Extra Extra, Owen Joins BBQ Newsgroup, Read All About It

For this exercise I wanted to join a hardcore group that took their topic very seriously, unfortunately my search for that term yielded unexpected results. Well not so unexpected really, in my rush to get the task done I forgot to run my search term through the "does this somehow relate to porn" computer. With that minor setback behind me I joined the Smoke Ring BBQ Group. Being an Australian male I have strong emotional and cultural ties to my BBQ and felt this US based group needed some expert antipodean guidance. It didn't take long to find a poor soul on the verge of making a big, and all too common, mistake.

Jason, had fallen into the trap of thinking Stainless Steel is the Holy Grail of BBQ materials. As I explained to Jason, stainless is fine for the body of the BBQ but enamel coated plates are far superior to cook on. Crisis averted.

I found this process quite painless, and didn't have the spam problems others experienced. However I will not be a member of the BBQ Smoke Ring for long although I admire the passion its members, like the members of a lot of these groups, have for their hobby. It gives me a similar feeling to when I watch the Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses door knocking my street. I like, almost envy, their devotion but I am incapable of that sort of concentrated focus in my life.