Recent content by Bill T

OK, I've heard from enough on this site, gonna change my ways and buy a bag of apple pellets, load up the Smoke/Fire and smoke some pork ribs. Thanks for the input, much appreciated!

They don't mandate it, but I've heard from other forums that there are jamming issues with other pellets. Guess I'll have to **** around and find out.

As everybody but me seemed to know, the SmokeFire only uses the slightly smaller Weber wood pellets. The SmokeWood is not limited by that. Does anybody know about a way to convert the SmokeFire to be able to use generic pellets?

Rudy's has a pretty good reputation in Texas, but as noted above it can vary from location to location. Wife and I moved to Dallas from KC in 1994, found a Dickey's nearby and went often. We moved to OK, and found one across the river in Vernon, and only went once - bad service, bad food - and...

These short CST evenings are cramping my style/harshing my buzz while trying to cook outdoors. I've tried some headlamps, but most were cheap and didn't last or had very short battery light. My wife bought me a cap with a light in the bill, it just never seems to be pointing in the right...

I'd still have my little hibachi from the '80s.

Ran out of room on our little patio, moved the 22" kettle to the barn with the roti. Might just have to do something with that.

Same here. In '85 I got a job at a PC store (no really, they existed). Sold IBM PC's w/256k of RAM, 5 MB hard drives were in the $1,000s. Sold Apple Lisas, Macs, Apple IIs.

I pumped 25 cent gas and of course cleaned the windows, checked the oil, tires, and radiator. Radial tires were a new thing, bought smokes for 25 cents, but quit when they raised the price to 35 cents. Took auto shop at summer school with a buddy, learned everything I ever wanted to know about a...

If the weather's nice there is the Dallas Arboretum, nice place to take a walk and see some lovely flowers and landscaping. And if you like grilled meat and have an expense account, there's Fogo de Chao in Addison (N. Dallas) - there are other Brazilian places, but Fogo was just up the street...

Asurion. Loving it so far...

I saw one in Altus, OK of all places. Looked like a shiny dumpster on wheels.

I spent $78 for a 4-year warranty, parts and labor. If they can't fix it I get reimbursed for the cost of the smoker. I'll be almost 80 by then, and I'm pretty sure I'll be ready for a discontinued next shiny thing

Finally got my SmokeFire. My wife did most of the build as usual, so I'm pretty sure we're good to go on that front. Got the software installed and updated, then burned it in and cleaned it up. Will move the WSM and the kettle to the barn in the morning, well covered. Going to cook 5# of beef...

Based on your reply I've cancelled my order (it was - maybe - going to be delivered mid-August. Will save up to buy something else. Thanks for the input.