{"id":246,"date":"2021-06-15T17:57:07","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T17:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesuspeoplechicago.org\/blog\/?p=246"},"modified":"2026-08-04T16:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T16:40:57","slug":"sunday-cookouts-jesus-people-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jesuspeoplechicago.org\/blog\/sunday-cookouts-jesus-people-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Cookouts Jesus People Style"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Sundays in the summer we have \u201cGrill Your Own\u201d for dinner. <strong>It\u2019s a great time to get together in nice outdoor weather (fingers crossed it\u2019s not raining because there is no \u201cPlan B\u201d) and make food together as one big family.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>I love grilling.<\/strong> I really love to BBQ (the right way) &#8211; spending hours maintaining the proper temp and keeping the conditions perfect so those ribs turn out just the way you want them &#8211; juicy, delicious, and flavorful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Grill Your Own is not like this at all.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"pullquote pullquote__full\">\u201cThis is survival of the fittest meets the world\u2019s largest backyard grill.\u201d<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is survival of the fittest meets the world\u2019s largest backyard \u201cgrill\u201d. Our grill is about 20 feet long, 4 feet wide and beautifully built out of brick &#8211; with zero accommodation given for airflow, venting, or temperature control. Six large bags of charcoal are piled onto solid sheets of metal and started with copious amounts of lighter fluid. Once they are well and truly lit they are spread out and grill grates are placed 4 to 6 inches above them. There\u2019s no built-in height adjustment so we use bricks instead. That\u2019s it. <strong>I love this grill for turning it into a giant ad hoc smoker when I want to smoke 50 chickens for the community &#8211; not so much for actual grilling.<\/strong> But, for burgers and hot dogs it gets the job done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officially dinner starts at 5 around here. Normally we line up, fill our plates with lovingly made food from our kitchen, find a seat in the dining room and proceed to enjoy said food and the company of our fellow community members. But this is where things start to go off the rails with \u201cGrill Your Own\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"pullquote pullquote__right\">\u201cIf those coals are really fresh be prepared to lose some arm hair as that temp can be HOT.\u201d<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the day\u2019s designated cooks hurriedly finish preparing the sides, toppings, and the grill for use (hoping the coals are actually ready) the hungry would-be grillers prowl around the edges willing everything to be ready so they can claim their spot on the coals. Once things are finally ready the grates are placed on the grill and the flood gates are released. Dozens of hungry grillers rush forward to claim their frozen hamburger patties and hot dogs (sorry, no steaks here &#8211; unless you brought your own&#8230;).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Space on the grill fills quickly as people place their burgers (and chicken if we\u2019re really feeling festive &#8211; but good luck not drying it out cause remember that part about no temperature control?). If those coals are really fresh be prepared to lose some arm hair as that temp can be HOT. <strong>I\u2019ve seen <em>fully frozen<\/em> burgers cook (on both sides) in under 3 minutes.<\/strong> On the flip side (pun not intended) if you arrive after 5:30 to cook your food it\u2019s going to be a waiting game. Temps can be quite low and your burger is going to fall under the \u201cslow cook\u201d category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are lots of flavoring options to add salt, pepper, worcestershire, garlic powder <strong>(who puts garlic powder on a burger?)<\/strong>, or whatever spice or flavoring strikes their fancy. Pro tip &#8211; this is a good opportunity to mark your burgers in a visually distinctive way so you can actually remember which ones are yours out of the 50 burgers now filling the grill. Otherwise, you can put all that care into making sure they are cooked just right and then someone accidentally takes your perfectly cooked burger and now you\u2019re left with the sad abandoned garlic powder burger that\u2019s been slowly shrinking as it overcooks for the last 20 minutes. <strong>If it gets much smaller it will probably fall through the grates to a well deserved end.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"pullquote pullquote__full\">\u201cThere\u2019s something weirdly universal about holding onto (and playing with) tongs or a spatula while grilling. There\u2019s almost a security blanket type effect with those tongs.\u201d<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tongs and spatulas are shared around as needed.<\/strong> There aren\u2019t enough for everybody to have their own so it\u2019s a good time to practice being OK not holding onto a spatula while your food is cooking. There\u2019s something weirdly universal about holding onto (and playing with) tongs or a spatula while grilling. There\u2019s almost a security blanket type effect with those tongs. It\u2019s like if you\u2019re not holding a spatula you\u2019re not actually \u201cgrilling\u201d even though you\u2019re just letting the charcoal do all the work. Or maybe it\u2019s just me&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Also, if you really want to go to the next level, restrain yourself and LEAVE THE MEAT ALONE.<\/strong> Constantly moving it, flipping it, and (God forbid) pressing on it with a spatula just ruins your dinner. Unless you enjoy dry, tasteless, hockey puck hamburgers, then by all means, carry on. <strong>The charcoal is doing all the real work here. Your job is to stay out of its way.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And of course,&nbsp; like any grill out, <strong>you\u2019re really hoping it\u2019s not going to rain.<\/strong> Our grill area has no roof. When necessary a tarp shelter is jury rigged over as much of the grill as possible but it\u2019s not what you\u2019d call a \u201cpermanent solution\u201d.&nbsp; Sometimes it holds up. Sometimes the torrential downpour overwhelms it and now you don\u2019t need to worry about what to do with your empty hands while you\u2019re not holding tight to that spatula because you\u2019re helping hold the tarp up and trying to drain off all the water in a way that doesn\u2019t completely soak someone near the outside all while trying to keep your precious burger safe and dry.&nbsp;<strong> It\u2019s definitely what you\u2019d call a bonding experience.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"pullquote pullquote__full\">\u201cFor my own mental sanity I don\u2019t think of it as \u201cgrilling\u201d. To me it\u2019s a chance to hang out and literally rub elbows with someone I haven\u2019t gotten a chance to talk with in awhile.\u201d<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the end of it all, you may have lost some arm hair, hopefully it didn\u2019t rain, and you actually walked away from the grill with YOUR burgers (unless yours are really bad, then maybe try and slip away with someone else\u2019s?). For my own mental sanity I don\u2019t think of it as \u201cgrilling\u201d. To me it\u2019s a chance to hang out and literally rub elbows with someone I haven\u2019t gotten a chance to talk with in awhile. 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