[...] sure miss living in a BBQ town, especially now that I am a lot more into it. I would definitely take more advantage of the KC area if I moved back.  So many places I heard of [...]

[...] Yet again this is Randy’s fault as he got into it first and got me thinking about it. About a year ago there was rumor of a few robberies in my neighboorhood.  Randy had recently purchased a handgun and as a good friend was trying to suck me into it as well.  One night Kaylene and I were talking about the neighborhood break-ins and I wondered what I would really do if it happened in our home.  If some crazed individual (or individuals) were to break into our home what would I do?  How would I get to my sons’ rooms across the hall crossing in front of whatever danger was on it’s way up the steps? How would I defend them?  Go ahead and think through this scenario right now.  Imagine you are in bed and you hear a window break.  What is your plan of action?  How do you get your family safe and what will you use to defend them? [...]

I tried ribs in mine last weekend and they were really good. I threw them on the grill after the fact while we were waiting to get dinner started intending to put a little crisp edge on them and caramelize the sauce, but it ended up being a bad idea; I had a flame up and long story short, they had more than the desired ‘crispy edge’. Still super tasty though. So far I’ve done pork boston butts, beef brisket, fatties, and now ribs (using the 3-2-1 rib method, roughly) and it has all been awesome. Long live the UDS!