque was destroyed. Good thing it was only $8.00 USD! Yes, it was a few years ago. Anyway. How did I destroy it? I didn't pay enough attention to my "coals". There was a tiny little flicker of fire on one of them, and it made the entire pizza overcook (I have no teeth so everything must be soft or the crispy part has to be very thin so I can break it against the roof of my mouth using only my tongue). What does a pizza do when overcooked in a barbeque?
It folds up like a giant taco, but also the cheese melts and takes the pepperoni with it, and then you just have burned misshapen bread. All the toppings are in the fire. Yes, fire, as fat and grease are real nice accelerants. Well, not nice, but mean.
The next time I used the same materials, but paid better attention. You get the flavor of smoke based on what is actually being smoked- so this garbage material shouldn't be allowed to. So after all the fire was gone, and the corn cobs weren't smoking anymore, I put the pizza in there.
The pizza didn't misform, there was no smoke flavor added, and it was just a barbequed pizza. It didn't taste like it cost $8, I'll tell you that. It tasted like it cost $20! Maybe a little more.
So that's my introduction. How are you guys doing?
