Desert Kitchen Set-up with #2

[Camadile]

Hi Guys,
It's been a while....  I thought you might like my outdoor kitchen set-up that I used all weekend out at the desert house.  We smoked up the best bacon I ever had, used the skin from the pork bellies to make chicharrones, made tomatillo/chicharron guisado (a wonderful Mexican stew) on the Mojoe Griddle over a washtub fire pit and a beautiful breakfast with the home made bacon!  Just me and my buddy cooking all weekend with nobody to bother us!

Cam

 

[Meatball]

That is awesome scenery,, beats my back porch any day lol  Amazing view!!

 

[old sarge]

Welcome back Cam. Your set up looks like a scene out of Death Valley Days.

 

[Camadile]

That is awesome scenery,, beats my back porch any day lol  Amazing view!!

The snow capped mountains in the background includes San Gorgonio Peak which is 11,502 feet high!

Cam

 

[Camadile]

Welcome back Cam. Your set up looks like a scene out of Death Valley Days.

Except for that shiny thing on the left!

Thanks!

 

[Camadile]

I couldn't get this site to upload more than one picture at once so here are some others in separate posts...

This one is the finished bacon right out of the #2:

 

[JustChillin]

The view is great! Especially the one of the bacon. Where is the power coming from, I hope there is a cabin near by.

 

[Camadile]

The view is great! Especially the one of the bacon. Where is the power coming from, I hope there is a cabin near by.

Yes, this is one of my favorite places!  My buddy and I have a shack out in the middle of nowhere in the California desert.  It has electricity and "city" water.  Here's a picture of the house:

 

[Camadile]

Here are the tomatillos and onions roasting on the Mojoe:

 

[Camadile]

We set the pork bellies out in the desert sun/air for a few hours to develop a very nice panicle (sp?) before they went in the Smokin-it.  And yes, every desert property absolutely must have at least one old truck on blocks!  In this case, it is a 1963 Dodge Custom.

 

[Camadile]

Cooked chicharron with pig nipples:

 

[Meatball]

That is awesome scenery,, beats my back porch any day lol  Amazing view!!

The snow capped mountains in the background includes San Gorgonio Peak which is 11,502 feet high!
All the best to you... that view is screaming for a cigar !!!! lol

Cam

 

[ibbones]

Here are the tomatillos and onions roasting on the Mojoe:

i love tomatillos.  The ones I can get here are crap and the local store only has a very small selection.

 

[Moscowbni]

Doesn't get much better than that!

 

[Eds smoking]

I love your setup, especially you washing machine grill. My question is how do you put wood in with the flat plate on top? And how do you keep it from sliding off? We have one for camping without the round plate on top. I made a expanded metal grate that fits over 3/4 of the top with two handles and bent down to keep it from sliding off. best grill . We take the grate off and use it for our fire pit at salmon camp.Our washing machine drum is stainless steel, and has 3 legs that are 13 inches high so when we sit around it the heat radiates out and keeps our legs warm.

 

[Camadile]

I love your setup, especially you washing machine grill. My question is how do you put wood in with the flat plate on top? And how do you keep it from sliding off? We have one for camping without the round plate on top. I made a expanded metal grate that fits over 3/4 of the top with two handles and bent down to keep it from sliding off. best grill . We take the grate off and use it for our fire pit at salmon camp.Our washing machine drum is stainless steel, and has 3 legs that are 13 inches high so when we sit around it the heat radiates out and keeps our legs warm.

Thanks Ed!  Excellent questions.  The griddle that I use on my washtub fire pit is called the Mojoe Griddle.  I am the owner and inventor of the company that sells it.  The guys here on the Smokin-it forum were extremely helpful with advice when I was first getting started with it.

The Mojoe comes with two stainless steel handles that can be attached on opposite sides of the griddle so that you can lift it straight off the washtub (or Weber, or campfire or propane stove or any other heat source) and set it on the ground, with food still sizzling, while you add more firewood.

The Mojoe also has three steel bars radially welded to the bottom of the plate.  These "mounting" bars, with a purposefully rough bottom edge, lift the Mojoe up off the rim of your heat source by one inch allowing heat and air to flow freely out to the edge of the Griddle.  the mounting bars also provide a very stable three points of contact to the rim of the heat source.  Also, the Mojoe is made from 1/4" steel plate and weighs 35 pounds so its weight alone just makes it hard to move or slide around.

Here's a couple of videos that I made while using the Mojoe on a washtub fire pit:

https://youtu.be/85wCGCAFSUM

https://youtu.be/_RpC5Jz7b28

You can also check out our website at:

www.mojoegriddle.com

Cam

 

[Meatball]

I can only imagine the sense of serenity you must get at sunset with the smoke going... that is living.

 

[Camadile]

I can only imagine the sense of serenity you must get at sunset with the smoke going... that is living.

There's nothing like it - Crisp dry air, beautiful desert scenery and a hint of meat smoking.  The sunsets at this spot can be spectacular.  Here's a sample:

 

[Camadile]

Here's another desert sunset pic from there:

 

[Durangosmoker]

Nice!