I came home with a Restaurant grade charbroiler! Up until that day we had a favorite steakhouse here in town, Clarks Landing. We were able to tour the kitchen one night and I saw how they made such awesome steaks seared perfectly.
I'm like...I'm getting one of those!
So I quit my J.O.B. (Just Over Broke) on Friday and Saturday morning I went to the Restaurant supply and bought an $1,800 36" Charbroiler and a stainless table and my wife thought I was nuts! "You quit your job and spend that kind of money the next day?
She soon figured out my logic.
We were dropping $150 every steak session at Clarks Landing (roughly every 3 weeks) and now that I am Voluntarily Self Unemployed, things had to change.
Up until that tour of the restaurant kitchen, I kept buying outdoor grills that would fall apart every 3 years and they never had the sear heat to properly cook a steak!
It's been 20 years now and I have almost never bought a steak in a restaurant...and I still have the same charbroiler!