Bottom Line: The Amazon Fire Stick is a great media source for streaming content. The big three devices for streaming media content are Apple TV, Roku, and Amazon Fire. I don’t have any experience with Apple TV, but I did receive a [easyazon_link identifier=”B00UJ3IREE” locale=”US” tag=”backyardmov05-20″]Roku 2[/easyazon_link] as a gift and liked it, so I … [Read more…]
This deal appears to have expired. This is a great deal on a great electric smoker! I have owned a [easyazon_link identifier=”B00104WRCY” locale=”US” tag=”backyardmov05-20″ popups=”n”]Masterbuilt Smoker[/easyazon_link] since 2011 and it is still going strong. My old Brinkmann smoker simply couldn’t stand up to the brutal winds of the Colorado prairie and I asked my wife … [Read more…]
RTIC has their drinkware 33% off! These are great deals on RTIC drinkware. A lot of people think that RTIC products perform comparably to products produced by another luxury cooler brand. I bought my parents one of the 30 oz tumblers from a previous deal, they liked it so much that the purchased another one … [Read more…]
Bottom Line: The [easyazon_link identifier=”B01IOXSGN2″ locale=”US” nw=”y” tag=”backyardmov05-20″ popups=”n”]Ion Block Rocker[/easyazon_link] provides significant sound without being confined by wires all at a great price. With small groups I like to orient my theater so that the screen is visible from the lanai. The lanai offers a lot of advantages; our patio furniture is very comfortable, the … [Read more…]
Like a Weber Kettle Grill, one of the limitations that my Kamado has is that it is difficult to reload charcoal after it is already hot. It has a grate that swings open, but you still have to touch the hot grate to open it up. I have also added a variety of accessories that … [Read more…]
When I do Backyard Movies, I use a tripod to hold my projector. Someday it would be nice to have a self-contained media cart, but right now a tripod for the projector and a folding TV dinner table for the Blu-Ray player works just fine. The nice thing about using a tripod is that you … [Read more…]
I think this is a pretty good deal on a pellet grill from a solid manufacturer of pellet grills, but I don’t own this particular grill. The fact that it is WiFi enabled is exciting and offers a nice level of control, that I don’t have with my current pellet grill. Please let me … [Read more…]
We have some house guests staying with us that are on a largely plant based diet. I wanted to make a nice dinner on the grill to welcome them. Generally speaking though, my grill has been an alter to charred meat, so I had to do a little brain storming. Then it hit me….Kabobs! Kabobs … [Read more…]
Bottom Line: Making bacon at home is super easy! This kit makes it very accessible and will be easy to replicate with materials available on Amazon. On Kamadoguru.com there is a subforum called “Charcuterie” which is devoted to making prepared meats like sausages, pastrami, bacon, etc. I have been lurking there for some time and … [Read more…]
We hosted one of my daughter’s friends and her family the other night for a screening of Angry Birds and a homemade pizza party. Even though it is relatively simple, there are a lot of people who have never made a pizza from scratch and everyone has fun. Homemade pizzas are great for movie night … [Read more…]