we decided to try something traditional... and we became white-trash- "Found BBQ"

not the worst ribs I've had... not "good" by any stretch of the imagination either. considering the circumstances and the amount of beer involved, I'm surprised they were even edible.

So the rules became that we could not spend any money at all... so we scavenged around his yard for supplies while digging the pit.

nice little fire pit. our fear begins to fade.

not bad. got a little chute to feed extra coals in later on if we needed to.

log rest we found under the deck. firewood we had on hand.

so it begins. now we had to find a way to cover it... this is when reality started to sink in and things really went off the rails.

in the spirit of not spending any money, we drove to an agricultural supply store nearby and grabbed a bunch of cardboard boxes out of their huge paper recycling dumpster behind the store. went downhill in a hurry...

his yard looked like a war zone by the end of the night... we had to keep spraying the top of the cardboard with a hose to maintain temp, but also to keep it from catching fire... by this point, we were drunk enough that this seemed almost reasonable. I'm shocked t hat any "food" was produced from this whole endeavor. truly a crime against that lawn...

turned out pretty ok, all things considered- I've had worse ribs that came off a regular propane grill. ended up cheating and buying a piece of separated stainless steel to put the meat on. didn't want to use anything anodized.