Fire-Crusted Oysters Kilpatrick

This is a classic oysters dish from the late 1800s out of San Francisco named after a colonel of the same name. One of the quickest-cooking dishes in this book, either on a grill or pit, these oysters are crazy intense in flavor. You do not need to be an oyster lover to love this dish. You start by loading freshly shucked oysters with cooked pancetta and this amazing sauce. The Kilpatrick sauce is savory with a slight sweetness from the dark beer (I prefer to use a dark Irish beer, but you