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how you gonna spend it
A few months ago I decided to sell my old welders, engine driven welder/generator and some very heavy duty tools I haven't had a need for since we "retired" four years ago, sold our farm in New York and downsized to our North Carolina place. And I thinned the herd of some very nice "safe queen"...- LanceR
- Post #45
- Forum: Blowing Smoke Around the Smoker.
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Input with building a trailer smoker
Good morning Welcome to the forum. If you haven't yet been to the new member intro page you ought to swing by there so we can give you a proper welcome. And adding your location might help focus answers some. While far from being an expert on smoker design I'll take a shot at a few of your...- LanceR
- Post #2
- Forum: Reverse Flow
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Porchetta - on Rotisserie
Not just all over it but all over it like a bad rash.... -
5 years ago I quit smoking and moved to Europe. After a bit of negotiation with my wife and building staff... I've taken up the habit again!
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Food saver mason jar attachement worth it?
The jar sealers excel at keeping bulk seasonings, spices and dried foods and herbs fresh. We do a good bit of backpacking and canoe trips and we both dehydrate at home and buy bulk freeze dried and dehydrated foods. Once the original packaging is opened we transfer the food to jars and vacuum... -
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...- LanceR
- Post #44
- Forum: Blowing Smoke Around the Smoker.
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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,- LanceR
- Post #42
- Forum: Blowing Smoke Around the Smoker.
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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... -
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... -
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...- LanceR
- Post #13
- Forum: For New Members
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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...- LanceR
- Post #31
- Forum: Blowing Smoke Around the Smoker.
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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...- LanceR
- Post #28
- Forum: Blowing Smoke Around the Smoker.
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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...- LanceR
- Post #16
- Forum: Blowing Smoke Around the Smoker.
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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- LanceR
- Post #9
- Forum: Blowing Smoke Around the Smoker.
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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...- LanceR
- Post #27
- Forum: Reverse Flow
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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... -
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...- LanceR
- Post #24
- Forum: Reverse Flow
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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...- LanceR
- Post #28
- Forum: Slicers, Grinders, Tools, Equipment
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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...- LanceR
- Post #25
- Forum: Reverse Flow
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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...
