…shall stop my husband from grilling in our Faribault backyard.
Grilling conditions: 19 degrees Fahrenheit and heavy snow falling around 6 p.m. Sunday
On the menu: Chicken breasts, baby red potatoes and asparagus.
Bonus for the husband’s work lunches: brats
TELL ME: Would you grill in these conditions or worse? Let’s hear.
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Minnesota Prairie Roots 
We are from SoCal and wanting to move out of state…… haha, this gives us something to think about😉. Looks like he’s doing a great job!
Plenty of room for you here in Minnesota. And you can learn how to grill in the winter. Just dress warm.
Well Audrey, my husband would do that too! What wonderful hearty men we have to make our jobs easier. Plus the bonus of food on the grill always so much tastier. I have to admit though, I’m not quite so hearty and would cook on the stove first. We are truly blessed I think.
Now that polar bear plunge thing is a whole different story. Those people are crazy!
I like that: wonderful, hardy men.
We grill/smoke in any weather… but thankfully here we rarely have to deal with snow!!
Much easier when you don’t have to deal with snow.
Have done it
Good for you. Welcome to the club.
I never went ice fishing on Mille Lacs without a BBQ grill, no we never ate ‘eel poute’ Walleye & Prime Rib 😉
Now that’s one great ice fishing meal.
Grilled food always tastes so much better and we have done this in the past but Chris never really enjoyed winter grilling so not much happened. Now we can grill much easier and usually with no snow although we did get a few inches over the weekend at our place in Brevard. The good news—it was all gone by the next day. 🙂 Grill on, Randy, grill on!
I agree that grilled tastes so much better. Randy has grilled in minus 20 degree temps. A turkey once for an early family Christmas dinner.
Now THAT is hardcore. I tip my hat out of respect and reverence. 🙂
I will pass your message along to Randy.
I live just North of Fairbault in Elko and I never put my grill away! Grilled Burgers and Brats in the middle of a snow storm are the best! Does he put any ceramic fire place bricks in the bottom to help maintain heat?
Nope, no special anything. Just charcoal heaped into the good old Weber grill.
Kudos to you for being among the diehard winter grillers.
That’s the way to go!
No gas grill for Randy.
I just checked out your blog. I’ll be back.
Absolutely…..would do/have done!!!! Although, I think I do NOT miss the challenge of bringing the grill to temp (and keeping it there!) in order to cook….LOL! We grill most every day in far less challenging temps, although the winds most days are sustained 15+mph which has its own set of challenges!!
Here’s to hardy Minnesotans like you and Tom who grill in every season.
LOL!!!! And I/we wish we could join you in lifting a glass of Tom’s wine in assent!!!!!
Oh, that would be wonderful. I love your husband’s wine.
I think it’s great that Randy grills in the winter, why not? I’m actually even more impressed with his abilities to grill a meal, and that he used the good old charcoal grill. I am the griller in the family (only because Rick usually walks away forgetting to watch the food and everything burns) we have a gas grill, but I feel like that’s cheating 🙂
Randy has been the griller for nearly 35 years, exactly how long we’ve been married. If we had a gas grill, I’d probably grill. But I find grilling with charcoal to be too challenging. Randy grills almost every Sunday evening. I welcome the break from cooking.
Absolutely. I have also grilled in below zero temps. Nothing like grilled meat and roasted veggies.
It’s so great to hear from readers like you who enthusiastically endorse winter grilling. Way to go, Ken.
Yum!!! I personally don’t cook on the grill and unfortunately I can’t seem to convince my hubby to do it this time of year either. However, my Step Father grills ever Saturday unless they aren’t home. Mmm leftover brats….
Your stepfather and my husband would get along great. Here’s to another guy who grills every weekend unless he’s not home.
I bet they’d find some things in common over cars too
Oh, yes, my automotive machinist husband can talk cars.
A true Minnesotan hope you enjoyed the dinner
I always enjoy whatever Randy grills, except brats, which I typically do not eat.