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    Blackstone pizza oven.

    We have an Ooni pizza oven but did look briefly at the blackstone oven when buying. At $97 I think it is a no brainer. The important thing is that the oven gets up to 900 degrees. I recommend you get an infrared thermometer if you don't already have one. Once the stone is in the 750-800...
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    Do hammer drills work as advertised ?

    There are worse solves than kicking back in the recliner!
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    Do hammer drills work as advertised ?

    If you haven't already mounted this, I'd urge a bit of caution. Not for any reasons discussed here, but TVs mounted above fireplaces typically result in very poor ergonomics for the viewer. The ideal height for mounting a TV varies (here's way more information that you'd ever want on it), but...
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    Do hammer drills work as advertised ?

    Yeah, I’ve been happy with mine. I have a porter cable battery powered one as I am already on that battery system. Make sure you use a dedicated masonry bit.
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    Strong coffee

    Very interesting, thank you - I thought coffee needed a dedicated roaster. I've thought of doing it at home but haven't taken the plunge yet.
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    Strong coffee

    Hold the phone. Are you telling me I can roast beans on my Blackstone?
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    Strong coffee

    That's what I say about my beer!! Doing work before coffee is ... unlikely :emoji_laughing:
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    Strong coffee

    I admire your discipline and patience using the chemex before you've had your morning coffee. I also admire your mug.
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    Quick Chicken Tacos

    Back for another round. I cooked enough chicken for two dinners the other night -- it is nice to have a couple of nights of leftovers to not worry about cooking as much during the work week. Anyway, last night did the same chicken but this time only with crema, onion/cilantro mix, cotija...
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    Quick Chicken Tacos

    Yeah, normally on my carnitas tacos I do just carnitas, crema, onion/cilantro mix, and cotija cheese. Think the pico + bell peppers together was what made it a little too much. One or the other probably would've been better, and honestly probably could've gotten by with neither of them.
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    Quick Chicken Tacos

    Hahaha. I'm nothing if not honest. The colors make for a nice pop but there was just a little too much going on for my palat.
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    Quick Chicken Tacos

    Thanks gentlemen! Much appreciated!
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    Spots on new Blackstone griddle

    Sure does !! Importance of good prep and having everything you need ready to go. It cooks quick and people eat it up quick too!
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    Why spend the money?

    When I first started with my Masterbuilt 1050 I always had an external probe in for this reason, but I've gotten lazy and have been relying only on the internal probe recently. I stopped because the internal was accurate - just because it was accurate then doesn't mean it's accurate now. Good...
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    Quick Chicken Tacos

    Threw together some quick chicken tacos last night - one of those "kitchen sink" meals to use some up some veggies. They were pretty good. Nowhere near as good as the carnitas tacos I make, but I think a lot of that is down to the texture of the carnitas giving it a bit of a crunch, and the...
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