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Designing Your Own Built In BBQ

Gas and propane barbecues today are sights to behold. With extensive use of high quality materials, and with the high-end predominantly made of stainless steel even built-in barbecues have matured and as more people entertain outdoors patios and decks now sport furniture that would look grand in five star hotels. As a result of all these enhancements to the home more people are opting to skip grills on wheels and build custom barbecues.

Custom barbecues are not new, they started becoming popular in the 1950's but as portable units became more common the trend was toward those types of units. The resurgence of built-in barbecues has fueled growth in this niche market and manufacturers have noticed that home owners are willing to spend thousands of dollars on designer built-in barbecues. And they are helping fuel the flames by offering products that are worthy of high-end kitchens that are operated by internationally recognized chefs.

Building your backyard built-in is not as simple as slapping 2x4's together with cements and bricks. You need to have a good idea of what you want - something simple, or more complex that offers a lot of function as well as style. Some of the high-end built-ins will feature gas, propane or electric grills with convection, multiple burners, storage cabinets, preparation areas, sinks, etc.,

For example, Weber produces the Summit S-460 built-in natural gas grill. It features 4 stainless steel burners rated at 48,800 BTU's, includes a 10,600 BTU infrared rear-mounted rotisserie burner, 10,600 BTU sear burner and an 8,000 BTU smoker burner and stainless steel smoker box. The price starts at around $1,700.00 - this doesn't include any other cabinetry, preparation areas, islands or other accessories.

When you start considering building a built-in barbecue, you are looking at something like an outdoor kitchen.

Several designs feature U shaped outdoor kitchens where people can sit on stools around entertain and plate & serve zone. The cooking zone, and prep zone are off to the right away from your guests.

There are some general rules to follow in planning your homemade barbecue:

Placement - put your barbecue where it can stay for many years, becuase you won't be able to move this around. It should also be in a place where it won't put other structures in danger from fire.

Appearance - the design should follow your home and yard otherwise the barbecue will seem out of place.

Utility - plan on adding refrigeration, preparation areas, entertaining zones and serving zones. A well thought out plan will mean that you will use your built-in
year after year, you don't want to be running in and out for every little thing.

Weather - most people that build built-ins live in areas where they are suitable, but still pay attention to the weather in your area. You do not want to build your barbecue where it's constantly sunny and hot - you won't enjoy cooking and nobody will enjoy eating in a very hot area. Strategically place the barbecue where you get equal amount of sun and shade to make it inviting at anytime during the day.

Maintenance - regardless of the type of barbecue you choose - built-in or movable, you need to maintain the unit and the surrounding area so that critical components are easy to reach or get at if you need to.

Other things to take into account during the planning stage: how many guests do you normally entertain? Do you have enough space to build what you envision? Is professional installation required? Chances are your grill will be propane powered - do you have hookups or will you need to have them installed?

Depending on the layout you choose, there are several items you will want to consider. We've put together a built-in with four zones:

Zone 1 - The Entertain Zone: This will contain items such as an outdoor refrigerator, bartending center, ice bin and coolers, ice machine, beer dispenser, blender and wine cooler.
Zone 2 - Plate and Serve Zone: Warming drawers, food warmers and garnish center.
Zone 3 - Cooking Zone: Grill, doors and drawers, side burners, propane tank bins (if you decide against natural gas), griddles, ovens and sufficient ventilation.
Zone 4 - Prep Zone: Remember to include sinks, trash bins, paper towel holders, cutting boards and dry storage pantry.

Designing and planning your own built-in does take a lot of work and though, but once it is ready you can host backyard barbecues for friends or just family and each time it will get easier and easier as you learn to maximize your built-in.

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Car Ramps

And the River, She Rises

There's a full moon in sight,

Shinin' down on Lake Ponchatrain.

And the River, she rises

Just like she used to do.

She's so full of surprises

She reminds me of you.

My daughters have i-pods. They don't know the joy of hearing their favorite songs on the radio-especially the thrill of that magical coincidence...that blissful, ephemeral moment when the song plays exactly when it should. My daughters, Robyn and Trystan, don't know about listening to top-40 radio day and night and day and night until even your parents, who are Glenn Miller through-and-through, cave-in and start singing along with your favorite song. My girls don't know about the endless guerilla battle for buttons on the car-radio; they won't know the number one Road Rule-"driver calls the music," even more important than who calls shotgun. They and their passengers will live in parallel universes, those little ear-plus in their ears.

"Poco," who I'm wildly speculating were the sane and sober survivors of "Buffalo Springfield," sang about New Orleans during my summer between sixth and seventh grade...I think. 1978. Whatever grade you're "going into" when you're 11 and the whole world is about boobs, boys, love, romance, and learning how to French kiss. Naturally I, more concerned about boys than song lyrics, didn't figure out that Poco sang about New Orleans until about two years later when I actually listened to all the lyrics. I tend to "perseverate" on things. I hate that word, but I admit that I do it; and in my original 1978 summer of "Heart of the Night," I gently and quietly held my breath until the boys busted-out the refrain, "I trust in your love just like I do in this town." For all I knew, they were singing about Park Ridge, Illinois, the old neighborhood, where my darling mother still lives and takes care of business.

I didn't feel crushed when I discovered Poco paid homage to the Crescent City. I've been there-stayed at "The Maison DeVille," a very-very-very comme il faut little fourteen room hotel in The French Quarter, of course, allegedly once home of the cocktail's inventor, which I think is wonderfully coincidental, because the hotel adjoins the Court of the Two Sisters, where one can enjoy the cocktails Msr. DeVille so ingeniously conceived and concocted.

That's the long way of saying I've been to New Orleans, loved every minute of it, didn't want to leave, but at these prices, unless you're Poco, you cannot afford to stay. Better to pay homage in song and go home to Park Ridge.

Now, it's different. Now, when I hear that song, I do feel a little crushed...and a lot worried.

New Orleans, bravely rebuilding itself, paid a high price for washing away its fine patina of culture and gentility. When the traditions washed away, the ugly racial and economic divisions came out, and we all had to deal with the ugly realization that the government really won't go where the po' folk live.

"Put 'em in trailers" sounds a whole helluva lot to me like "Let 'em eat cake."

That's the intellectual part of my worrying. The visceral part feels a lot more intense.

In my world, the associative chain links with links until it gets to "Hurricane, wildfire-it's all pretty much the same."

In other words, I identify with the people in New Orleans. I understand their dilemma, because I, too, have wrestled with it. And for all my relentless questioning and very skilled grappling, I never have mastered, subdued or reconciled the dilemma. When the voice on my radio growls, "We interrupt this broadcast...," my heart goes into overdrive, because I know-deep down in my gut where I never have made a mistake, I know-we're about to repeat the series of impossible questions families must answer as they face imminent disaster.

When the water's rising in what used to be your front yard, or when the fire's tear-assing down the hillside you used to call your "view," you've gotta face and deal with some truly profound questions for which I don't think we have right answers.

With a hurricane, you get a little warning and some really cool Technicolor pictures on CNN. With a wildfire, you get lots of smoke in the air and ribbons of fire coming down your mountain sides-also cool pictures if you don't live in them. For the people who have addresses and roots in "the cone of uncertainty" or "the fire's path," it's all still beautiful-awe-inspiring and breathtaking really-but really not so cool.

Question One: Will you leave? Where will you go?

Here's my basic data: I'm the single mom of two beautiful and brilliant daughters, one of whom is away at college in a place where neither hurricanes nor wildfires appear-ever!-on the horizon. Robyn didn't plan it that way, but she's not unhappy about the serendipity. With one daughter in college and another in high school, both addicted to Abercrombie and Billabong, life grows progressively more expensive. Yes, the "x" pays his support, and it's pretty-much right on time, but we're not makin' the $5million a year John McCain says we need to rise out of the middle class. We're off by quite a few zeros. The house is just about my only asset. Without the house, my net worth is about like the national debt.

Given all that data, living under the data's influence all day every day, actually with all that data so deeply tattooed on my brain it seems like part of my genome, my first instincts already put me at war with myself. I want Trystan to be safe, and I want to save my beloved little house-have Marie Antoinette's cake and eat it, too. I know you recognized the dilemma.

How much time do we have before "imminent" becomes right here and right now?

If we go, where will we go?

I would like to stay with family, but I'm an only child. My local ex-mother-in-law still likes me, but I have approximately as many qualms about going there as I have questions about life, literature, politics, and the human condition. My very own sole surviving family member, my darling mother who, as we noted, still lives and takes care of business in Park Ridge, Illinois, is not exactly "driving distance"-not even by California standards, and not even with my passion for jammin' along the Interstates like I was the original Mustang Sally.

"Stay with friends," my little voice perkily suggests, except all my friends are right here with me in the fire's path, and not one of them is so all-fired fireproof that she can say, "Sure! Come on over! We'll barbeque."

My little voice, still perky and determined to make the very best of a perfectly shitty situation, then goes Mary Poppins on me: "Well, screw it! Pack Wendell, the dog; Annie, the cat; Trystan, the kid, and just take off for Palm Springs. Get tan instead of sooty." But we ain't even got tuppence for the bag of birdfood let alone the cost of a night or two or three in Palm Springs. Hell, when you live in a resort, you don't really save-up to go to resorts. We invented the "staycation," and we just recently got around to sharing it. There is no way I'm gonna pay resort prices and 21% credit-card interest; and don't try to comfort me by reminding, "It's the off-season, you know." I'll show you an off-season.

It comes down to "shelter or house?"

How many garden hoses do we have, exactly? I mean the ones that actually will hose water the way they're supposed to? How much can Wendell lift his leg and pee?

Question Two: Are you actually prepared to stay?

The cunning linguists coined "Shelter in place" as a polite term for "you're on your own."

I actually felt relieved when Ray Nagin, whose moustache really has to go-get the full goat or shave it all, dude-kept it real, saying flatly, "If you stay, you are on your own. No services. No water, no power, no sewer. And if we see you out on the streets after curfew, you are a suspicious person."

So, there you have it-your warning and your checklist all in one simple announcement.

Can we make it without cable and internet, the staves of life in our world? Hey, we still have a top-40 radio! Let's turn it on. Naturally, no batteries. Okay, if the power goes out, will we have some place to plug in our radio...and even more importantly, our refrigerator. Yes, by the oddest series of coincidences, we do have a generator big enough to power those two-and probably only those two-appliances. We have books to read; I have my favorite old legal pads and lots of soft pencils; we can recreate pioneer life.

Do we have enough gas to power the generator? Can we keep that gas from exploding? And speaking of exploding gas, can we turn-off the gas to the house and protect the car, so that we're not surrounded by IED's?

Yeah, we can do that.

If the water really does go off, what can we do to fight the fire? Well, why wait? Take the sprinklers to the roof and start watering-down the eaves. The roof is fireproof-red tile, very southern California and all-it's the eaves that catch. And turn-on all the garden sprinklers. Drought, my ass. Still, we'll double check our insurance coverage, and we'll find a safe place to hunker down. "Hunker" seems like a great verb until you actually have to act-it-out.

If the water really does go off, can we handle being dirty, stinky, and without toilets for several days? Well, we've been to the Over-the-Line Tournament in Mission Beach. If we can survive that kind of deprivation and stink, what's a wildfire?

We're already suspicious. Trystan and I think of ourselves as women on the edge. We'll control our urges to run outdoors and into the flames; that kind of good behavior should curtail the suspicions.

Do we have enough food to last for several days? Does dog food count? How good am I at cooking on an open flame? Yeah, we could make it. Helluva way to drop a few pounds, but didn't I already say we're recreating pioneer life? Damn pets are too fit; no good meat on either one of 'em. But there's that possum that lives in the ivy up on the hill...

Combo questions Three and Four: If you stay, how will you feel? If you go, how will you feel?

We have come to the heart of the matter. Wasn't that a song, too? But by Don Henley, not Poco.

Let's face the grim uglies, bombaderas: No matter how we answer the questions, no matter what we choose, I am going to feel absolutely, totally and completely, 112% powerless. And among all the feelings we will endure for the fire's duration and all the time it will take to recover, powerless ranks number one among the very-very-very worst.

I hate feeling powerless!

And now we transcend the heart of the matter, going into its spirit.

"What's your most familiar quotation, Kyrie?" my little voice prompts. Yeah, yeah, I snarl, because I know I take fierce pride in "proclaiming" my personal gospel: We go to church just as an excuse for the dinner or brunch afterwards, but you never will find a person with faith more profound than mine. The pride, of course, kills; but the sentiment remains true, and the faith remains even truer.

Although He doesn't always return my calls, and although He has not sent me a personal angel like Earl on "Saving Grace," nevertheless I can tell my Great Father likes me. I am the living proof, the Deity's Exhibit 'A', that He has a great sense of humor and an even greater sense of irony.

Given the nature of our relationship, God will make certain that the house burns to the slab and the landscaping remains perfect. Of course, I am generally considered part of the landscaping, so I'll be fine.

Given the nature of our relationship, God will make certain that, if we go to the shelter, it will be packed wall-to-wall with PTA Moms and televangelists, all of whom have been waiting-planning, preparing, and counting down to the perfect moment-just to corner me and give me hell for something I said or wrote. The goddam President of the PTA will have a copy of the article, and she will wave it in my face as she rants. The televangelist will play with me, capriciously, like "sinners in the hands of an angry god," detailing how I am the incarnation of all things depraved... And no matter how much I protest, "Hey, dudes, I just ask questions!" No matter how well I can demonstrate that they totally have taken the stuff out of context, that they're takin' it way too personally, and that they're just flat-out reading it wrong-that's not what that word means, damn it!-still, they're gonna hold me personally responsible for everything from West Nile virus to the wildfire itself.

Given the nature of our relationship, of course, God will consider these attacks part of my apprenticeship as a writer. One way or another, He will let me know that we were on Chapter 37 anyway, and I learn so much more from experience than I ever would learn from reading the book. Yes, this will be on The Midterm. And, yeah, my house still will burn to the ground, but it's a small price to pay for so much wisdom.

The Ultimate Dilemma, and The Answer

Fire or ire?

Hmmmm. There's no Door Number Three, hunh?

Well, if this really is it, then I'm takin' the big leap of faith, and I'm takin' my dog with me.

C'mon, Wendell, get your list. We gotta shop for survival supplies.

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Sunday School Craft - Memory Verse Scrapbook Page

I teach a Sunday school class of fourth and fifth grade girls. One of things they enjoy the most is when we do a craft together. Sometimes they give me ideas of what they want to do, and other times I find some easy projects. I always try to either relate the craft to the lesson, or at least to a Bible verse.

A craft that the girls really liked was this memory verse scrapbook page. The colors of all the materials can be adapted to the season, if desired.

Materials

One 12 by 12 inch sheet of scrapbook paper in a decorative pattern for each girl
One 8 1/2 by 11 inch sheet of plain colored scrapbook paper
Markers or glitter markers
Glue
Scissors, either plain or the ones that cut decorative borders
Yarn or ribbon
Hole Punch

Directions

1. Write the Bible verse on the plain sheet of scrapbook paper. This can be done with a black or colored marker, or a glitter-type marker.

2. If you have the decorative-cutting scissors, let the children cut around the edge of the paper they have just written the verse on. If not, it is fine the way it is.

3. Glue the plain paper to the larger patterned scrapbook paper.

4. Now, hole-punch around the outside of the large scrapbook paper. Make the holes evenly spaced at a length good for stitches.

5. Using matching yarn or ribbon, have the kids "sew" in and out of the holes. You may need to put a little piece of scotch tape at the end of the yarn to keep it from fraying or being too wide to go through the holes.

6. When finished putting the yarn or ribbon through all of the holes, tie a little knot in the yarn where it won't be seen. You can even put a piece of tape to hold it to the back of the project for extra strength.

This creates a lovely scrapbook page from the Bible memory verse. They can hang it up in their room, on the refrigerator, or put it in a plastic sleeve in an actual scrapbook. Don't forget to have them put their name and date on the back of the page.

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Stand Mixer Buying Advice

Heavy-duty stand mixers are no longer reserved for the professional chef. Many kitchens are now sporting this sleek modern convenience as even the novice cook is finding the benefits of the stand mixer to be invaluable. Stand mixers can finish off time-consuming steps like beating egg whites or whipping cream in a flash, or put a family-size batch of mashed potatoes on the dinner table in mere minutes. Unlike portable mixers, powerful stand mixers can take on heavy-duty chores like blending flour into stiff cookie dough and kneading bread. If you are in the market for a stand mixer, you need to choose the one that fits your lifestyle and budget, whether you're a novice cupcake-baker or a serious home chef.

Mixing Action

Most stand mixers share the same basic setup - a mixer head mounted on a base that holds the mixing bowl. The head tilts up or lifts with a lever so you can attach or remove the beater(s). But all beaters are not created equal.

Budget stand mixers often use the familiar pair of stationary, interlocking beaters seen on hand mixers, with a rotating bowl. If you're an occasional baker, this type of stand mixer can get light tasks done at a bargain price, but be warned, it will likely struggle with stiff cookie or bread dough. The beaters can get too clogged to spin, and the bowl may stop turning. Also, since the beaters can't reach the bowl's edges, you'll be scraping down the sides frequently.

The best choice for most buyers is a stand mixer with "planetary mixing action." In this design a single flat beater (or other attachment) moves the way a planet orbits the sun simultaneously spinning on its own axis and traveling a circular path around the bowl. This motion creates more contact between beater and ingredients, acing tasks like creaming butter or blending flour into dough in record time. Another time saver - the beater makes it to every part of the bowl, so you seldom need to scrape it down.

Power and Speeds

Are you going to use your stand mixer frequently for tough jobs like bread kneading? If so, you'll want a powerful model, but determining power can be confusing. Stand mixer motors are rated in watts. Different mixers offer anywhere from 200 to over 1000 watts of power. But don't be too impressed by a high wattage rating it's mainly a marketing gimmick. Stand mixer tests and reviews consistently show little correlation between wattage and performance. One helpful measure of a stand mixer's true power is the number of cups of flour it can handle. KitchenAid has a "Flour Power" rating in their stand mixer descriptions, ranging from 8 to14 cups depending on the model. A bread enthusiast should choose a stand mixer that can tame 10 or more cups.

Speeds are another case where you shouldn't get hung up on numbers. Stand mixers offer anywhere from 3 to 15 speeds, which are adjusted with dials, slide levers, push buttons, or digital touch pads. Slow speeds incorporate dry ingredients without flinging them out of the bowl; the fastest speeds are used to whip cream or egg whites. You'll want to choose a stand mixer with at least 5 or 6 variations for the best control, but more, while they certainly won't hurt, won't affect performance much.

Attachments

Budget stand mixers may come with a pair of standard chrome or stainless stationary beaters, and not much else. They'll do the trick on simple batters, but if breads, cookies, and meringues are part of your baking routine, you'll get better results if you have the right tools for the job. That's where attachments come in. Opt for a planetary action stand mixer that comes outfitted with a flat beater for efficient stirring/blending, a wire whisk for whipping tasks, and a dough hook tailored for kneading bread. Some stand mixers also come with a splash guard, a pouring chute for adding ingredients, or a very handy second mixing bowl.

Serious cooks should check out mid-to-high-end stand mixers that can accept a myriad of optional attachments. Accessories like juicers, meat grinders, grain mills, pasta makers, sausage stuffers, can openers and shredders can convert a stand mixer into a multi-purpose kitchen workhorse. Of course these extras will boost cost, so carefully consider which ones you'll actually use.

Size Matters

Stand mixers are hefty items, many weighing well over 20 pounds. A heavier all-metal mixer will be more durable than a lightweight, partially plastic model, and also more stable less likely to "walk" across your counter during mixing. A lighter model may need a hand to steady it occasionally not ideal if "hands-free" mixing is your goal. However, if you're planning to stow your stand mixer in a cabinet between uses, lighter can have advantages. Be realistic about how many pounds you can comfortably lift and maneuver.

Many cooks skip the lifting and make their stand mixer a permanent fixture on their countertop. If that's your plan, consider height as well. If the mixer will live under a cabinet, make sure you have sufficient clearance, including enough extra room to tilt the head up.

The other size issue to consider is capacity. Stand mixer bowls hold anywhere from 1 ½ to 7 quarts. 4 to 6 quarts should be plenty for most cooks. If you need to feed a dozen hungry people or make double batches of bread, you can choose a super size 7-quart bowl, but these can be very tall and hard to scrape down, and may be too big when you just need to beat a couple eggs. Some stand mixers come with two bowls of different sizes, letting you pick the best size for the task at hand.

Styling

There's a good chance your stand mixer is going to stay on your countertop, where you'll see it every day. Luckily, these machines are often as decorative as they are functional. Performance is crucial, but once you've identified the features that are right for you, don't be shy about considering looks too. Long gone are the days when a plain white stand mixer was your only choice. KitchenAid offers classic styling in a rainbow of over 20 hues like Almond Cream, Green Apple, and Bing Cherry. Other stand mixer manufacturers have followed suit, so even in the budget range, you'll find a selection of colors.

If classic isn't quite you, Hamilton Beach and Sunbeam offer stand mixers with retro appeal, and DeLonghi's design has a sleek modern edge. Great styling that coordinates with your kitchen will give you one more reason to love your stand mixer.

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