I love a good kona but most are a 10% blend at best. I like dark roster and try a lot of different brands lately its been a dark rost the wife is picking up from Myer i dont know the brand. If I have good coffee I like a press pot or perk. Drip for convenience when in a hurry.
Heck I have some friends that live out of state I have not seen in a while . Last time I heard they were starting a bean rosting business. I should reach out to them and touch base. Will need to watch out next thing I may be trying to rost my own beans along with trying making wine. .
Kill two birds with one stone: Wine flavored coffee and coffee flavored wine. You're welcome.
I darkened the important part with a sharpie just to make it visible for a picture. This is just a prototype, I had AI generate the 3D mesh from a picture of a trap I created and a prompt describing what I was aiming for. The asymmetry in the jaws is an artifact of the AI as it tried to figure out how to maximize the size of the trap relative to the cylinder.
I figured a scouter should be able to have a bit of bling to match their interests LOL. Thought you all might enjoy
you didn't say what specific model you have , gas, electric , wood?
running around 250-275 internal cook chamber temp your meat should reach temp in about 40-60 minutes a pound depending on the thickness.
wrapping definitely helps once you have a good bark on the meat.
wireless thermometers are very nice because most will tell you the temp at both ends of the probes so you can see actual cook temp
chicken thighs is a good way to get better at smoking easy success not a lot of cook time.
take your meat out a few hours before cooking and let it come up to room temp or close to it , if you are fighting a 35 degree peice of meat vs a 65 degree peice of meat that is more to have to raise.
covered in rub which is largely salt it shouldn't spoil in a couple of hours on the counter.
This is why you don't put all your eggs in the future you will have in retirement years. Might want to start spending that retirement money a bit before you cannot really do some things.
Working all your younger years and saving for those elder years is a gamble.
This is exactly what Wonderful Wife and I did. I will retire soon as I am 73 and I have no regrets for the life we led and am looking forward to a bright future.
Have never seen it rain harder for about 45 min. For about 15 minutes we had nickel sized hail. Judging from plants and trees around the house, no damage from the hail.
Every summer in the Deep South is like this. I don't remember one that wasn't.
We'll make quick comments about the heat & humidity every summer in July and August in the South, but it's always the same...no difference from year to year.
I do complain about sweat running into my eyes.
I love the cold, so you'll never hear me gripe about teens, 20s, or a frosty morning down here.
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