How to cook on coals

For those of you who would like to learn a bit more about how to cook on coals. Thanks to http://www.coalgrilling.com/ for the production of this highly educational video.

Cleveland Metroparks Picnic Areas

http://www.clemetparks.com/visit/picnicareas.asp

"Cleveland Metroparks offers many picnic areas featuring shelters and/or canopies, picnic tables and grills, restrooms and a whole range of amenities which can include ballfields, play equipment and horseshoe pits for park visitors to enjoy. The vast majority of these picnic areas are free and available for all to use on a non-exclusive, shared-use basis. Cleveland Metroparks reservations are open daily from 6am to 11pm."

I know that I am planning to cookout in the Metroparks during Cookout Cleveland!

Meet Barbequeman!

http://www.barbequeman.com/

"Larry Gerber, featuring Tie-Dye Bar-B-Que is a spokesperson for many barbeque and cooking-related products." Nice!

And the barbeque grows!

Twitter Count: 77
Facebook Group Count: 79

Conversations are underway for some cool and unique partnerships during the week of Cookout Cleveland. More information will be shared as these are finalized!

One challenge to the fans of Cookout Cleveland is to call into local radio shows and inform the hosts that Cookout Cleveland is planned for the week of July 27th. Let's get the community mobilized around this fun and tasty concept!

What else could we do during the week of Cookout Cleveland?

Cookout Cleveland is on Twitter!

@cookoutctown is one way to learn about the best cookout spots in Cleveland!

Enjoy,
Grill Master

Cookout Cleveland is announced!

We all remember Cleveland Pizza Week; now comes Cookout Cleveland! July 27th thru August 2nd will be a full week of cookouts, cornhole, neighborly conversations, and corn on the cob.

Want to be a part of Cookout Cleveland? This is a grassroots type activity and, other than spreading the general word, I would like to accomplish the following activities/tasks:

• The Metroparks sponsors cookouts rotating around the necklace
• The Today Show sends Al Roker to Cleveland to highlight grilling techniques
• One (or more) of the major Cleveland networks broadcasts from a cookout during Cookout Cleveland
• Tony Rizzo hosts a cookout during his daily radio show
• Cleveland's food bloggers highlight unique dishes that can be prepared at a cookout
• The Downtown Cleveland Alliance and ParkWorks host a downtown cookout on one of the Malls
• A major charcoal company names Cleveland the best place to cookout
• The Food Network covers the week

With just shy of two months what do YOU think we can accomplish? If you're able to make one of the above happen or if you have an idea of your own leave a comment or checkout the Facebook groups page to start the dialogue.

Let's Cookout Cleveland!

The Grill Master