Obama's Gift to the Camerons: A Very Cool Grill -- Here's What Makes it Special - heavy duty charcoal bbq grills

The Obama couple did the right thing this time.
They gave British Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife a very cool gift, a $1,900 worth of wood and charcoal --
In Obama's home state of Illinois, the grill and smokers are made elsewhere.
The Obama couple did not do very well last time.
They gave Cameron's predecessor, Gordon Brown, a set of movie DVDs that were not played on devices sold in the UK.
This time the gift is worth 1000 from Engel Brecht Braten.
Last month, I had the chance to cook one at bigball's California home.
Com, one of the network dealers in Engel Brecht.
I am very impressed, to say the least.
This is not a surprise gift, as the two leaders were last seen at a garden party at 10 Downing Street for British and American service personnel.
Two burgers and hot dogs in white shirts and ties.
"Grill" is some kind of stupid stove that is covered with a frying pan on top.
So, what the media call a "barbecue" is more like what they call "fried food "--
In Wisconsin.
To protect black British shirts and ties, Obama wore two White House chef jackets with American and British flags and American prints.
Prime Minister and wife.
Cameron's name is embroidered on each jacket.
Engel Brecht Grill and cooker is a small manufacturer of Parkeston IL, about 3 hours south of downtown Chicago.
They made small portable campfire and fireplace grills, the Braten 1000 and the larger Stahlkammer 2000.
The Braten 1000 has some unusual, beautiful features.
The main one is a coal seam that can be lifted or lowered by turning the wheel attached to the shaft above the grille.
It has two heavy duty stainless steel cables, one on each side of the grill, allowing the chef to lift the coal in order to control the heat.
The closer the coal is to the food, the faster it is cooked.
This arrangement is common on large grills in and around Southern California, commonly known as Santa Maria grills, named after the most popular towns.
This design is also common in Argentina.
But England has some innovation on the typical Santa Maria and Argentine grill.
The traditional model is opened at the top, so the heat can only be applied to one side of the food at a time.
This is good for steaks, burgers, chicken parts, asparagus and other thin food, but for large pieces of thick meat like a roast or the whole turkey, it makes them miserable
Braten has a heavy heat absorbing cover that allows you to get high radiant heat from below when the air is circulating, from above to reflect heat, and from around to get convection heat.
The lid makes it an oven.
Another innovation is that Braten comes with a fireplace.
This allows you to fire on one side and deliver heat and smoke to the main cooking room like a classic "offset" smoker for long, low and slow cooks, like you want when cooking ribs, beef bris or pork.
If you put the coal pan in, the heat and smoke distribution is more uniform than the standard offset.
Firebox has a flat top so it can be used as a side burner for cooking side dishes or keeping the sauce warm.
The unit was over-designed and built far beyond the Hillary Clinton or Sarah Palin administration.
It is heavy duty steel that specializes in welding joints.
According to Englebrecht, the body is powder coated and baked at 16 degrees F.
This is necessary because when cooking on wood, the high temperature will distort the thin metal.
The main cooking grate is 29x17, "493 square inches of cooking surface with plenty of meeting space.
The standard cooking surface is 3/8 "stainless steel rod for the beautiful grill marking, but they offer the most unusual option, V-
A grille that gathers juice and melts fat and drains it out.
This grate is common in Argentina.
Some say the meat tastes cleaner by taking most of the feces out of coal, and others say the feces add to the taste.
There is an aluminum workbench in front with stainless steel tool hook.
The hinge has brass pins that do not rust.
The handle is oak and protects your hand from burns.
The wheels are cast iron.
Although they have installed a better bi-
Metal dial thermometers on the market, which I do not trust, are highly recommended to replace them with modern digital probes.
Obviously, the equipment given to Cameron must have different tools because the president insisted that everything was made in the United States and that Englebrecht did use some imported parts.
According to ABC News, Englebrecht will do the same for you, but it will take an extra fee.
Ball and I decided to make the classic Santa Maria special Tri-Tip.
This is a tender and juicy piece of beef found around the steering crotch under the Sarang at the bottom.
Most of the meat in that area is hard, but the tension muscles are tender and juicy and taste strong.
It is common to throw wood on a charcoal fire to season, but cooking with wood as the main heat source is tricky, and many rookies end up offering meat that tastes like an ashtray.
But the baby is doing well with charcoal and tools.
The ball was thrown in white oak logs.
When cooking with wood, you will never use a soft wood like a pine tree because the resin is toxic.
You can use hardwood floors such as oak, pecans or apples, nuclear or fruit wood.
There was never the use of the starter liquid, only the ignition, newspaper or parafin cube.
Create a hell (
See above)
So you wait to burn them to the glowing fire (at right).
You don't want to cook on a burning flame
The heat is too large and the burning gas is too strong.
You need to wait until the flame goes out and the logs burn into coal.
When the fire subsided, he rubbed the meat with a spice he sold.
We decided to make the signature Santa Maria dishes, Santa Maria style, with the lid open and the meat is high and gently heated at high temperatures.
When it reaches an internal temperature of 130, we all like our beef and he takes off their meat and lets them rest for a few minutes while we toast rolls.
The meat was very tender and juicy, and the smell of wood penetrated in, but never drowned every bit.
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