Matz Gallery featured artist for March: Susan Ingram

Susan Ingram has been painting in watercolors and teaching its techniques for the past 30 years She has studied with many well known artists but spent several years learning from the late Martin Ahern. The artist recently moved from Ipswich, MA. where she established a reputation as a popular local landscape artist and teacher. She presently resides in Gloucester where she was also a teacher for many years in the public schools.  She continues to teach watercolor techniques to workshop groups and private individuals. Also she continues to participate in local art shows and accepts private commissions

I’ve seen an accessory for kettle BBQ grills called The Vortex. It’s a cone- like structure that funnels the air up through the coals and creates an intense amount of heat for searing steaks. It costs over $40 and people that have purchased them rave about them.
The thing is, the STOK Charcoal Drum comes with an insert that is supposed to be used as a chimney but it’s the same shape as The Vortex.
I decided to flip the Charcoal insert that comes with the STOK Drum upside down and see if it would do the same thing as the Vortex.
Here’s how it went-
Flipped the Charcoal insert upside down, dropped in a crumpled piece of newspaper lit it and filled it with Charcoal and waited for the temps to climb.

Tossed the ribeye on, three minutes, then flipped for three minutes on the other side.

After three…