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  1. bill1

    Last Call for Schlitz Beer

    All the name-brand beers sell at modest profit margins. It's the craft beers that make the big bucks. Announcing Schlitz is going away makes it rare and a special commodity while they sell out stock and then some at higher-than-normal profits. I'll bet within 5 years the name will be...
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    Gas Prices???

    when is fertilizer going to start coming down in price?
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    Gas Prices???

    An all-electric car is a great commuter car option but I'm not sure I could like them long-term... I was in the market for a new gas mower and California went and put pollution standards on them doubling the entry price to $800 Honda-class. Bought corded electric and loved it at...
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    Platform for Camp Chef

    Thanks, I get it now. I've seen designs like that before and have intentions of making one for my larger table saw. For my cookers on wheels, I find a couple short lengths of chain work good enough, although inelegantly compared to this. (Nicely done!) Keep a couple short lengths of chain in...
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    Platform for Camp Chef

    Am I understanding the 3rd caster...do you press on the pedal and that raises the caster so the frame then rests on two fixed legs? If so, details on that would be appreciated.
  6. bill1

    Kyle Busch...

    My understanding is that he'd been to a medical professional days before and had mentioned the persistent cough. It boggles my mind that this was not diagnosed then. Never take pneumonia lightly. Things can get real serious real quick.
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    lets talk coffee grinders

    I wet my hand a bit and then shake it into the coffee holder/hopper right before adding beans. Just 4-5 drops of tap water is all it takes to provide a conductive path from frictinoally-charged coffee particle to the grinder walls and your grounded hand. At least this works with blade...
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    MAK Grills closing

    YOu're absolutely right! I was confusing 9/11 with Covid 19. Sheez I'm getting old! So I think that's the real problem with any outlook for premium grill sales...I may have sold well in 2020, but I won't see those customers come back for more (even if they're happy!) for another 10-20 years...
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    ChatGPT and your smoker

    Like money itself, AI may be a great "slave" but an awful "master". Especially for something like cooking recipes, where the Internet is full of voluntarily-uploaded information, which gets "thumbs up" if good/true/valued, and push-back if otherwise, AI is quickly "learning" and proving itself...
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    Gas Prices???

    Everything needs energy. Solar cells may power your home, but they won't power a fertilizer plant or give you helium for MRI medical scanners.
  11. bill1

    Ultra low and slow pork butt.

    Thanks Corey. Proof the pellet machines are more efficient at low temps. I think a lot of that is all the fan action keeping the fire hot in the crucible. That fan blows a lot of thermal energy out the chimney. I suspect the fan is on a lot less (and at lower speeds) at a 200F set point than...
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    Ultra low and slow pork butt.

    Glad to see these fundamental questions of best cooking temperature still getting discussed! Since the rate of cooking is a function of the DIFFERENCE in temperature between what you dial into the thermostat, and the current meat temperature (with some subtle added physics at stall), it always...
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    Ultra low and slow pork butt.

    You mean less pellets per hour, not less pellet TOTAL?!?!?!
  14. bill1

    Dairy Intolerance?

    Hope you get the GI issues under control Dave. Maybe long-term you can slowly add back pizza and just avoid the things you don't really love but merely enjoy. When I was forming a lot of kidney stones, I got a list of forbidden foods. It was easy giving up raspberries and spinach, but coffee...
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    Any 3D printer people out there?

    I think I need to retire so I can clean off some counter space and make room for one! :-) Seriously, I think siting one in the garage makes more sense (esp in prototyping) than in the study with the 2d paper printer. It's easier to take the laptop to the garage than to bring the 3d printer...
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    Possible Help For Arthritis?!

    +1 on moving to dry-heat climates. I'm not-so-hip to the bee stings.
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    Possible Help For Arthritis?!

    For me it's been a game-changer. I use the (topically-applied) generic diclofenac from Costco (MUCH cheaper than Trade name Voltaren). It's allowed me to significantly reduce my oral intake of ibuprofen. Like IB, it's an NSAID, so is doing your kidneys no long-term good, but I'd like to...
  18. bill1

    MAK Grills closing

    Used to be an industry group that tracked the sales of various outdoor cooking products...but I can't find it now. I worry the actual market for our hobby was artificially buoyed up by Covid and that societal trends of declining home ownership, declining lot size, and just less leisure time...
  19. bill1

    Steaks On The Mini BBQ Smoker

    Curious what your time and temperature was for most of the cook.? In general I prefer hot and fast for steaks or burgers, but low and slow can be a nice change.
  20. bill1

    Replacement door for Masterbuilt signature series

    MB supports their newer products pretty well but not so much the >10yo stuff. I'd take your old door into a Lowes or HomeDepot that carries the newer 30" model and just compare them. Any differences you can assess if, based on your skills and tools, you can adapt the new to the old. Another...
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