On Sun, 26 May 2019 21:35:49 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>On 5/26/2019 8:03 PM, wrote:
>>
>> I'd rather cook with A/C and clean one pan than spend time grilling in
>> the hot sun with biting bugs than clean a grill grate. Grilling is
>> sort of okay when there's a group for socialing but not for just the
>> two of us.
>
>You have a good point. In my case, I grill just steps outside the door
>and it is shaded. I smoked some ribs yesterday, will do a rotisserie
>chicken tomorrow. The lanai is screened so no bugs either.

The sliding door to our deck goes into the dining/kitchen area. so
only a few steps to bring food out, and the Weber is on the ground a
few feet from the deck so that's close to bring food to the deck or
inside.... we prefer to eat inside with A/C and not getting rained
out... it rained constantly for two months now.

Our deck is on the south side so gets sun all day. We tried one of
those large umbrellas that goes through a hole in the table and sits
in a weighted stand but a wind came up that took the umbrella, the
table, and everything on it. That made us forget about an awning we
had been contemplating.

When we moved here there was a huge crimson king maple shading the
deck but it was a bug magnet and was too close to the house that its
branches would touch the roof and the roof never dried, not good so we
had that gorgeous tree removed... it was too big to move elsewhere,
had that spruce tree removed too. We had seven trees removed, they
planted one in front of each window so all that could be seen was a
wall of green. Farm people consider trees their A/C.
https://postimg.cc/PNcFJdCv

>Many other times though, it is just the same to use the range in the
>comfort of AC. In nice weather we like to eat outside too, but the past
>week has been hot so meals are inside. We won't be spending much time
>out now until probably September. I like creature comfort.

The last time I liked to eat outdoors was when I was a kid and it was
a picnic.