With the crap weather that's happening right now in my neck of the woods, it's nice to daydream about days when it's warm enough to hit the beach. Typically, I don't like beaches because they're usually all about sitting there doing nothing, but the dude behind The Food in My Beard has a great burger hack that turns the sand itself into a kettle grill of sorts—provided you bring your own grate (and patties and buns). Just find a couple pieces of driftwood and dig a big ol' hole in the sand: "Throw the coals in the hole. The hole needs to be big enough to let air get to the coals, so you need to find large driftwood to hold the grill."
Just be sure to check the beach regulations and outdoor-cooking statutes wherever it is you might want to try this. I'm sure some places are a little more itchy than others with environmental regs.
What goes around, comes around. I'm in my 60s (early 60s, so back off) and I can remember my folks making sand grills at the lake when I was a little squirt. As a young(er) man living in San Diego, I made them several times a year. Fires were permitted on most beaches then, so long as they were built inside the tideline. I used to catch fish and lobster and buy fresh California oysters, and we had some world class cookouts that often turned into all night bonfires. We'd wrap spuds and corn on the cob in foil to cook in the coals and toss everything else on the grill. Finding driftwood was hit-or-miss, so I always brought along two pieces of rebar which were bent into a wide u-shape to support the grill. Rather than digging a hole, I simply kicked some sand aside to make a shallow depression for the coals, and then piled up more sand as needed to make a wind break. I don't think we ever cooked burgers at the beach, though, since we always had plenty of fresh seafood. Those are the only times in my life that I can remember having more lobster available than I could possibly eat. I live in the desert now, and still carry my sand grill along on camping trips.
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With the crap weather that's happening right now in my neck of the woods, it's nice to daydream about days when it's warm enough to hit the beach. Typically, I don't like beaches because they're usually all about sitting there doing nothing, but the dude behind The Food in My Beard has a great burger hack that turns the sand itself into a kettle grill of sorts—provided you bring your own grate (and patties and buns). Just find a couple pieces of driftwood and dig a big ol' hole in the sand: "Throw the coals in the hole. The hole needs to be big enough to let air get to the coals, so you need to find large driftwood to hold the grill."
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What goes around, comes around. I'm in my 60s (early 60s, so back off) and I can remember my folks making sand grills at the lake when I was a little squirt. As a young(er) man living in San Diego, I made them several times a year. Fires were permitted on most beaches then, so long as they were built inside the tideline. I used to catch fish and lobster and buy fresh California oysters, and we had some world class cookouts that often turned into all night bonfires. We'd wrap spuds and corn on the cob in foil to cook in the coals and toss everything else on the grill. Finding driftwood was hit-or-miss, so I always brought along two pieces of rebar which were bent into a wide u-shape to support the grill. Rather than digging a hole, I simply kicked some sand aside to make a shallow depression for the coals, and then piled up more sand as needed to make a wind break. I don't think we ever cooked burgers at the beach, though, since we always had plenty of fresh seafood. Those are the only times in my life that I can remember having more lobster available than I could possibly eat. I live in the desert now, and still carry my sand grill along on camping trips.
pattyplus at 4:59PM on 03/18/08
Those burgers look great.
That is a really sweet site as well. I will have to bookmark that blog and check it out from time to time.
the hamburgler at 8:48AM on 03/19/08