OT: Your Christmas wish list
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Milwaukee Tool has multiple facilities across Mississippi. They get the nod in my book simply for the boost to the local economy. However, I say that without any idea if Dewalt has a similar footprint in MS.
My dad has one. It's so badass. I still have the air compressor and air impact in my truck but this thing blows it away in tourque.
I'm getting a DigiQ for my Green Egg. It's a digital temperature controller for smoking that will handle the airflow. Anyone else got one of these things? I've been doing a lot of slow and low lately and I'm tired of getting up at 4am to start cooking....
I use one with my smoker.
It's awesome. Get an extra thermocouple, it sucks when your only one gets a kink in it during a cook.
It's awesome. Get an extra thermocouple, it sucks when your only one gets a kink in it during a cook.
Very good present. I have cooked 21 hours on one load of charcoal before. I got a party Q as well if I cooking somewhere that doesn't have easy access to 120v since it runs on batteries. If you don't already have a plate setter, it is a must have also. One piece of advice, don't light your fire and get the egg up to temp before hooking up the Q. Hook up the Q, light the fire, put the meat on and let it do its thing. It will learn to ramp up the temp without overshooting the temp. There is a learning curve about where to set the top vent, less is more. Let the guru force the air out, if you open it too much it will draw through the top and overshoot your temp.
Haven't decided but I am certain it will not be the high dollar one I would like to have.
As for the Kramer, I always wished I could do something like that. One of my great cousins was one of the last blacksmiths around in Amory. Used to spend time watching him work when I was a kid.
Don't it always work out that way? You have a hunt like that and wish it was on video. I did video some that I will always remember but I would give anything to have had a camera on one turkey hunt my middle child and I did on youth day years ago. Called a gobbler and his hen across a large field till she passed us and then he followed. Thing is, we had no blind or cover... We just laid on our bellies on top of a teeny tiny patch of grass between that field and the next. Creek on our right and vine covered fence on our left, so it was the only way to go. She damned near stepped on my son when she came by. Two-year-old that gobbled his *** off till he was about 20 steps before my boy broke the longbeard's neck.
On my list as well.... Eventually. I bought a Franchi Intensity on a whim a couple of years ago and was sold on Franchi.
Some milwaukee tools are great, but when it comes to impacts, cordless hammer drills, sawzaws... dewalt is #1 hands down.
Wustohf Classic 8" is hard to beat. $99 on Amazon right now if you want to drop some hints. Victorinox 8" Fibrox Pro always gets high marks from Cook's Illustrated and Serious Eats for the budget category (for any category really). It's only $28 bucks on Amazon right now.
We've had both Dewalt and Milwaukee power tools for years on the farm. There's no difference. They're both good.
The Victorinox is what I keep around for my kitchen guys to use. Great knives for the price. I'll second the Wustohf suggestion in a big way. That's a knife you'll keep a long long time.
there will be a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth......but....way too many small children operating them.....
I understand the sentiment, but when cooking for 18 hours on a Boston Butt I'm fine with some help to keep from making millimeter adjustments to the vents instead of sleeping.
I wanted one too, but assumed they would be hard to get for a while. I learned about emulators using a Raspberry Pi. You buy one ready to go for $99, and there are dozens of different classic consoles built in. There are several websites where you download games (called ROMS) for free and transfer over to the Pi. It works great.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Raspberry-P...955449?hash=item1eb0aa1539:g:o2gAAOSwCGVX6r4g
I recently took Bourdain's advice on a new Global knife.... I got the larger Santoku. It's amazing. Global also has a new line out as well with a slightly different handle. It takes a $100 knife up to about $150-175 or so with the new styling.
Also.... for handmade, http://www.bloodrootblades.com/
These guys are incredible. While they do custom knives, they hold a lottery type system each month where they send out an email and you can bid on the purchase of one of the 15-20 or so monthly knives. The price doesn't change, but you bid to buy and they randomly choose a winner for each knife. price ranges from 350-1200 bucks or so. I think I read that their custom orders are on a near 4 year waitlist. These guys were featured on a Netflix documentary called "Crafted" .... interesting piece.
name your price, I've got you one
i have one you can buy.....slaya......name it, i have no use for it
i have one you can buy.....slaya......name it, i have no use for it
Yeah, I should have said "it takes SOME of the fun out of cooking". I enjoy the micro adjustments, but its not the best part. The guys in the BGE store were not very complimentary of the whole idea of automation. They made me feel kind of bad for even looking at it, and I was just curious about how it worked.
What kind of smokers do you guys use?
I use a couple Southern Pride DH-65's for work. I have an old hickory and a couple Oklahoma Joe's. I'm wanting the vertical offset that OK Joe has out. I like using the cheap offsets and making modifications to them for use at home. Competition and business I have to go with the quality pits.
I use a couple Southern Pride DH-65's for work. I have an old hickory and a couple Oklahoma Joe's. I'm wanting the vertical offset that OK Joe has out. I like using the cheap offsets and making modifications to them for use at home. Competition and business I have to go with the quality pits.
112 lbs Thr, Minn Kota I-Pilot
for my bay boat
wasn't taking any chances and just bought it myself
for my bay boat
wasn't taking any chances and just bought it myself
Perfect! Thanks man. If things go well I can get the Wustohf, if not the Victorinox.
Nice thing is my birthday is the end of January so I can make the pitch again.
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