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  1. LanceR

    My BBQ hobby kept us alive.

    Rattlesnake Lane, which wanders up the shoulder of Suratown Mountain is about 3/4 mile from us and my wife's brother lives 2-3 doors off of Possum Trot Lane not far from here. And we looked at a home on Po Folks Lane about halfway between his place and ours a few years ago. I suspect you could...
  2. LanceR

    My BBQ hobby kept us alive.

    Hmm.... Chigger Creek sounds like it should be in Tick Bite, North Carolina. And yes, there really is a Tick Bite, NC..... Best regards,
  3. LanceR

    Sausage Makers grinder plate and knife sharpening system ? thoughts?

    Good catch, Robert Plate glass is ridiculously flat as compared to many "flat" sheet products and a couple of thicker pieces can be had from most glass shops with the edges smoothed for a pretty reasonable price. Get one or two of those that are bigger than the standard silicone carbide...
  4. LanceR

    Sausage Makers grinder plate and knife sharpening system ? thoughts?

    I use a Dexter-Russel 12" tri-stone and additional Arkansas whetstones to very fine grits for knives, grinder plates etc. As long as they are properly used and stored grinder plates and blades don't need much sharpening, though. I suspect that I "touch them up" more out of habit than actual...
  5. LanceR

    I need recommendations on meat processing equipment

    I might do 15 pounds of sausage at a time or, if some of the kids are visiting and they want to take some home, we've been known to do as much as 140 pounds in a morning. Since we prefer to not freeze snack sticks they are the exception in that I might make just 5-7 pounds at a time of them...
  6. LanceR

    My BBQ hobby kept us alive.

    There are darn few union carpenters doing home construction in Upstate NY although a few residential electrical and HVAC contractors run union shops. The big difference is in better construction codes and, possibly, generally competent codes enforcement officers for whom the professional...
  7. LanceR

    My BBQ hobby kept us alive.

    As a "retired" finish carpenter and home builder from a farm in the northeast corner of the Finger Lakes in Central New York who is now living in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina I see big differences in home construction due to regional geology and prevailing weather...
  8. LanceR

    My BBQ hobby kept us alive.

    Ditto that thought. Your insurance company will be swamped and with COVID it's not likely they are coming over to check things out You will be one of many thousands of folks with a legitimate claim of one kind or another so don't make excuses for them. Just call them. Best regards to all...
  9. LanceR

    My BBQ hobby kept us alive.

    It's good to hear you're all OK. It is worth checking with your homeowners insurance agent to see if the lost food is something you can claim as a reimbursable loss and how that might fit in with any deductible etc. Good luck with the recovery and best regards to all, Lance
  10. LanceR

    Craftsman RF60 Build

    Thanks for the reply. I agree that a lot of structural strength isn't needed. I suspect that over time the stress of thermal distortions will matter more than anything else and even then I don't think I've ever heard of smoker joints with reasonable penetration failing. I was really just...
  11. LanceR

    OTBS?

    Darn good questions and I'm glad you asked them as it made me, perhaps for the first time, try to put my feelings about the OTBS into words. I think that, more than anything else, it's a mark of having established sustained credibility and competence. Post count does not matter. How often you...
  12. LanceR

    Craftsman RF60 Build

    Paticus, I like the visual balance of your smoker. Thanks for taking us on the ride. I'm curious about the welds on the flat plate joints of the exhaust plenum and firebox. Are they tight square butt joints or did you vee one or both sides or space them before welding? Thanks and best...
  13. LanceR

    New Toy to Play with....Bowl Chopper!

    Congratulations! I have both 14" and 18" Hobart choppers and although they don't get the use they used to when we had six kids on the farm back in New York I still use them a couple times a year. As food for thought the blades are better off NOT being as sharp as say, a boning knife. They will...
  14. LanceR

    My first RF smoker, 120 gallon

    Highland International coatings has some high heat paints up to at least 1200*F that don't need to be baked and which can be applied by brush, roller or spray and they also have similar high build paint. It's been a few years since I've talked to them so I don't know what their current policies...
  15. LanceR

    recipe for North Carolina sausage (not smoked)

    Probably not as the link is to North Country Smokehouse in New Hampshire I suspect the sausage in question is something like Neese's or one of the other local/regional fresh bulk sausages available here. If memory serves there was a thread some time back about a copy cat recipe for Neese's...
  16. LanceR

    I got the new build started she's gonna be a big girl.

    Thanks, Bruce Is the 255 a Millermatic or a Multimatic? We used to have a farm in Upstate NY before "retiring" to out North Carolina place. I really didn't need any engine drives any more but was so used to having one or two around I kept one and found another one here that I overhauled...
  17. LanceR

    I got the new build started she's gonna be a big girl.

    Good luck with the build, Bruce. What size and thickness is the tubing? And what are you going to weld it out with? Is this your first smoker build? Best regards,
  18. LanceR

    Hello from coastal Carolina!

    Welcome from Pinnacle, North Carolina. Best regards,
  19. LanceR

    Howdy from NC

    Yup. Probably an hour apart. If things ever get back to normal maybe I'll see you at the next Carolina Gathering......if that isn't the same weekend as Appalachian Trail Days in Damascus, VA again. Best regards to all,
  20. LanceR

    Camp Chef Discount for Veteran's

    Jimbo, I absolutely was not knocking you or Camp Chef. I'm sorry if anything in the wording or the overall message lent itself to you feeling that way as that was far from my intent. Best regards to all, Lance
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