Brute's latest activity

Pounded lime quarters, garlic cloves & dried shrimp in a mortar, added blanched green beans, tomatoes & cukes…fish sauce, sugar and...

Did you ever sell it? I just recently sold Brute to a friend who is using it the way it’s meant to be…but I sorely miss both JK6 &...

Threw the taters on 20 mins earlier to get some smoke on them…asparagus soup… I couldn’t believe this little guy didn’t move while I...

Braised lamb shank, lentil ragout…

Mt Rainier from my backyard…

While I do have hickory planks for longer cooks, this was a cedar plank...well soaked, barely got singed until the fish was 130 and...

Chicken Thighs & Wild Rice Bake Simple and good!

Nice day for grilling…white king salmon, with compound butter, Okinawan sweet potato. 5% of king (Chinook) salmon have an aberration in...

Grilled chicken breast, greek herbs marinade. Experimenting with some honey balsamic dressing and Gorgonzola on the chicken. Refreshing...

Had friends over and did pizzas for Fourth celebrations. Nothing like a wood fire pizza.

Reverse seared. Grass fed grass finished from a local (WV) closed herd. Bought the whole steer. Steaks are next level great as are all...

Finished the trip with 2 days on the Yakima & Cle Elum rivers…seriously windy, gusting to 25-30…a bunch of small fish, but still managed...

Early dinner so we can head out to the river for a couple hours before dark…sunset bite