grilling outdoors for the first time?

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Kai

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our landord is getting our kitchen redone (one that i share with 3 other people) and today the entire appliances such as the stove and oven were wripped out, as well as a sink and our cabinets. Here are the options of ways we could still make food:


we have a really ancient, ugly and overgrown mini 'brick bbq's in our back yard that looks similar to this picture but ours is not nearly as big or nice as this:http://www.brookstonemasonry.com/outdoor%20grills/Outdoor%20grill.jpg

I have no choice but to use this but how?. please, i beg you, do not make fun of me or call me a dumb you-know-what for asking this 'idiotic' question but i honestly do not know how to use it, i was raised in a vegetarian family so we never grilled or used anything like this before. I am very lost but my roommate and I are desperate. how do we get this thing to work?. I assume it needs charcoal and lighter fluid but what else?. Even if i pulled out the majority of the weeds and did some serious cutting of the growth, do you think it would be still safe to use?. Judging by the overgrown plants in and around it, I am guessing this has not been used in 5-8 years. We are kind of broke so getting take-out every night is not a option. one of my roomies has a microwave but id prefer not to use it if i don't have to. We also have a tiny mini charcoal grill that might be better to use. I could borrow my neighbors george foreman grill?, any ideas?
 
Well it all depends on the condition its in you don't want to get food posioning! Make sure it is clean!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Expecially the grill Part!

I dont know what you plan on making but there are a lot of possiblities! You might want to try a toaster oven if that bbg does'nt work out !you can cook alot of things in one of those! Good luck!
 
If you can get the mini charcoal grill going, it is the same concept for the brick bbq....only more charcoal which would just cost you more. As the others said, check the condition of everything first...if it hasn't been used for so long who knows what is living in there :{

For your own sanity...you are probably best off to use the mini grill, microwave or the foreman grill. If your neighbor has a crock pot that may be useful too.

If you talk sweet, maybe your neighbor will just let you use their stove to make a quick meal :0)
 
The microwave and the george foreman grill is the least expensive way to go... since you don't have that much money.

For the overgrown, old brick bbq... take a look at it and look at the conditions.

Is there a grill grate for you to cook on?
Does the base where the charcoal is place look intact?
How dirty is the grill grate?

If the condition looks good and you're fired up about using it, then buy briquettes and a chimney strarter. The chimney starter allows you to start the briquettes without lighter fluid.
Briquettes take about 20 minutes to be ready.
 
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