BBQ Grilling Tips Memorial Day Weekend

It's Memorial Day weekend which is sort of the unofficial beginning of Summer for most people, and it is time to get the BBQ out and start grilling!

The people over at Lifehacker.com have put together a very informative post:

Top 10 Skills to Master Your Grill

Monday is not a holiday on either side of the island of St Martin, but we did have one last Thursday.

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Have a great weekend!

BBQ PIZZA - PIZZA ON THE GRILL

We just refilled our BBQ propane tank so maybe we'll try to cook a pizza on the BBQ grill.

We have a PIZZA STONE that we haven't tried yet, though Bob just saw a video on this VillaWare PizzaGrill BBQ Pizza Maker and it looked quite interesting. Although, this is less expensive alternative, ZaGrill Pizza Cooker.

While I was over at Amazon, they suggested a couple of books:

• Pizza on the Grill: 100 Feisty Fire-Roasted Recipes for Pizza & More
• Grilled Pizzas and Piadinas
• List of BBQ COOKBOOKS

And this would be a good addition to our BBQ accessories:

• Outset F810 Grill Surface Thermometer

Today is the 3rd day of Spring, so it's time to get your BBQ fired up!

CHARTER YACHT "TOY" SUGGESTIONS

I haven't been horseback riding in almost 30 years. There's just not enough room for a horse aboard our CAL-34 So It Goes... not with two kittens anyway :)

So, how about a Horse Simulator? Still too big for us, but it would be a nifty "toy" for the larger boats at the next charter yacht show!

The £40,000 virtual reality riding machine combines a mechanical horse with a host of electronic sensors and a screen, to recreate the joys of an outdoor ride without the need for mucking out.

Here's the link to the TELEGRAPH's article: CLICK HERE

Here's another cool item that we saw last month in the Lagoon just inside of Marigot, St. Martin: The BBQ Donut.



You can just see the outboard behind the support for the beach umbrella. Perhaps you can use the umbrella as a sail. Have it be a riding sail so the "bow" of the donut is facing into the wind so the smoke from the central BBQ is always blowing "aft". Can you have a bow on a round raft???

I think this would be the perfect complement to the Sail Dive Charter Trimaran PROMENADE, whose "Power Lounger" was the hit of last November's St. Thomas Charter Yacht Show.



Just raft those two babies together and you have the makings of an unforgettable party!

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Cleaning the BBQ

Cleaning the BBQ is not one of our favorite chores aboard the CAL-34, So It Goes.



Here is a tip that we just read on the blog, Lifehacker...

"Wipe your grill clean without the chemical waste by rubbing an onion against the grate of the grill."

Read the posting: CLICK HERE

I'd go out and try it right now (ya, sure!) but it is raining...

Hope this helps!