12 • JUNE 2017 • UPBEAT TIMES, INC.


A Big Green Egg & Ham


by Paul Andrew Doyle


Santa Rosa, CA. ~ BBQ season is well under way! I know, because for me, it is year round! I mean that literally. In


Owner of Buck Stoves Pools & Spas in


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Rosa (707) 527- 7277) set me up with a Big Green Egg, (extra large size $1800 +) ear-


ly last year and I’ve managed to BBQ, meat & veggies, cook pizza, fresh sourdough breads and a lot more!


an effort to improve skills I


have gained over the last 3-1/2 decades, I continue to try new methods to cooking just about everything I could possibly put my hands on.


My good friend Patrick Oster,


At this particular cook-out project I bought a 13-14 lb. pre- cooked ham from Cash & Car- ry, made 1/4 inch slits on the outside of the ham and inserted cloves and let it sit at room temperature for several hours. I made a basting sauce of honey, brown sugar, dijon mustard, or- ange juice and honey, nice and thick to slather & keep moist for the fi ve hour BBQ.


I preset mesquite charcoal


in the base of the egg and got a fi re stared and adjusted the Egg to a steady 325-345 degrees. For fi ve hours, never having to add any additional charcoal, I


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basted the ham with my slurry for the entire time, every 20-30 minutes. Traditionally, and in the past I’ve used the oven and or webber to cook a ham. But the Big Green Egg cooks it with a bit of fl avor magic! I usually put the ham in a pan(that comes with the Egg as an accessory). This way the juices don’t drip off into the charcoal and make a funny tasting smoke. Five hours later...incredible infusion


At the data-entry company where I work, the other operators and I share a coffeepot. One morning I took it into the ladies room to fi ll it with water. Then I began preening in the mirror, brushing my hair and reapplying some makeup. I didn’t realize how long I’d been until someone slid a note under the door. “You win,” it read. Any ransom demand will be met. Just release the coffeepot.” ~


of mesquite and apple wood. I added the apple wood the last 30 minutes BBQ ...so, so good!


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RedwoodCafe.com 12 • JUNE 2017 • UPBEAT TIMES, INC. “The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.” ~ Paulo Coelho


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