# Ahhh...the first grilling of the season **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 1, 2006, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-the-first-grilling-of-the-season/350801 "2006-04-01T02:26:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-the-first-grilling-of-the-season/350801/1 "2006-04-01T02:26:31Z")
It was around 80 today in Atlanta. Sunny and gorgeous, with a few clouds here and there. It’s 9:20pm and it is still 70, and I’m still blissfully full. This evening we bought a little charcoal grill at Kroger for $50, some Matchlight charcoal, and had some mmmmMMMMM good homemade cheese burgers off the grill, cooked on our front porch. Extra lean ground beef seasoned with garlic, soy sauce, and black pepper. With a nice slice of smoked gouda. Topped with a few slices of vine-ripened tomato, avocado, some broccoli sprouts, Hellman’s, horseradish spicy mustard, and a smidge of ketchup. _contented sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-the-first-grilling-of-the-season/350801/2 "2006-04-01T02:28:33Z")
Heck, I haven’t _stopped_ grilling! Wednesday Night Barbecue is sort of a tradition here. I picked up some country pork ribs today for next Wednesday. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-the-first-grilling-of-the-season/350801/3 "2006-04-01T02:37:25Z")
Damn you warm people. Damn you Buffalo, New York. It was 68 degrees here today. Grrr. I like chicken. I like to grill. I like to barbecue. Corn is good on the grill. Shrimp is good as well. Whyinthefuck can’t that be me? I need to be rich so I can never be cold again and grill with (more) supermodels. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-the-first-grilling-of-the-season/350801/4 "2006-04-01T02:45:07Z")
> [@Least Original User Name Ever](#): > > Damn you warm people. I’m right up next to the Canadian border. Mid-50s today. High-30s in the Winter is no obstacle to fire + meat! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-the-first-grilling-of-the-season/350801/5 "2006-04-01T02:46:41Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > I’m right up next to the Canadian border. Mid-50s today. High-30s in the Winter is no obstacle to fire + meat! 😃 I won’t deny it. I’ve done winter grilling. I just like warm. I think I also like bitching about being cold, too, though. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-the-first-grilling-of-the-season/350801/6 "2006-04-01T03:25:34Z")
Well, if it would just stop freaking _raining_ here in the bay area I could maybe slap some prawns or steaks on the grill. As it is, I think our Weber is growing mushrooms instead. 25 (I think) days of rain in March, 2006 in San Francisco - a record ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-the-first-grilling-of-the-season/350801/7 "2006-04-01T03:55:45Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > I’m right up next to the Canadian border. Mid-50s today. High-30s in the Winter is no obstacle to fire + meat! 😃 We grill year round as well. Neither rain, nor snow, nor cold, nor dark of night, … Must be a PNW thing. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-the-first-grilling-of-the-season/350801/8 "2006-04-01T04:15:55Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > Must be a PNW thing. > > 😃 Except I’m a native Southern Californian. 😉 Maybe I’m just fitting in. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Waenara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@Waenara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waenara)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahhh-the-first-grilling-of-the-season/350801/9 "2006-04-01T04:33:51Z")
I grill year-round, and I’m in Edmonton, Alberta. Well… I do grill year round, but there are _some_limits. I generally don’t grill if it’s below minus 15 celsius (5F), or if it’s warmer than that but the windchill takes it below minus 20.