Make Grillpocalypse yours!
You know you want to
It's time. Get together with your best buds, and pick a weekend that works for everyone. Figure out what the first main dish protein is going to be. Decide weather you will play golf, run a 5k, or get creative and make up your own event. Make it official, let us know about it, and start practicing your dish!
Because Friends
If a weekend spend with your best buds, sharing all the good and bad of the past year, and learning something new about your brother from another mother sounds like a bad deal, then maybe this isn't for you.
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Because Meat
We love the sensory assault that is a good bbq. Seeing that steak hit the grill, the sound of the sizzle, and the taste it rewards you with. Grillpocalypse forces you to have an amazing weekend with some of the best meat you and your friends spend a year perfecting.
Because Relax
Taking a weekend off every year with no work, no kids, no wife and no responsibility does wonders to your mental health. We think this should be a monthly event, but alas, the world will not allow it.
Because Events
A 5k, some golf, and a couple of delicious competitions help to get your endorphin boost, and they also help to structure a very lazy and perfect weekend.
The 10 GP Commandments
They are not much, but some guidelines are good to have.
The Rules
1. At least a 3-day weekend. Ideally, it’s a Thursday to Sunday event.
2. No women or children allowed. We love our wives and kids, and traditionally, the first night is a “family night” where wives and kids are welcome, and everyone reconnects. The rest of the weekend, it’s just the guys. You make up the rules when it comes to who and when, but the point of Grillpocalypse is time away from all responsibility, with good friends.
3. At least 2 food competitions. An appetizer competition on Friday, and a main protein competition on Saturday. Feel free to modify these as you wish. Here is how we originally started it.
a. If it’s your first Grillpocalypse, collectively decide what the main protein will be (steak, pork, chicken etc.)
b. The winner of the main dish competition gets to choose the protein for next year’s competition.
c. Trophy. Winner takes bragging rights and a physical trophy to be determined by your chapter (original GP crew uses a cutting board and handmade butcher knife as a trophy). The trophy goes to the winner, and he gets to keep it for a year. He must bring it back and make it available for the next winner.
4. GPGO. A golf outing gives us a great opportunity to laugh at each other and appreciate the skill of the ones that are good at the game. There are a couple of simple rules for GPGO.
a. Make it a doubles game.
b. Everyone wears stupid Hawaiian shirts. They don’t have to match but should be somehow obvious that you are a group.
c. Rent golf carts. No one wants to wait for you walking around the golf course.
5. GP5K. An easy 5k run, usually on Friday or Saturday mornings. It’s not mandatory, but we encourage living a healthy lifestyle. This also gives some of the more competitive ones some physical competition to look forward to. Pro tip: Map it out before the event.
6. Everyone puts up some cash to give to the owner of the establishment you choose to use for your gathering. It should be enough to pay for a professional cleaning service. Don’t be an asshole and make your buddy or his family clean up after you. Also, if you break it, you fix it.
7. What happens at Grillpocalypse, stays at Grillpocalypse. Sometimes, your brother needs to share some information that is private. Any discussion of a serious matter stays at GP. It strengthens the bonds you have with your friends and allows everyone to feel free to discuss anything.
8. If there is a friend that does not drink alcohol, do NOT mock him, or make him feel bad for not drinking. We all have our own demons to fight. Mind your business. They can also be a real help on dealing with rule #8.
9. DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE. There might be sometimes when you or your friends might have to leave the house, or maybe you all decide to go to a bar. Call an UBER, or have a designated driver.
10. Enjoy yourselves and RELAX! For some of us, this is the only time of the year when we can let our guard down. Take advantage of this. Take pictures, share it with us on social media. Let all of us enjoy good times through your pictures and stories.
