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I’m building a wood binder for a project at work that I’m doing. I just have some pieces of thin maple put together for it. I’m planning on getting it engraved and staining it. My question is should I stain it then engrave it or get it engraved. I’m assuming stain first then engrave to get the...

That time of year again 😂 being transferred to St. Louis Missouri. 4th move in 3 years. I’m looking for anyone familiar with the area on nice areas to live around St. Louis. We are looking into Scott AFB housing on the Illinois side but also looking for nice areas on the economy within a 35...

Post up your birds (or main meat) from thanksgiving. No matter how they were cooked with a little description. Here is mine. Basic brine, rubbed with butter SPOG and a little kinders rub then on the Weber with cherry chunks mixed in with KBB.

Anyone go to their website and check out the prices lately? Most 22” kettles are nearly $300 or more with their fancy colors. Don’t even see the 26er on there but on Home Depot it’s going for $499 right now. Pretty wild to me

My wife saw this at Walmart and picked one up for $97. Anyone use it? Looks like you can buy it online for the price too. I told her to grab it while she was there and I’ll do some research one it and I can return it if I don’t like the reviews...

I picked up some pre seasoned fresh wings from Harris teeter. These things are only $5 a bucket and each had 10-12 wings. One was labeled Cajun and one bbq. I Also picked up a pre seasoned Cajun breast that was marked down. Not too shabby for less than $13 worth of chicken. It Was raining the...

Local fb has a new in box 14” WSM listed for sale. Any on her run one? Is it big enough for 2 pork butts? Seems like a good deal but not sure if it’s tooooo small. Would probably use it for a chicken or 2 and a couple butts.

Local Walmart has the pitboss copperhead ($266) and “pit stop” ($137) on clearance. Anyone have any experience with them? More interested in the pit stop but still eyeing the rest of their inventory for end of year sales

Wanted to check in with some of the more experienced griddle guys before I season my Blackstone. I just put it together and the griddle has these spots on it. I’m not too concerned it almost looks like water spots or something I just wanted to double check it’s hitting to reach out to Blackstone...

Finally getting settled into the new house enough to actually be able to use the kettle. Did a tri-tip for an early birthday dinner for my wife and she made up her Chimichurri sauce. Not too many picture but just used SPOG, and seared it first then moved it to the cold side with a chunk of oak...

Well I was thinking about buying up another MES just for those lazy days I don’t want to set the kettles up but ended up taking in a NiB Pitboss Austin XL Onyx on a trade. It’s just the wallmart version, I checked one out in store prior and seemed pretty good. I Traded a budget AR15 that I...

I’m Looking for an electric smoker for ease of use when I don’t want to use the kettles and saw the new (probably not new but new since I looked at them) MES40. I couldn’t find one of the old styles without the window but does anyone have any experience with this one in the link below? I had a...

Finally getting to play with my new inkbird thermometers and I’m kind of disappointed. Both are “wireless” which is nice however I’m kinda disappointed unless I’m doing something wrong. They are both suppose to have up to a 300’ range but if I have them outside my garage with it closed (maybe...

So this was kind of a random cook but I had time so just went with it. Our local Meijer had rib roasts on sale for $7.99 a lb so I got a couple and cut them up into steaks saving the ribs to cook for a later day (yesterday) they also had hams on sale for .69 cents I believe it was so I picked up...

My wife wanted some steak tacos so last night I marinated a couple smaller flank steaks with lime juice, OJ, cilantro, garlic and let it sit over night. Fired up the kettle and cooked these for about 39 minutes after searing them over hot coals. One was thicker than the other but just let it sit...

So tomorrow is the last day I’ll really have a chance to try it since it has a high of 53* but not till afternoon and the rest of the days start at 60 and go up from there. Local Meijer has blocks on sale 3/$6 so I’m gonna get a few just to try out. Thinking 2 cheddar, 2 pepper jack and maybe 2...

So last year before I deployed I sold my 26” kettle since my family was downsizing where we were living for the year I was gone. All that was left was my 22” kettle which I’ll never let go. I had a brilliant plan that I came up with about a week ago to order another one (we both knew I was going...

Has anyone seen or used the new (newer) grate they are selling with the 26” kettle? It has the center circle cut out they have been using for the vortex but now a square cutout also for from what I read a skillet. I’m getting ready to pull the trigger on a 26” but not really a big fan of the...

I hate to beat a dead horse about what flat top to buy but I get back to the states in about a month and I’m looking for a new flat top griddle. (I figured if I order one now my wife would be over it by the time I get back 😂). Haven’t had much time to keep up on any new or improved ones. About 3...

Well long story short I got stationed to Baltimore in 2023. The area wasn’t great for my family (3 kids 14, 7 and 3 at the time). We had an opportunity to leave early which ended up being about 9 months after we got there the only downside was I had to deploy to Bahrain for a year. After lots...