A neighbor has started smoking ribs. I hate them. 😭😈for that amazing smell on an afternoon.

[irisblue]

When I can't grill today. 😥😥

[FM123]

1. the neighbors or the ribs?

[irisblue]

2. :: snort:: neighbors, gonna update thread . ::snicker::

[FM123]

6. I feel ya

Sometimes, I can smell the BBQ across my neighbors fence and I want to hop the fence with a napkin tucked under my chin and a fork in my hand

[irisblue]

7. It's breezy warm today, and it could be any of the 15 houses to the west, or even the block behind m

I have to get propane for the grill this week.
Insert drooling face emoji here.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. I'd rather eat them than smoke them.

The ribs, not the neighbors.

[PJMcK]

5. Well, how about smoking with the neighbors? (wink, n/t)

[Yonnie3]

4. I feel your pain.

I worked an outdoor wedding party where the guests were eating roast pig, chicken, and steamed mussels. All of it cooked on site. It smelled so good that we were eager for our dinner break. The caterer handed us boxed lunches: pressed ham on dry white bread, bruised apple, and cardboard cookie. We were just staring at these lunches, smelling the feast when the bride walked up and went off on the caterer. We had been included in the dinner count she had paid for.

If she hadn't noticed, I suspect that the after dinner dance music would not have had the same energy.

[Phentex]

14. That's just cruel

happy that the bride made it right!

[irisblue]

15. That is just wrong. wrong!

[Yonnie3]

16. and in violation of our contract.

In the contract, we tell them we work hard and need real food. We are fine with a big bowl of salad and a couple of pans of lasagna, something the caterer can make in advance. We don't require the fancy guest food, but we specifically exclude box lunches called vendor "meals" by the caterer and "Bandwiches" by us. They were ripping the bride off for around $500. It was an honest mistake they said.

You had veggie burgers tonight? I've not had one in a long time. There was a place that had great nachos with chili and until they offered a second nachos on the menu with meat sauce I didn't know they were vegetarian.

Edit: In the dinner thread I see you answered my question above.

[retrowire]

8. Why cantcha grill today?

I'm grilling today.

[irisblue]

9. Propane tank is empty.

What are you making today?
And since I know you don't eat meat, does the smell of grilling meat bother you?

[retrowire]

17. It does not

I smell food, not meat. HOWEVER after going vegan there are some meat smells that change. For instance, friend ground beef actually smells more like blood. And bacon smells weird.

[TheDebbieDee]

10. I'm in Kansas City! We ALL love the smell of ribs smoking!

Here's a real killjoy/HATER!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/barbecue-smoke-dispute-florida_us_55b776bfe4b0074ba5a60db7

[irisblue]

13. After reading that

1-huffpo is terrible to navigate now....geeze
2-b/c grumpiness+lackofribs+curiosity can be dangerous, after using google +linkedin, that neighbor, filed a lot of complaints at those 2 men; there doesn't appear to be more current info since 2015, and I do wish the Tampa Bay Times would do a follow up.

[Warpy]

11. Good thing you don't live in a city

Food smells are as pervasive as auto exhaust. There are commercial bakeries, neighborhood bakeries, ethnic restaurants, BBQ joints, and so forth. Worst in the Boston area was the Necco factory across the river near MIT.

There is a defense against that rib smell. Today might be a good day to make onion confit if you've got enough of them. Just slice them up, put them into a huge pan, add a little oil and brown sugar, and let them cook and reduce slowly. When you're left with a soft, brown, caramelized mass, you'll have something perfect to top your tame burger later today and I guarandamntee your neighbor with the ribs will be looking daggers at you for making him hungry.

[irisblue]

12. I do live in a good sized city.

Columbus Ohio has many smells, good & bad. But there is something too mouth watering about the smell of ribs smoking away when 1-you know the propane tank is empty 2-you don't know which neighbor is smoking ribs, so you cannot go over & mooch. 3-it suddenly occured to me how often I did this.( soy-honey boneless pork chops W/ grilled corn on the cob was at least a twice a month Sunday grill when I was married, so I guess this a penance of sorts. And I am planning on morning star farms heated on the stovetop grillers for dinner
.....but ribs...
Shameless drooling. 😇

[Retrograde]

18. My neighbors are from India

and I feel the same way when they're cooking something spice-laden

If you're ever in Buffalo, NY, there's one place near downtown where you can tell when the General Mills plant is cooking up a batch of Cheerios - the smell permeates the surroundings.

[betsuni]

19. I used to do that to my neighbors all the time.

Had a ground floor apartment with a garden/BBQ area and nobody else in the building did. We called it "smoking out the neighbors." I'm sure they hated me. Now I'm on the sixth floor and no more smoking or grilling outside. But, a few weeks ago a neighbor guy told my husband that he often smells something delicious when he passes our apartment on his way home in the evening. That was a nice compliment.