[GLLUG] This Year's Brazilian Beef

[Chick Tower]

Since I'm organizing the Brazilian beef cook-out for next year's 
Penguicon, I would like some feedback from those who worked on it last 
year.  I didn't work on the grill, so I don't know how it went from that 
perspective.  Feel free to reply to me alone, rather than the whole 
mailing list, if you prefer.

Do you have any ideas for improving the cook-out?  What bothered you the 
most out there?  Do you think we would need two complete shifts, or just 
a few extra people to spell everyone occasionally?  What would you think 
about having the cook-out a little later in the day, more like 
dinner-time?  This year we're going to share the grill with the Con 
Suite, but there shouldn't be any overlap; they'll use it Friday night 
and maybe part of Saturday, then it's ours.

Someone suggested slicing the meat before Penguicon.  Would that save 
any time or effort?  I assume the meat came wrapped in plastic packages, 
like a Butterball turkey, but please correct me if I'm wrong.

Someone else suggested having something to serve with the meat, like a 
starch such as potatoes, rice, or bread.  Bread seems like the least 
trouble.  Did anyone ask for any side dishes this year?  I know I got 
more meat than I wanted, and I went through the line like everyone else. 
  I didn't even try to use any of my connections with the grillers to 
get extra meat.

Whatever ideas you have for improving the cook-out, or making the life 
of the grillers any easier, please let me know.

                                Chick