Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for July 15, 2014

Change of Command? Time for the new group to pickup the burden?

Sort of like passing on the family Armour and Sword?

You’ll get my tongs when you pry them from my cold dead hands…..

Plastic tongs are for salads!

Time for the passing of the torch ….or tongs.

They grow up so fast. [sniff]

Someone once said “You’re not a man until your father tells you you’re a man.” Arlo just told Gene. Trust me, Arlo will still work the grill when the kids aren’t there; he’s just acknowledging that Gene is ready to serve the function – even in Arlo’s presence. I have done this ceremony 3 times now, and the seriousness of the moment cannot be understood by anyone who hasn’t – that’s why it’s funnier to us………

Walk into a KCBS event and sat that. You will get a fight whether you want one or not.

we just use all natural charcoal and paper in a starter chimney to get it going, no liquid starter, leaves an after taste on the food and it can’t be good for you. My husband is like Varnes, will have to pry them loose.

couldn’t hurt BBQ.

No, no, no. . . everything was already done; Arlo just realized that it wasn’t his job this time.

Arlo has demonstrated that he’s a real man by doing that.

Maybe Arlo gave him the apron too…..

IF… you can do this, my son, you are a man…

And Gene is the professional cook. He brought his own apron from the restaurant! ;-)

Gasoline is for wimps. REAL men use liquid oxygen.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjPxDOEdsX8

The Suburban Bar Mitzvah.

The “Passing of the tongs” ritual.

snif…

My cousin is a chef. His mother said she didn’t mind him cooking when he came, but he used every pot, pan and bowl in the kitchen and expected someone else to clean up.

However, I am more than willing to turn over the lawn mower to him…..

The Torch is Passed. Long Live Gene, the BAR B Q King!

Gene is to Arlo just like my boy is to me. I feel very small when he looks down on me from his two inches higher placed eyes on my lowly 6 feet 3 inches.

The torch is passed!

When did they suddenly pop up?

Looks like a low-rent obstetrician preparing for a tricky birth.

Passing the baton, so to speak. A monumental moment.

Love!