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My wife likes Neese's so that's what we get. I have a feeling that, left to my own devices, I would find something better. Ideally I would make my own, experimenting with the spice blend until I got it just right, but I don't really have the equipment or kitchen space to make that work.

I bought the second kettle so I could grill chicken wings fast enough to feed that horde of locusts my wife's family when they visited. I only wish wings were that cheap again.

A pork butt is cooking away on the WSM. The two kettles are standing by as Plan B, ready to grill chicken thighs if the butt isn't ready on time (in which case we'll have pulled pork tomorrow). Both my children and all 5 of my grandchildren are here for the first time since the covid mess began...

Probably a Performer, something I don't have now. If my two kettles and WSM suddenly disappeared I'd buy a Performer. But I'd probably buy another WSM within a month or two. (Yes, I know it said only one, but I hereby invoke the Kobayashi Maru rule.)

Yes, this was Food Lion. I picked up a couple of butts on sale for 99 cents/lb a while back, and I always go by the meat department just in case. With the current trend in prices I'm sure a lot of people are doing the same thing.

One can never have too many binder clips or carabiners. My hack: when I make bbq rubs I put a label on the jar/shaker with the recipe so that when it runs out I can make a new batch without having to hunt down the recipe.

aka "Watch the sell-by date". I bought and cooked a brisket last week, and I noticed that the sell-by date was 8/23, so on 8/23 I stopped by to check and, sure enough, they had been reduced by about $2 a pound so I bought another one and put it in the freezer. Today I was in the store again, so...

I am hesitant to jeopardize my long winless streak, but... I'm in!

We bought a Bosch dishwasher less than a year before we moved, and I was tempted to take it with us. It was the quietest dishwasher I ever saw; I thought the little light that shone on the floor to let you know it was running was a gimmick, but you really couldn't tell it was on if you were more...

Will the legacy grills become the equivalent of the 1950s American cars in Cuba?

I've considered doing this to the 22 I bought to use as a dedicated pizza oven. I haven't found a cheap enough donor to buy just for the ash bucket. Now I'll have to check the leg sockets for slots to see if it's possible. But if not, it will give me a chance to play with my metallic surgery kit...

I would put a stainless steel fender washer on each side of the hole, fastened with a stainless steel bolt and nut. Cut the bolt so it's just long enough to extend about 1/8 inch beyond the face of the nut, then after assembling, peen the end of the bolt so it can't come unscrewed. You could...

But when it's this hot I cook simple things. Bbq chicken legs, cantaloupe, corn, and beer. Not creative, but satisfying.

That's the model I just bought for the chest freezer I just bought. After 45+/- years our 19 cubic foot upright was finally retired two years ago when we downsized and moved into a house with no space for it. The garage wouldn't accommodate the swinging door of an upright. I would have had to...

Get one of these in the x-small size.

I just picked up a rack of baby back ribs and some corn on the cob, so that will be my Independence Day menu, probably with Cole slaw and baked beans on the side. I picked up a couple of locally made hot sauces at the beach last week. The Surfer Slappin' sauce was good on grilled chicken so I'm...

They had a Comet, too.

Lots of them. We viewed the Perseids shower while on vacation. I've also seen a few individual ones; one of the better ones was while I was driving at night, at a time when many alleged UFO sightings were being reported. There for a second, I wondered...

I have had problems with displays (not Performer timers, so YMMV) due to poor connections or cold solder joints where the display connected to the circuit board. If you can access the board, try reflowing the soldered connections. If it doesn't fix the problem you're no worse off than you are now.