Recent content by JKalchik

Well, it does now. The new charcoal tray gets enough airflow, and those 3/8" stainless grates are almost completely nonstick. Those grates will also last almost until the heat death of the universe.

I ordered through a local distributor, and was debating paying the LTL freight charge ($$$$$) or driving down to MS where they're made. Unfortunately, I'd either have to take the lid off, or take the cap off my pickup. Fortunately, the distributor got enough orders to fully load a...

My former [client] manager has a Yoder pellet smoker. He's made some darned good food with it. Yoder is also a pretty decent company to deal with. I have a Yoder charcoal grill that's no longer stock. :)

And I'm hearing that in my head in the right voice....... The original, not Toni Tenille.

Okay, vendor aside...... to spring those grates out of square like that not only takes quite a bit of force, but force applied in a rather specific direction. Did those come of of the packaging at all? Were they still planar before & after?

Harrumph. What I used to listen to is now on the grocery store PA.

That's a straight go back to the vendor. There's no way that I'd accept that. I'd be concerned about popping joints if I tried to square that back up.

Caveat: I have not seen these grates in person. A 3d (reinforcing) bar across the middle will keep the other rods spaced evenly, as well as preventing flex up & down. I have a 22" span on 3/8" rod with very little deflection. What I would not do is try to remove it. If nothing else, you'll...

My g/f rarely objects to kitchen or grilling purchases. Biggest issue would probably where do I store it? Yes, I want a chamber sealer........ But otherwise, she's generally okay to pretty happy. It gets her scratch fettucine Alfredo.

I was in Costco earlier today. Bone in prime rib roasts were $22/lb. Yeah, the beef tenderloin price are rather unreasonable, especially the "extreme peeled" grades.

Our friend group here....... food is always interesting. I'm on a carb limited diet (insulin dependent,) with the aforementioned issues. Side note: the gluten issue is decided atypical. It's not a digestive issue, it's a joint issue. A day after eating a slice of white bread, their joints...

Beef Wellington is on my list of want to try items.

Dinner for us is going to be something like a lobster alfredo w/ scratch pasta, with a green salad on the side. We're hosting a New Year's dinner with some friends. Smoked rib roast with a mashed potato casserole (a riff on Giada de Laurentis' decadent mashed potato casserole,) Ree...

That's pretty impressive. Also indicates to my cynical little mind that this may be a known issue.

Without really talking to commercial pitmasters, I've figured for years that their time constraints wouldn't let them make 'cue like I make here at home. And your reasoning is why I'm really not considering opening a food truck. I went to look up where Luther, IA is...... and the 2nd search...