Rib-eyes and sweet corn

Southern Belle had been intimidated by the hobo-stove (steel wheel).

I was in the peanut gallery today and did a little bit of coaching.

Handsome Hombre did just fine starting the fire. He used a teepee setup.

Once burning, he added more wood.

We brought our "A" game: Ash and Apricot wood.

Once the larger wood was burning well I suggested (and then demonstrated) densifying the wood by rearranging it parallel like a rick of wood. THen I added more wood. Then I choked the draft by arranging bricks so air was restricted to the bottom of the wheel.

Charcoal accumulates when there is a shortage of oxygen and an excess of fuel.

About twenty minutes later, the flames died out and SB put the grill and rib-eyes on.

She opted to put aluminum foil over the grill to catch the juice and she put a lid over the top to catch a little more heat.

Six minutes on a side, three minutes of "tempering" and then onto our dinner plates.

I think Southern Belle is about 200% more confident cooking over the make-shift hobo-stove than she was before.