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It's summertime and grilling season for a lot of people, aka the season to eat and cook outside cause it's too darn hot to cook inside.
Well, kinda.
Personally I like my air-conditioned kitchen, it's bug free and convenient, for me.
However, I also love to host parties, as you may have gathered from this blog. And one of the funnest parties is a Burger Bar Bash.
We used to host these at least once a year when we lived out west, and it was always popular. We hosted a couple at the campsite when we lived in a RV a few years ago. I had very generous friends who let me use their BBQ grills, cause I only had a small one. And I no longer even own that one, but I have my George Forman grill and quite frankly I'm…
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