So I got exposed, got quarantined, got tested and I am waiting on the results...ugh! Fire up the smoker time!

[uncle eddie]

One of my co-workers tested positive on Monday. I started to get allergy like symptoms yesterday and went home - just in case. Doc asked me to wait until today to get tested so there would be less chance of a false negative. In case you are wondering what getting tested was like...it lasted like 2 or 3 seconds and made me feel like I wanted to sneeze. They said the CV-19 test results could take as long as 3-5 days but "hopefully" would happen in about 24 hours (there were no "quick test kits" in town!)

I have also discovered that being relatively healthy and quarantined in the middle of summer is doing "sloooow" time. So - yesterday I went deep freeze diving and found some St. Louis Style pork ribs for tonight and a turkey breast for tomorrow evening. I did the ribs at 260F in my MES40. Total cook time was 5 hours. Being bored, I took some pork rib photo's...like that has never been done before. You would think I could have got creative with the pictures with all the time on my hands but - I don't drink bourbon this early - so THAT didn't happen haha.

I did take inventory and I have enough beer and bourbon to last about 1 week of quarantine. I may need a care package soon lol.

Quarantined pork rib photo's follow:

 

[Aledavidov]

One of my co-workers tested positive on Monday. I started to get allergy like symptoms yesterday and went home - just in case. Doc asked me to wait until today to get tested so there would be less chance of a false negative. In case you are wondering what getting tested was like...it lasted like 2 or 3 seconds and made me feel like I wanted to sneeze. They said the CV-19 test results could take as long as 3-5 days but "hopefully" would happen in about 24 hours (there were no "quick test kits" in town!)

I have also discovered that being relatively healthy and quarantined in the middle of summer is doing "sloooow" time. So - yesterday I went deep freeze diving and found some St. Louis Style pork ribs for tonight and a turkey breast for tomorrow evening. I did the ribs at 260F in my MES40. Total cook time was 5 hours. Being bored, I took some pork rib photo's...like that has never been done before. You would think I could have got creative with the pictures with all the time on my hands but - I don't drink bourbon this early - so THAT didn't happen haha.

I did take inventory and I have enough beer and bourbon to last about 1 week of quarantine. I may need a care package soon lol.

Quarantined pork rib photo's follow:

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look nice , hope you fill good . Get well

 

[TNJAKE]

Hope you are negative and if not a speedy recovery. My family was exposed last week. We all got tested on Monday. Negative results this Wednesday. While I was waiting my brain tricked me into thinking everything was wrong lol. Literally cut up a lime to see if I could smell it. And when I could brain said "is the lime smell as strong as it should be"? Waiting sucks bud. Ribs look good

 

[BuckeyeSteve]

Ribs look good.
Was your test the one where they swab the nostril, or the one where they are drilling for oil in your brain?

 

[uncle eddie]

If I have it, it is really benign. If my co-worker didn't have it I would not have gotten tested and just chalked this up to mild allergies. Hoping for negative!

 

[TNJAKE]

My test was throat swab

 

[uncle eddie]

Ribs look good.
Was your test the one where they swab the nostril, or the one where they are drilling for oil in your brain?

haha - I think it was a little of both. I had no idea that a cotton swab could reach to the back seat lol. But it was over so fast that the whole test was more of a surprise than uncomfortable.

 

[jcam222]

Hoping the best for you guys!! Take care of yourselves.

 

[Sowsage]

Ribs look great! Hope all is well when the test comes back!

 

[JCAP]

Hope everything works out and that you get results fast.

Nice looking ribs. Hopefully you get that care package!

 

[mosparky]

Hoping you get Negative results. These days I carry a shopping list with me for last minute supplies, should I get sent home to quarantine/test.

 

[one eyed jack]

You made good use of your quarantine time. Good looking ribs.

 

[chef jimmyj]

Ribs looking good and I hope all is well with you and your family.
I spent 3 days of last weekend in 2 different Hospitals. One services a large area of west/central PA. I asked about their Covid patients over the last few months? The nurses I talked to in the ER and ICU both looked around for privacy, leaned in and said, they are not supposed to talk about it but the ER tested a dozen patients having symptoms, with no one admitted and the large ICU had 2 recoveries early on but no cases since May. I don't doubt densely populated Cities have higher occurance rates but the numbers are over blown and no need for shutdowns in more Rural areas of the country...JJ

 

[SmokinAl]

The ribs look great Eddie!
Here’s hoping for a negative test result!
Al

 

[uncle eddie]

Hoping you get Negative results. These days I carry a shopping list with me for last minute supplies, should I get sent home to quarantine/test.

What a good idea!

Just got the email...I am FREE again....negative!

 

[Steve H]

Ribs look good! And I hope you get good news from the lab tests.

 

[SmokinAl]

Just got the email...I am FREE again....negative!
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Awesome Eddie!
But now you have to go back to work, no more quarantine smokes!
Al

 

[Steve H]

That is great news!

 

[Smokin' in AZ]

Great news Eddie!

And nice lookin' ribs.

LIKE!

BTW - Here in AZ tests results are taking 9-14 days.....disgusting

John

 

[uncle eddie]

BTW - Here in AZ tests results are taking 9-14 days.....disgusting
John

That's almost the entire quarantine time!

They told me 3 to 5 days and, if I was lucky, 24 hours. My negative test result actually came by email yesterday evening, about 13 hours after testing. I was told to look at their app or their website, no mention of email. I never checked email until this morning. The app and the website still show no test results. Go figure.