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Big cooking day. So far, have completed another dry rub bacon, this time in a standard rub (salt, brown and maple sugar, sage) but the smoke from pecan shells instead of from a wood. Classic NC method, had to mail order the shells cuz I ain't in NC these days. Still in the smoker, a brisket...

Ooooh, nice. I've owned a couple of ceramics, but only one Kyocera. Chipped it on a bone, but before it broke it had some amazing action, really smooth French knifing. Really need to get another one.

Little known fact - Henckels and Wusthof are made in the same factory. But they use higher quality components in the high-end Wusthof. A cheaper Wusthof is, in fact, just a Henckels with a different makers mark. Not worth the $$$. Only worth it if you buy the high-end ones. But as I...

Not bad. Any Wusthofs in your kitchen? I have two - a kochmesser I've been using for almost 20 years and a much newer flexible boning knife.

First beef from the smoker- a brisket in the rub from an award-winning carpacio from a restaurant I was sous at. If it was a little fattier could've made pastrami from it. Just a little too lean. Rub includes black pepper, garlic, herbs de provence, and tarragon. Smoked in mesquite.

Unbelievable. Had my EVO back for less than a week, and it is malfunctioning again. Last time it had runaway heat. This time, mid-session, the LED died, not red or green, just died. And it is rattling. At first it appeared to have stopped heating, but now I'm not sure. Still hot. Will let...

Wet-cured madeira bacon, apple and cherry smoked.

Got a hold of some decent shrimp, so I made shrimp and grits. Homemade bacon, andouille, white whine, garlic, lemon, dill, old bay, butter, little bit o the freshly-made bbq sauce. Grits full of butter and gruyere.

So did madeira-maple dry bacon mark III. Much better than mk II. Have wet-cure madeira bacon mk I in the brine for another day. Also, made my homemade BBQ sauce for the 1st time in years. Made from the homemade bacon fat, balsamic vinegar, organic tomatoes, onions, a shitload of ginger...

Damnit, damnit, damnit. Overcooked the new batch of bacon. Still getting to know the smoker (only 2nd time using it). The shoulder is turning out fine, but at the higher temp the bacon overcooked. $60 of pork and curing materials. Still tastes good, but it's a fully-cooked, cured pork belly...

This is a little odd. Scallops with grits instead of shrimp with grits. Could not find ANY fresh shrimp in my part of MD (isn't that sad? Chesapeake Bay is all fucked up), but found some beautiful scallops. So fuck it. Made with my homemade bacon, sauternes, garlic, Old Bay, and lots of...

Dang. I'm due to quit cigarettes a week from tomorrow. Will be much harder sans the EVO.

That's what I'd think. Except it started mid-session with no drop or bump. Can the bamboo crack spontaneously? Or be cracked for a while but only start overheating days later?

The vapables are all scorching. Tried 4 different strains that normally need different temps to produce visible vapor, all spewing white vapor and scorching after one pull. However, the bamboo is not getting glowing hot, nor is the light staying red. It's just getting crazy hot. I'm a US...

Yup. Everything started scorching. I know this happened with some units a while back, but I've had this one for many months. Need a new battery for my IR thermometer to check the exact level of overheating. No idea. This just happened last night and I have submitted a ticket this morning...

Anyone have runaway heating happen recently? Just happened to me last night on an EVO I've been using for months. Had to break out the OG ticker.

Pork tenderloin with black trumpets and the bacon I made yesterday in sherry, garlic and horseradish. A little more cooked than I like, couldn't hear my damn kitchen timer go off. Need a new one.

First batch of bacon from the new smoker. Madeira and sage cured then apple and cherry smoked. And I am going back on my not cooking any more heavy French cuisine, cuz I both have this bacon to use and got a hold of a couple ounces of black trumpets. Coming this week - pork tenderloin in...

Yes, those can be devastating, family-wrecking addictions. My point was that they are often not, and certainly not any more destructive than alcoholism. over 20 years ago I was addicted to heroin, and it affected the other parts of my life in only the most minor ways (money) - wrote my thesis...

To anyone who has been following the Supreme Court, it is obvious our "way of life" (in the US) has altered radically, and in less than a year at that. A year ago, we had an effective Voting Rights Act that had been the law for over 40 years; now we do not. A year ago, we had aggregate limits...