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[quote=Anonymous]OP, wish I had time to read the whole thread.  It's a good one!  And maybe you've already moved on, since it's been a couple of weeks later, but a couple of ideas:

1.  How about you do the meat in the kitchen and entrust your FIL with grilling the sides?  It's harder to screw up grilled vegetables.  That will give your FIL his happy grilling experience and satisfy your DH's palate.

2.  Research ways to inoculate your grilled food from bad grilling technique.  I'm thinking of things like partly precooking chicken so that the inside is actually done well FIL sees the char on the outside.  I'm sure there are many other ideas.  Surely there are cookbooks and websites devoted to the novice griller that will offer some good tips.

3.  I love your attitude toward and enthusiasm for good food and your kind feelings toward your FIL.  You seem to think of your meals as a gift to the diners.  Since you already put so much thought into them, think of each meal as needing a component gift to each member of the family.  Something FIL can grill.  Something DH will find edible.  Something MIL will find sufficiently sophisticated, etc.  Construct the menu with that in mind.  This seems like the kind of challenge that for you would not be a burden but a fun project.  So embrace it!

Happy summer![/quote]

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