charcoal4brains
Knows what a fatty is.
- Joined
- Jan 22, 2015
- Location
- Houston, TX
Greetings new brethren and cistern!
I've been lurking for a while, part of the delay has been due to a username error I made at PhotoBucket.com ...
come to find out I can change my birthdate, I can change my gender (I'll leave that cunning publicity stunt to Bwucie) but I can't change my username. go figger
At any rate, it's high time to properly introduce myself.
Born'n'raised in KCMO, I can smell good 'que a mile away. Retired (mechanical and software engineer) now, I enjoy drivin my neighbors crazy maybe 5x a week - and no, I'm not talking about the nude calisthenics in front of an open window. That's a different website entirely.
When my '70s vintage 22-1/2" Weber kettle was stolen I got a charcoal Weber Go-Anywhere, and have developed ways to low'n'slow chuck roasts, ribs, beef shanks and whatnot, and bake at higher temps too. I can cook on it just like the big boys, and it fits inside my living room's fireplace for rainy day Q-ing!
A while back I was given a large terra cotta flowerpot. I can use it as a stand for a legless $5 garage sale Smoky Joe for grilling, or I can take the SJ's bowl out and use the food grate and lid for an Alton Brown-ish charcoal burning smoker. The flowerpot needs more seasoning, it still smells like Miracle-Gro and cat p.
Just got a like-new blue 22-1/2" OTG for $30 on CL - have burned up a ton of HEB's store brand briquettes learning how to adjust the vents. I think they burn as well as KB but are harder to light - maybe Kingsford is on to something with their fancy edges?
Added a few goodies ... the Slide-Aside lid holder, errr, the DANG-DAWG-PROOF Slide-Aside lid holder, and I'm assembling a PID Automatic Temperature Controller kit that will also control a sous vide water oven.
LUUUUUUV! My Maverick ET-732! HAAAAAAATE it's tiny screws! The first thing I did when I took it out of the box was seal the cable-probe connections with silicon sealer. The OVEN probe lasted about 6 months, the FOOD probe died a couple of months later.
Got a pair of replacement probes (phew! you'd think they'd throw in a receiver unit for that kind of money!) The first thing I did when I took them out of the box was seal the cable-probe connections with RTV silicon sealer. A few weeks later one probe spent the night at the bottom of my temporary sous vide water oven (canning kettle in an electric skillet.) Shook the water off, dried it in a low oven, two months later it still reads the same as the other (dry) probe.
Have a weakness for all things cast iron, rocket stoves, and razor sharp knives. Just picked up a double-sized reversible cast iron griddle, belt sanded it baby's bee-hind smooth, then seasoned the fark outta it with flaxseed oil. I call it "Slick." Been makin some deeee-lish! boogies on my made-from-scratch bunz!
Here's a few pics of some of my toys (I hope, did I post them right???)
- Flower pot smoker. Notice the 5-gallon fire buckets, I get them for free-to-a-buck at bakeries. Some don't have lids, they have a couple of 1", $0.19 "feeder" goldfish which helps a lot in keeping the 'skeeter population down.
- Chuck roast on the WGA
- Turkey thighs on the WGA in the fireplace
Looking forward to gettin to know y'all, learning a lot, sharing what little I know ...
\\ c4b
OTG (DI) Blue 22-1/2"
WGA (H) (charcoal)
WSJ (J) & flowerpot smoker
Maverick ET-732
PID controller on workbench
I've been lurking for a while, part of the delay has been due to a username error I made at PhotoBucket.com ...
come to find out I can change my birthdate, I can change my gender (I'll leave that cunning publicity stunt to Bwucie) but I can't change my username. go figger
At any rate, it's high time to properly introduce myself.
Born'n'raised in KCMO, I can smell good 'que a mile away. Retired (mechanical and software engineer) now, I enjoy drivin my neighbors crazy maybe 5x a week - and no, I'm not talking about the nude calisthenics in front of an open window. That's a different website entirely.
When my '70s vintage 22-1/2" Weber kettle was stolen I got a charcoal Weber Go-Anywhere, and have developed ways to low'n'slow chuck roasts, ribs, beef shanks and whatnot, and bake at higher temps too. I can cook on it just like the big boys, and it fits inside my living room's fireplace for rainy day Q-ing!
A while back I was given a large terra cotta flowerpot. I can use it as a stand for a legless $5 garage sale Smoky Joe for grilling, or I can take the SJ's bowl out and use the food grate and lid for an Alton Brown-ish charcoal burning smoker. The flowerpot needs more seasoning, it still smells like Miracle-Gro and cat p.
Just got a like-new blue 22-1/2" OTG for $30 on CL - have burned up a ton of HEB's store brand briquettes learning how to adjust the vents. I think they burn as well as KB but are harder to light - maybe Kingsford is on to something with their fancy edges?
Added a few goodies ... the Slide-Aside lid holder, errr, the DANG-DAWG-PROOF Slide-Aside lid holder, and I'm assembling a PID Automatic Temperature Controller kit that will also control a sous vide water oven.
LUUUUUUV! My Maverick ET-732! HAAAAAAATE it's tiny screws! The first thing I did when I took it out of the box was seal the cable-probe connections with silicon sealer. The OVEN probe lasted about 6 months, the FOOD probe died a couple of months later.
Got a pair of replacement probes (phew! you'd think they'd throw in a receiver unit for that kind of money!) The first thing I did when I took them out of the box was seal the cable-probe connections with RTV silicon sealer. A few weeks later one probe spent the night at the bottom of my temporary sous vide water oven (canning kettle in an electric skillet.) Shook the water off, dried it in a low oven, two months later it still reads the same as the other (dry) probe.
Have a weakness for all things cast iron, rocket stoves, and razor sharp knives. Just picked up a double-sized reversible cast iron griddle, belt sanded it baby's bee-hind smooth, then seasoned the fark outta it with flaxseed oil. I call it "Slick." Been makin some deeee-lish! boogies on my made-from-scratch bunz!
Here's a few pics of some of my toys (I hope, did I post them right???)
- Flower pot smoker. Notice the 5-gallon fire buckets, I get them for free-to-a-buck at bakeries. Some don't have lids, they have a couple of 1", $0.19 "feeder" goldfish which helps a lot in keeping the 'skeeter population down.
- Chuck roast on the WGA
- Turkey thighs on the WGA in the fireplace
Looking forward to gettin to know y'all, learning a lot, sharing what little I know ...
\\ c4b
OTG (DI) Blue 22-1/2"
WGA (H) (charcoal)
WSJ (J) & flowerpot smoker
Maverick ET-732
PID controller on workbench
