El Jefe

Perhaps you will recognize this man, who I am now calling El Jefe, from his blog, Mad Meat Genius. Please note that he has a strip of bacon emblazoned on his tshirt. There's a reason for that.

Perhaps you will recognize one or two of the plethora of grills, barbecues, chimneys and smokers operating yesterday in Dr. Biggles' back yard and will realize that the bacon sizzler in this picture is made of a repurposed plowshare.

Perhaps this will give you some idea of the extensive education in the art of grilling My Beloved and I received yesterday from three extraordinary grill men, Dr. Biggles, El Jefe and their pal Abram. We nibbled on the fruits of their labors - bacon (fried, grilled, smoked), ribs (Hawaiian style), chicken (smoked to juicy perfection), tri-tip (ditto), sausage (ditto), walnut-cranberry cornbread (a Dutch oven classic) all afternoon, augmented by Cranky's seriously delicious potato salad with chives and chive flowers, and Cookiecrumb's killer guacamole. They even put a smoky twist on the lamb sliders we contributed to the event, making them even more eye-rollingly delicious than I thought was possible. Juices flowed, chins were wiped and fingers licked

We sat at the feet of the masters. We are in meaty awe.