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    Ninja Slushie Max XXL

    There's just two of us in this house. Christmas is always special, but we don't exchange gifts. This year, cause we're in a new house, we bought something for the house, but we get to use it. The new Ninja Slushie Max XXL machine. We had a Margaritaville Concoction Maker, but it wound up with a...
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    Looking to purchase vacuum chamber sealer.

    I bought a Vacmaster 320 in 2017. What a workhorse. Then our house burned down and lost everything. When it was possible, I bought another 320. 16x20 chamber. It was hard to pay an extra 600 bucks, it had gone up that much over 5 years. We cure, smoke, slice and bag about 200 lbs of bacon each...
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    My wife wants me to ask this question...

    A trip to Texas A&M's BBQ University https://meat.tamu.edu/texas-bbq/
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    Crowd Cow?

    We've bought a bunch of meat from them; steaks, pork, wagyu beef. All excellent quality and decent prices.
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    What is so Special About a Tomahawk?

    If you want a great presentation, you get a tomahawk. If you just want a good steak, don't pay extra for that huge rib bone, just get a regular ribeye
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    Work Sharp

    Using the blade grinding attachment alleviates a lot of that Been using this setup for years and never rounded a tip off
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    Curing pork belly for bacon.

    I buy my pink salt from an eBay seller
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    Hexclad Pan Review, Real World Real Time - Lots of Pictures!

    Every time we cook something we marvel at the cookware before, during and cleanup. We love ours
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    French fry cutter?

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07X1S2JYH?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1&th=1
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    Help with first time bacon.

    diggingdog site is great. I've been using it for 8 years or better. And we dry cure up to 300 lbs a month of pork bellies
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    Hexclad Pan Review, Real World Real Time - Lots of Pictures!

    Buy a nice 8" pan, try it out. If you're blown away then buy a set. If not, you're only out the expense of one pan
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    Hexclad Pan Review, Real World Real Time - Lots of Pictures!

    To jump in here, I bought an 8" Anolon pan and a 2qt HC pan back in November to compare. Apples and oranges, but I learned something out of it. The Anolon pans only have the hybrid feature on the cooking surface with a nonstick surface on the rest of the pan and a polished bottom side. The HC...
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    Fireboard to Masterbuilt cable

    I made my own back in 2021. Very easy to do. Or there's a bbq store online that sells premade cables. I don't remember the name.
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    Its been awhile. Canadian bacon time!

    I'll see your play and double down
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    Harbor Freight IR gun ?

    I ordered the the TW gun a couple of days ago when I got the email from them. Fortuitously, as it turns out, our Harbor Freight gun got dunked in the sink full of water the night before and drowned.
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