There’s A Reason They Don’t Call Him Charcoal

Posted by JakeTheSnake on March 20th, 2008 in Articles

You may have heard that yesterday Sports Illustrated started The Vault, which allows users to read the entire archive of Sports Illustrated articles and photos.  Of course, the first thing I did was see what stuff they had on Gilbert.  Most of the stuff that I found was stuff that any Gilbertologist should know already, but I did find one very Gilbert-esque thing that might have slipped our (or maybe just my) grasp until now:

The rooks can clearly use the culinary guidance. After enjoying a barbecue at Smith ‘s house recently, Arenas tried his hand at grilling. “I was wondering why it didn’t taste as good as it did at his house,” says the guard, who called Smith . Arenas learned that he shouldn’t bathe the charcoal in lighter fluid or let the meat become engulfed by flames. “I’m learning and getting better,” Arenas says. “When I get really good, I’m going to invite Otis and his family over. It’s one way to say thanks for everything he’s done.”

Good ol’ Gilbert, always doing something different.  For a visual, I’m guessing in the end his barbecue looked something like this:

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