My grill is a causality of the ice

[docholly]

We used to grill on Tar-Beach when I lived in the city..then the very 1st thing we bought when we moved to Las Vegas before beds etc was a big round Weber charcoal.

About 6 weeks of living here we won on labor day weekend a drawing at one of the casinos.. the top of the line Weber Gas grill.. big red one etc etc.. all our neighbors would crack up cuz i'd be outside in Dec, Jan Feb in the rain.. grilling away.

That's one of the big things I'll miss moving back to NY.

Originally Posted by Cleo

Unless it fell from a plane but then it would more likely be a dead illegal alien or drugs falling on your grill.

I guess you could then sell the drugs to but a new grill. Not sure how much you can get for a dead illegal alien though.

Could be dumped blue ice chunks of waste from the passing plane too..

[Cleo]

Originally Posted by docholly

Could be dumped blue ice chunks of waste from the passing plane too..

True, Jim didn't actually say what color his ice was or if it had bits of corn in it. When I lived in the Keys we would always look for corn in the water before going snorkeling in case a boat had dumped its waste tank.

[ecchi]

Sorry Jim, you just lost my sympathy. In a desperate attempt to find something to do rather than get back to work, I just looked up your grill on Google and found it was a gas grill, not a proper one.

If you claim on your insurance, then replace it with a proper charcoal or (even better) wood burning one, then the ice did you a favour.

But if you replace it with another gas burning thing then I am going to have to have you arrested for crimes against flavour.

Remember - something died so that you could cook it on your grill, the least you can do is cook it properly.

[Cleo]

Back when I lived in the Latin section of Miami each holidays, seemed like each week there was a new holiday, my Cuban friends would dig a flame pit in their backyard and throw a half a pig or something dead in it, cover it with banana leaves, get really drunk, and spend the next few days eating its flesh. No grill, needed, just a shovel and something to burn.

[emmanuelle]

1 US gallon = 231 cubic inches

your block of ice is 36 cubic feet or 62208 cubic inches
(one cubic foot = 1728 cubic inches)

/231 gives you an approximated 269.3 gallons of ice


one gallon of ice weighs 7.65 lbs (the density of ice is less than the density of water which weighs 8.35 lbs per gallon)

Therefore Jim's block of ice weighed a whopping 2060.145lbs, not accounting for temperature or errors in his measurements.

I think anyone who has shovelled snow will agree that cold water is heavy stuff

[Jim]

Originally Posted by emmanuelle

1 US gallon = 231 cubic inches

your block of ice is 36 cubic feet or 62208 cubic inches
(one cubic foot = 1728 cubic inches)

/231 gives you an approximated 269.3 gallons of ice


one gallon of ice weighs 7.65 lbs (the density of ice is less than the density of water which weighs 8.35 lbs per gallon)

Therefore Jim's block of ice weighed a whopping 2060.145lbs, not accounting for temperature or errors in his measurements.

I think anyone who has shovelled snow will agree that cold water is heavy stuff

So I guess, at least 500 pounds would be accurate even if my measurement was a little off

Even worse, I have a block about twice the size hanging over an enclosed porch roof We have blocked the area from the dogs and moved our birds for the crash. I would go out and hit it with an sledge hammer but I am afraid of the thing falling on me

[Cleo]

Originally Posted by Jim

We have blocked the area from the dogs and moved our birds for the crash.

Wow no one has said this yet in this thread… Jim has dogs?

[emmanuelle]

Originally Posted by Jim

Even worse, I have a block about twice the size hanging over an enclosed porch roof We have blocked the area from the dogs and moved our birds for the crash. I would go out and hit it with an sledge hammer but I am afraid of the thing falling on me

Much better to bring that thing down under controlled (and safer) conditions. If you wait much longer, the thaw will bring it down, which won't be pretty if the mailman happens to be under it.

[Jim]

I did make a small mistake.
It is or was a Vermont Castings grill. And, it was a duel fuel type grill. Although, I only used wood chips and gas. But, if I ever wanted to, I could have used charcoal.

[T Pat]

Why anyone would choose to live where they have to worry about 2000 pound chunks of ice falling off of their roof baffles the fuck out of me

[Licker4U]

Originally Posted by T Pat

Why anyone would choose to live where they have to worry about 2000 pound chunks of ice falling off of their roof baffles the fuck out of me

I agree 100%! All we have to worry about is a little "blow" every now and then And in the wintertime we don't have to cuy holes in ice to go fishing And I agree, charcoal is the only way to go...