March 9th 2009
Description
It has been a long time since the last AWBC BBQ. As Scott and Dawson set up one of the two new BBQs they received as presents at Christmas they are happy to be back at the grill, but both admit that this unscheduled long break is playing on their minds. The unconscious decision to cease BBQing for the last few months has left both co-founders wondering where the AWBC’s future lies… or indeed whether there is a future at all…
Getting back into things in true AWBC style – BBQing at night in a steady drizzle – they settle down and thrash out these difficult questions while the simple ingredients for some tasty AWBC burgers sizzle on the grill. They agree early on that the ferocious timetable of BBQing over the last year has been a double-edged sword; whilst the sheer number of BBQs in all sorts of conditions, as well as the achievements born through this packed timetable of BBQs has been impressive to say the least, both Scott and Dawson also feel that this current model of AWBC BBQing has brought about a “grill fatigue” which first caused the innovation so core to the AWBC to disappear and, eventually, brought about the apathy towards BBQing seen over the past few months.
Whilst both co-founders admit there is much to be glum about, they decide that this is not – cannot – be the end of the AWBC and set about discussing it’s evolution from the champion of all weather grilling to something even greater. From their long and illustrious list of past BBQs Scott and Dawson pick out the more unusual and innovative BBQs as their proudest moments in the Committee’s history, agreeing that they point the way forward for the AWBC. Both also decide that a more relaxed pace of BBQing will give them more time away from the grille to discover new foodstuffs, create more complex recipes unique to the AWBC and prepare food in advance ready for these more important BBQ occasions.
Their freshly cooked burgers are no longer the impending swansong of the AWBC, but the last page in the successful first chapter of the Committee’s history. It will not be long before Chapter Two begins…