Sounds like good eatin' to me. My choice of grill is the cobb (
http://www.cobbamerica.com/), very versatile and uses very little charcoal.
I cook outside mostly to keep the heat out of the cabin, but grilled food
of course has its own merits.

Jim

On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>wrote:

> With the family trips of 7 a pound of bacon, a pound of sausage, and then
> either eggs, hash browns, French toast, or pancakes (not every morning
> though).  So yes, I am rendering lard! The curtains, canvass, upholstery,
> and fuzz on the top will absorb a lot of vaporized and splattered grease.
> And I hate cleaning the van.****
>
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> For dinner I grill the protein and vegetables on my Campfire Grill using
> charcoal, not a campfire.  I have both the 18� with the optional charcoal
> pan and the Rebel, and they are great.  http://campfiregrill.com/  We eat
> a lot of seafood broken with the occasional rib eye, and sometimes my son
> in law actually catches dinner!  Usually Dungeness crab and salmon.****
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> We always camp along the west coast, and our favorite spot has moorage so
> my son in law and daughter can sail up to join us.  We are never far from a
> decent store!****
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>
> Stuart****
>
> *From:* Jim Felder [mailto:jim.felder@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 03, 2013 10:56 AM
> *To:* Stuart MacMillan
> *Cc:* Vanagon mailing list
> *Subject:* Re: camp stoves outside but connected****
>
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> This is a phenomenon I have not noticed in my 230+ Westy camping trips
> while cooking full meals inside for often five people and sometimes six.
> Are you rendering lard in there or something?****
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> : )****
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> JIm****
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>  Frying just coats the inside of the van
> with grease.
>
> ****
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