Last Saturday, P and I went to Home Depot to purchase a grill. I found the one I wanted, located the box on the shelf, and went to find an employee to help us get it down and onto a cart. The employee I found looked at us funny and asked, "You want to take one in the BOX?" Yes, that's what I want. I don't want to take one that was put together by the 16 year old that you pay $6.00 an hour to assemble them. I don't want a floor model that is dinged up, and missing a control knob. Duh.
I didn't buy the grill because I was worried by her response that I wouldn't be able to put the thing together to save my life. Apparently, you must be a trained expert to assemble the things. So I consulted with Gary, who seriously is the smartest man in the world. I don't say this just because he's my dad. He is really, really smart. Especially when it comes to common sense and "street smarts". He didn't think it was dumb to take a grill in the box and assemble it yourself. He would know.
So...this past Friday evening, my dad and I went grill shopping. We went to Lowe's and I bought my first-ever grill. Yes, the attached picture is the exact model I bought. I was joking with my dad that P was going to have to build it. He said he was bringing over a Diet Coke and was going to watch. Turns out P had to be at a Ruby conference on Saturday, so I assembled the grill as far as I could get by myself. When Patrick got there, we finished it up together. It wasn't that hard. Definitely not rocket science, but I'm sure NASA would find a way to make the grill explode too.
I cooked my first meal last night on the new grill- a fillet mignon wrapped in bacon (ew) for Patrick and a salmon steak for me. I also grilled veggies in my new veggie basket and only burned 3 fingers in the process. Apparently, assembling grills is easier (and safer) than actually using them.
P.S. Lowe's is way better than Home Depot. They are my new favorite.
