Hey, I had two things I wanted to post about.

One, I finally went to a Sticky Fingers BBQ restaurant here in
Greenville and was disappointed with the ribs. I guess I had high
expectations. I got this sampler platter with ribs with different
sauces and rubs. Not sure how to explain it. They seemed dry and
didn't have much meat on them. The ribs I make in my own smoker are
real meaty and taste good without sauce.

Second, I was wondering if anyone else has had their gas grill go up in
flames when all the grease caught fire? Ok, maybe this was a dumb
idea, but I've been cleaning the grates by turning all the burners of
my gas grill on high and closing the lid. It heats up to over 500
degrees and burns off all the stuff. Well, I did this after cooking
some burgers and then all the grease on the bottom of the grill catches
fire as well and the temperature goes up over 600 approaching 700.
Black smoke is coming off of the fire. Flames are shooting a few
inches out of the back of the grill...

So, I turned off the burners and opened the lid. Eventually the fire
went out.

I guess my concern was that it would somehow get so hot that it would
mess with the lines coming from the propane cylinder. I didn't feel
excited about reaching under the grill to close the valve on the
propane tank and it occurred to me that if the line from the tank
somehow got melted in the hot grease fire it might turn into a propane
torch...

But, it didn't. I'm thinking I'll just not clean my grates that way in
the future.

Thanks,
Bobby