Tuesday, May 5, 2009 was the day--about 3:30pm when the truck arrived. I saw the truck drive by the house first. I ran outside and stood by the street. I adjusted the crooked license plate on my car as to not look too eager. Too late. The truck pulled up and the guys rolled up the door on the back. There is was! The Weber Performer. The guys hauled it out (carefully, please), and set it in front of the garage. One of them struck up a conversation.
"Hey, that's a pretty nice grill, there."
"Yeah. My dad got it for me for Father's Day."
"Is it charcol or gas?"
"Charcol. But it has a propane ignition system that lights the briquettes!"
"That's pretty sweet!"
"Yeah. Yeah, it is."
They were actually impressed. And so was I. I opened up the garage and busted out the tools.
The box was huge! Isaac wasted no time calling dibs on the box; I hadn't even got it open yet.
I was so excited about getting it put together that I forgot to take some pictures of the process! Here's the finished product. The blue turned out to be a nice choice. Classic black is nice, but common. It comes in green also, but my dad had that color. I needed it to be different--unique!
Again, I was so excited to get the thing fired up that I didn't take any pictures until after the whole experience was over! Since it was a Tuesday night we did burgers and chicken--something easy.
I tried out the briquette holders that can be used for both indirect and direct heat. I think I prefer to just push the coals around to where I want them--although it is extremely convenient and less risk of burning myself. I filled them up and placed them over the ignitor. I then turned the propane on and pushed the ignitor. Pop! and it was on it's way! Talk about easy and the coals were lit lickety-split!
Here is the grill after first use.
Here is the left over grilled chicken. Just seasoned with salt and pepper. Very tender!
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