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And now for something completely different...My wife has decided that we need to move sometime in the not too distant future; a mix of wanting to live in a specific area and wanting another bedroom. It's not the "hey, we're moving" thing (yet), it's more the "let's get our house listable and see...

I hear Popeye's uses Olive Oil... Sorry, that's my dad joke for the day. I'll stop now.

I also mostly just take out the center when using the vortex. But I have been using it with a wok (not the GBS version) and have really liked the results. I did a post about it here. I prefer carbon steel vs. CI for a wok and this setup has worked quite well for me. It gets quite hot and...

I am the only one who drinks coffee at home, and I typically only have a couple of cups, so I too went the way of the Keurig. While I am a bit of a beer snob, my coffee palate is not as refined and the Keurig works well for me. I use a mix of re-usable cup and pods. I have found that I...

Nothing like Christmas dinner for the first time preparing rib roast/prime rib. I want to start by noting that, FINALLY, my kids took my advice and left Santa something other than milk and cookies... It was only the five of us and my father-in-law to feed (and two of my daughters don't...

My boss gets everyone in the company a turkey just before Thanksgiving, which because we historically spend Thanksgiving elsewhere, I have cooked for Christmas. This year, Thanksgiving was at our house and the turkey has already been cooked and eaten. So I got a bone-in rib roast to cook, will...

I too think there are too many bowl games out there, but at the same time, not enough teams considered for the "playoff" and championship. But the Bowls are money makers and it would be difficult to eliminate them, which is one reason they won't expand the post season into a tournament. Not...

I've only named two of my cars, the first one that I had (Opus), and the most recent one (Yoda; it's not green, it's a "Toyoda"). Opus was rear ended and totaled. My oldest daughter rear ended someone this summer and did thousands in damage to Yoda (not totaled at least). I think I'm done...

Bacon...the duct tape of the food world. Seriously, though, I don't remember the last time I tried brussel sprouts, but I do know that I really did not like them at that time. I have to admit, though, that looks really good.

Every year I tell my kids that Santa gets milk and iced and decorated sugar cookies at millions of houses. So much so that he would likely greatly appreciate oatmeal cookies (no raisins) and a glass of 15 year old single malt scotch. They ignore me every year.

A few years ago, I smoked a turkey with hickory and I thought it was the best turkey I've made. Unfortunately, my wife did not and I have not smoked turkey since. For the last several years for Christmas and/or Thanksgiving (whichever one we stayed home for), I've roasted the turkey in my cast...

Also dropped Hulu Live for YouTube TV and am quite happy with it.

I have had mine for a couple of years now. There are a couple of annoyances, the biggest being the bluetooth range which I agree is not as advertised. Having said that, I have found a bit of a work-around in that I have notifications for the iGrill app turned on for my smart watch; I can set...

Last Friday was my company's fifth annual chili cook-off, costume contest, and kickball tournament. Chili is judged for spiciest, most original, and best overall, and there is a people's choice vote. I've entered my G Washington Wishbone's Wild West Chili every year, and have a couple of most...

Thanks for the compliments. It's undergone some modification. I re-sanded and re-sealed the top and moved the utensil hooks (a couple of times). Oh, and I cut a hole in it.

That's a good listen right there. That got me listening to more of the progressive rock in my library. Apparently I've been listening to it a lot since I keep getting recommendations of other bands "similar to Tool" from Google Play Music. After trying out a few of those, I had to make a...

If you happen to have a Google smart speaker/display in your kitchen (I have the Google Home Hub), you can set several simultaneous timers with whatever names you want to assign just by talking to it. The Home Hub is also kind of fun/handy to use when following recipes. I cannot say if Alexa...

Scotch; typically Glenlivet 12, or 15 if I find a good price.

Coming up on the 25th, my office will be having its 5th annual chili cook-off/costume contest/kickball tourney. It's not a strict on the definition of chili kind of contest, so we get beans and no beans, some with noodles, and even the occasional chicken chili. I won most original once...

I liked the sound of Cliff Bartlett's Wasabi Potatoes in this thread, so I decided to pair them up with some ribs Saturday. I haven't used my electric cabinet smoker since getting the Master Touch. I've become a big fan of the snake method. I watched the temps closely the entire time (Weber...