On Tue, 8 Dec 2015 06:17:23 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 8:32:09 AM UTC-5, wrote:
>> On Tue, 08 Dec 2015 08:07:25 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >When it's cold out, I'll set the pot (with lid on) out on my back
>> >balcony to cool off. It's perfect when the temp is really cold in the
>> >winter. In warm weather, I'll turn off heat and let it sit on stove
>> >for a couple of hours with lid on. It's still hot then but no so much.
>> >Sitting pot in sink of cold water works well to.
>> >
>> >In warm weather, I do like you...after the pot cools a bit, I'll
>> >transfer to pint containers and put them into the fridge for a few
>> >hours first, then transfer them to the freezer.
>> >
>> >If I'm making broth, I'll refrigerate over night, skim the hardened
>> >fat off in the morning, then transfer to pint containers and right to
>> >the freezer.
>>
>> I'm not sure about putting anything on the balcony now!
>
>I open up the gas grill and sit the covered pot on the grate.
>If it's likely to be an overnight stay, I'll close the gas
>grill lid. I'd hate to see the raccoon that could open
>the gas grill. The gas grill lid weighs a freakin' ton.
>
>Yesterday at 11:30 am when I retrieved Sunday's soup from
>the grill, it was still a little slushy.
>
>Cindy Hamilton

Lol when I lived outside in the sticks one of the marauding raccoons
was abnormally huge. I pulled into the driveway one night and he was
curious, came over to the car, up on his hind legs and easily looking
in the window. He could have done it. Some of his offspring were
larger but nothing like him.