Rarely did employers provide any information about their individualized evaluation process to applicants-almost never for tier one sponsorships. The methods used to evaluate and judge each of the criteria virtues varied from employer to employer and between the different tiers of sponsorship, but the three categories always remained the same. Their whole family's social conduct would be taken into account for the Personality evaluation, which along with Aptitude and Learnedness was one of three criteria virtues composing the educational sponsorship application process administered by all participating businesses and organizations. He was a contrarian and Wendy worried it would cause a rift between their family and the rest of the neighborhood she was terrified that any conflict, no matter how subtle, would negatively impact Amelia and Abe-personal references were so important to landing a good sponsorship. Jared wasn't sure whether or not they were safe or radioactive, but he missed the fire.Īfter the last barbecue, it was decided Donnie wouldn't be attending any others, not with the neighbors present. He was convinced they would eventually give everybody cancer. Jared's best friend Donnie called them Mars Bars and wouldn't get within twenty feet of one after it had been activated. The briquettes were made with a mineral called poseidenium, named after the Greek god because it was discovered on the walls of chasms deep in the ocean, though none but scientists on the payroll of the two corporations that produced the briquettes had ever seen the mineral in nature. The whole process was called pyro-incandescence, though it had taken on the nickname "glow-heat." There were explanations and corporate-funded research on this reaction and how it generated such high levels of heat, but these studies were confusing to the layman. The range and duration of possible temperatures were determined by the size and grade of the briquette and could be controlled through settings on the spark-rod. The new briquettes had been introduced to coincide with the unveiling of the no-flame grills. There were no flames anymore, just glowing. Two years later, they were so sick of hearing arguments from friends on the culinary and ecological benefits of cooking over a flame-free grill, they gave in and bought one. The first no-flame units started showing up around the time Jared and Wendy moved in together.
Never overfeed it, his father would insist. His father would tell him gas was fine for most things, but to get a good slow smoke with pork shoulder there was no substitute for charcoal with wood chips, which meant patience in tending the fire to make sure it maintained a low and steady heat.
His family had both charcoal and gas grills throughout his childhood, but he'd opted for gas only when he first lived on his own after college. While the starter briquette heated up on the spark-rod, Jared thought about the old fire grills.
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