moe1967

Cover you ears with both palms with your fingers going to the back of your head. With your fingers now at the back of your head, at the base of your skull, start tapping. Like playing a drum. Do that with multiple fingers. For a couple of minutes.

This will TEMPORARiLY relieve symptoms.

I have a mild case of tinnitus. Its sounds exactly like it sounded many years ago, when I was a young buck, after playing live music with the volume at 11+. lol

In The RearView Mirror

I built one from scratch about 15 years ago. Had an old Weber Kettle that rusted out at the bottom. So, I reused the lid, the cooking grate, The wheels, and the bottom bowl of the Kettle. The bowl made for a huge charcoal basket the will burn for about 16 hours @ 225-230 degrees. I can barely fit that thing in there. Had an old bed frame that I used to make a cart for the drum to be on wheels. I got 4 ball valves at the bottom to control temp. I got big pizza pan with holes in it as a heat diffuser. The highest temp i can achieve is about 330 degrees. Maybe 350 on a very good day.

It cooks pretty good ribs with the diffuser in place. Cooks excellent pork steaks for old school BBQ. I use the drum every Thanksgiving to smoke turkey breast. I just wish i could get the temp higher to get crispy skin. Would NOT recommend for brisket or pork butt.

Today, I use a 26" kettle to cook everything except turkey breasts. From steaks to Brisket. It has a Slow n Sear that will outlive me. And a Spider Grills Venom to control temp (cause I'm lazy like that, lol). I'm really enjoying this setup!

OP, if you are dead set on getting a drum smoker thats already made then I'd suggest you look into Hunsaker Smokers. I know they make high quality stuff. They make a stainless steel drum smoker that would last generations. It's pricey!

My sister, who can make some excellent pralines, is adamant that you need cool/cold dry weather to make good pralines.

However, this past September I went to a BBQ joint and they had pralines for sale. I bought one. I was surprised at how good it was. The weather was hot and humid.

So, I'll be telling my sister she is full of shite. lol

Thats all I got.

Glad the wife is going to be OK!

Now the real question is: Does the elderly lady have insurance?

marinated pork

Not me, but some friends of mine from Waaayyy back.

Friend #1 And Friend #2. Both worked offshore but for different companies. They had the exact same work schedules. Neither were married.

Friend #1 was a good guy. Light partier. He was seeing a girl for about 2 months.

Friend #2 was a good guy. Heavy partier. He loved to do that booger sugar.

Friend #1 finds out Friend #2 was banging his girl behind his back.

Friend #1 breaks it off with his girl. But he never confronts Friend #2.
Friend #1 plays it off like nothing is wrong.

After a couple of months Friend #2 gets inside word that his company will be doing drug tests when he goes back out.

Friend #2 asks Friend #1 to pee in a visine bottle for him to past his drug test. Friend #1 agrees.

Friend #1 goes out and gets an 8-ball of white and gets coked out. Then pees in the visine bottle for Friend #2.

Friend #2 fails his drug test and gets fired. lol

To this day they are no longer friends.

People who drag their feet and make that god awful sound. Especially the ones that wear slippers with socks. If you're not 90y/o or more than pick up your damn feet and walk like a human. Pisses me off to no end.

Growing up, my Dad would have beat my arse if he ever saw me walking like that,

You won't regret the RFX. Mine has worked flawlessly for me. Yea, the app could be better. But the upside far out weighs the downside. Rock solid connection that works flawlessly. Outstanding customer service. My probes have consistently given me readings that are within a couple tenths of my thermapen one. So I trust the probes.

I initially got the 1 probe kit but quickly realized I could use 2 probes. At least.
So, keep that in mind.

You'll learn a lot about "carry over" cook on steaks and such during the rest.

Highly recommend

Things I've learned about cooking steaks after I got my Thermoworks RFX.

1) After doing a reverse sear there is always a "carry-over" cook. Meaning, once you pull the steak off of the heat source the temperature will continue to rise. It's almost always 12 - 13 degrees during the rest. However, I once had a steak rise 25 degrees after I removed it from the heat source. I was shocked and I can't explain it. (That steak was ruined. Pulled at 124 and it climbed to 149)

So, if your target temp is 135 you gonna need to remove steak at around 123 degrees. ( reverse sear) and hope you have the typical carry-over of 12 - 13 degrees.

2) With forward sear things are much more manageable and predictable.
Put steaks directly over flames and cook till it looks like you want it to look. Then move them for indirect to finish cook. "carry-over" is 6 - 7 degrees.
So, if your target temp is 135 then you would remove steaks at 128.

This is my preferred method now.

Please note: I cook my steaks on a Weber Kettle with charcoal banked on one side.

Remember this.

Always use some type of oil with HexClad.

Follows instructions on how to season. (Not like Cast iron) It takes 5 minutes.

They do cook a beautiful steak.