Pictures

VKI Years

Here is a picture of me and my lovely wife, Marilyn, as we stand on the Champs-Elysees in Paris (April 1990).
[Your missing a
groovy picture of my beautiful wife]

[Your missing a
groovy picture of my beautiful wife]

Here is statue of Blaise Pascal, giving my wife the eye, at Le Louvre in Paris while I talk with my buddy Mathias.
[Your missing a groovy
picture of my beautiful wife]

Here are several of my buddies from VKI. [Your missing a
groovy picture of my VKI buddies]

L-R: Me, Guido (why yes, he is Italian), Valdemar, Jens, Phillippe, Mathias (with camera), Erik the Viking, Haluk

Later Years

Here are the boys (1995ish). [Your missing a
groovy picture of my boys]

(L-R: James, Christopher, Andrew)

Barbecue

Here are some pictures showing my barbecue efforts and equipment. I use "Esther", a Klose 20"x60" Backyard Chef and typically smoke beef brisket and pork butt. Esther is named for the classic tune of the same name by ZZ Top. According to David Klose, a pit won't cook right if it doesn't have a name. What better source for a pit name than music by some good ol' Texas boys. I used to use a Char-Griller Smokin' Pro pit. It was a good pit to get me started smoking food without investing a lot of money. Esther has more room for food, a vertical for really low temp smoking, and the steel is 1/4", except the firebox which is 1/2".

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Me and Esther	Me and Esther	Firebox Closed	Firebox Open
Doors Closed	Doors Open	Doors Closed	Doors Open
Horizontal Open	Horizontal Open	Vertical section	Each pit has a birthday
Brisket Christmas 2002	Sliced Brisket Christmas 2002	63lbs of raw brisket 10-01-2004	Brisket on the pit 10-01-2004
Esther smoking away 10-01-2004

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