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OT 19: Masks On, Clothes Off, Right Hand Left Titty
- Irish
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This looks really nice.... I am in the market for a new grill this year but as much as this style intrigues me, I need to stick with the direct heat (gas) models for the majority of what I use a grill for....Acid666 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 10:58 am Wife bought me a Pitboss pellet grill. I briefly looked at these a year ago but something in me kept swaying away from it because I didn't want to pay for fuel when I've got a natural gas line ready for hookup on my patio so it's easy. But the cost of some of these nat gas pits was a bit higher than I wanted to spend.
Cooked on it twice so far, and it's pretty impressive. Still trying to figure it out since it's a little different than a normal pit. The pellets aren't nearly as costly as I expected. I think this hopper holds a whole 20lbs or so and a 20lb bag is only about $10. I'd say the hopper is about 14" tall and I've only used about an inch worth of pellets in the 2 times I've used it. The higher temps you cook, the faster it burns thru the pellets. It's got a slide that'll give you access to the flame so you can sear, so I tried to sear the outside to get some char, then close the grate and then lower the temps and kinda smoke it for several hours. Worked ok but I gotta tweak my times and temps. I do love that it comes with a probe so I can smoke it and simply look at the temp on the screen to see if it's cooked thru without opening the top.
So far it's 5/7, I look forward to doing more on it. It's apparently stupid versitile, you can smoke, bake, roast, braise, sear, grill, char-grill or barbecue.
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Irish wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 12:54 pmThis looks really nice.... I am in the market for a new grill this year but as much as this style intrigues me, I need to stick with the direct heat (gas) models for the majority of what I use a grill for....Acid666 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 10:58 am Wife bought me a Pitboss pellet grill. I briefly looked at these a year ago but something in me kept swaying away from it because I didn't want to pay for fuel when I've got a natural gas line ready for hookup on my patio so it's easy. But the cost of some of these nat gas pits was a bit higher than I wanted to spend.
Cooked on it twice so far, and it's pretty impressive. Still trying to figure it out since it's a little different than a normal pit. The pellets aren't nearly as costly as I expected. I think this hopper holds a whole 20lbs or so and a 20lb bag is only about $10. I'd say the hopper is about 14" tall and I've only used about an inch worth of pellets in the 2 times I've used it. The higher temps you cook, the faster it burns thru the pellets. It's got a slide that'll give you access to the flame so you can sear, so I tried to sear the outside to get some char, then close the grate and then lower the temps and kinda smoke it for several hours. Worked ok but I gotta tweak my times and temps. I do love that it comes with a probe so I can smoke it and simply look at the temp on the screen to see if it's cooked thru without opening the top.
So far it's 5/7, I look forward to doing more on it. It's apparently stupid versitile, you can smoke, bake, roast, braise, sear, grill, char-grill or barbecue.
This one works pretty well, but like I said I need to figure out my times and temps and shit.
I was trying to get something thick with juice so I made an attempt on a cheap flank I found at Albertsons. Probably not the best choice to try on but I just wanted to make a quick attempt and then split it with the wife.
I got the temp up to 500, seared it for 2m then turned 90°, flipped and did the same on the other side. Then i put it on the top rack and changed my temp to 200° and let it run for 2 hours. Came out ok, but could of gone up a little on the temp and still been fine and cooked the center a little more. When I pulled it out the center was at 165°.
I cooked some chicken wrapped in bacon with cream cheese and jalapeno on the top rack the whole time and it worked out really good. I had a lot of trouble with chicken on my small charcoal grill and being able to know and control the temp was a game changer. I can finally make drumsticks without having to constantly rotate them on high heat like I did before.
Still learning, but it's a pretty good start so far.
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Yeah that’s been my strategy for the last few years. It’s still thick enough that clean shaving is a bit of a hassle, but I’ll run it for a few weeks and see if I can get into a good routine. I like how it looks well enough to spend the five or so minutes it takes.. for now
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I made the mistake of trying to use my safety razor to shave my head after 2 weeks of non buzzing and my god it was a horrible experience. Patches everywhere. I couldn't get a good angle needed to seat the blade properly. I've been shaving with safety razors for years so I'm used to it on my face, but not on a curved head. I do have one of those speed blade things that rolls along your head but I wanted to try the safety route since blades are so damn cheap.SAWCE wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 1:50 pmYeah that’s been my strategy for the last few years. It’s still thick enough that clean shaving is a bit of a hassle, but I’ll run it for a few weeks and see if I can get into a good routine. I like how it looks well enough to spend the five or so minutes it takes.. for now
If you do it in the shower every other day, I can totally see how it's easy to manage because it's so fast and clean since it's so short. I debated on doing that, but I kinda prefer the buzz for now since it shows I have a decent hair line
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troyguitar wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 1:36 pmwap wrote:
Mid 70's yesterday and low-mid 70's most of this week.
It might hit 60 here briefly this afternoon. 70s in St Pete so apparently Chicago = Florida.
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That means he's not a
Gen z
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rainy and 50s here in constantinople
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We had just a few extra items laying around the apartment...
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Bet it felt good to toss the shovel!troyguitar wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 7:48 am We had just a few extra items laying around the apartment...