Extreme Tailgate Society: November 2014

Thursday, November 27, 2014

Pork Puller Review

One item that has been worth every penny is the Roman Pork Puller. It makes shedding a whole pork butt or beef chuck roast a breeze.

I bought this gadget in the off season because pulling pork is a drag. It takes a lot of effort to pull with forks, especially if I am preparing more than one butt.

Basically it is a stainless steel disc with metal fingers set on a rod that attaches to a drill.

Simply take the rested butt, remove the bone and place it in a stainless stock pot. The rest is amazing. By plunging the disc and pulsing the power the entire roast is rendered to a pile of perfectly pulled pork in about 12 seconds.

Better than pulling by hand because all of the meat blends to a consistent product.

$68 at www.porkpuller.com.

The best tailgate game day. Win or lose, you will have fun.

Monday, November 24, 2014

The Weber Ranch Kettle

We out grew our grilling needs a few years ago. We tried to compensate by adding more weber 22 ½ in grills. At three grills it became a transport and convenience issue. Not to mention the time needed maintaining three fires. Even the addition of a weber smokey mountain smoker couldn't do what we needed.

In comes the weber ranch kettle to the rescue. This grill is a beast and the biggest grill weber makes.

Extreme Tailgate found their weber ranch in the off season on Craigs List for $400. They retail for $1299 plus tax.

Now we can fire up this grill with two chimneys and add some unlit charcoal and we are cooking for a couple of hours. Usually two or three people can share grill space depending on configuration of hot zones.