Before you fire up the Weber, you might want to take a trip to Ironbound Farm in Asbury, in Hunterdon County, N.J., where Charles Rosen, the owner, has completed construction of a monumental grill. Mr. Rosen calls it the “mother fire” and considers it the crowning touch at his farm, cidery, winery and tasting room. “I wanted to create a destination where chefs can cook,” he said. Mr. Rosen was inspired by Francis Mallmann, the Argentine chef known for grilling, and he worked with the metal designer Terrance Johnson and the chef Norberto Piattoni, who is from Argentina, to build the soaring, 26-foot-high sculptural steel grill. It’s now in use for burgers and sausages served in the tasting room, for whole pigs and yaks at parties open to the public and for special chef’s dinners, the next of which will be in early August with Mr. Piattoni cooking.
Ironbound Farm, 360 County Road 579 (Pattenburg exit off 78 West), 908-940-4115, ironboundhardcider.com.
