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  • SmokeyPitt
    SmokeyPitt Posts: 10,490
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    blasting said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    Revenge of the Nerds 1 or 2? 
    We have a winner.  It was Ogre in #2.  Nothin but the classics, lol.
    Wow.  That's heavy Ogre. 
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT0zjorR68A

    Which came first the chicken or the egg?  I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg. 

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  • Ladeback69
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    grege345 said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    Jeepster47 said:
    @RRP ... nope ... let me try again. 

    Do you leave your daisy wheel on when your target temp is 750 degrees?  Or, do you remove it so that you can get that high? 

    Thus, the question is aimed at finding out at what cooking temp you set the top vent amount by simply removing the daisy wheel.
    Stainless is generally good for high temp applications.  At very high temps it can start to oxidize.

    I do not know what grade steel the smokeware cap, but it is slightly magnetic so I am going to assume it is a 400 series stainless, probably 416 or something.  416 is a low cost easily machinable grade.  400 series grades also tend to have lower chromium content.  The higher the chromium the higher the scaling point (oxidation).  416 begins to oxidize over 1200 deg F in continuous use.

    So in short, I would remove it if I am going over 1200 deg F.

    As an aside the arimide fibers begin to degrade around 900 deg F.  So your gasket will go before your cap.


    im gonna need a dictionary 
    I was following what they were saying, but I am a technician and work with engineers all day long so this wasn't hard to follow.  It was kind of entertaining. 
    XL, WSM, Coleman Road Trip Gas Grill

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  • Fred19Flintstone
    Fred19Flintstone Posts: 8,168
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    My Dad was an engineer.  I don't hear much "engineer jibber-jabber" anymore.
    Flint, Michigan
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  • Jeepster47
    Jeepster47 Posts: 3,827
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    Has anyone mentioned ADD or ADHD to you guys?  Geez ... ask a simple question - on a week night no less - and you guys are bouncing off the wall.  Oh well, guess I'll go create a spreadsheet or a graph ...

    Washington, IL  >  Queen Creek, AZ ... Two large eggs and an adopted Mini Max

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  • Ozzie_Isaac
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    A bison’s level of aggressiveness, both physical and passive, is legendary. - NPS
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,458
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    Tom, we don't have attention deficit damn it's hot in here. 
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  • DMW
    DMW Posts: 13,832
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    lousubcap said:
    Probably a good time to remind all that the pi day of the century is the day after the Salado Eggfest.
    @lousubcap - Actually, pi day is the day of the Salado Eggfest.
    They/Them
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 19,087
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    A bison’s level of aggressiveness, both physical and passive, is legendary. - NPS
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 25,895
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    That is cool, my man...but I counted 19 dashes. Is there a story behind that number? Was it the number of days you wandered aimlessly in the AZ desert after you were abandoned as a tyke?
    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • Terrebandit
    Terrebandit Posts: 1,750
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    @Jeepster47 good experiment. Wasn't trying to be critical of that. 
    Dave - Austin, TX
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 19,087
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    Close, but it was number of months before the she-coyote found me.
    A bison’s level of aggressiveness, both physical and passive, is legendary. - NPS
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  • Jeepster47
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    @Terrebandit ... no problems mate, I understood where you were coming from.  Thanks for taking the time to clarify though ... appreciated. 

    Washington, IL  >  Queen Creek, AZ ... Two large eggs and an adopted Mini Max

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  • Jeepster47
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    RRP said:
    That is cool, my man...but I counted 19 dashes. Is there a story behind that number? Was it the number of days you wandered aimlessly in the AZ desert after you were abandoned as a tyke?
    @RRP ... you've got to understand that that boy loves to tell stories ... has he told you yet about being a rocket scientist?  That's another humdinger.

    Washington, IL  >  Queen Creek, AZ ... Two large eggs and an adopted Mini Max

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  • RRP
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    Jeepster47 said:
    RRP said:
    That is cool, my man...but I counted 19 dashes. Is there a story behind that number? Was it the number of days you wandered aimlessly in the AZ desert after you were abandoned as a tyke?
    @RRP ... you've got to understand that that boy loves to tell stories ... has he told you yet about being a rocket scientist?  That's another humdinger.

    Hmmmm, no, but thanks for the heads up! 

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  • Zmokin
    Zmokin Posts: 1,938
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    I have a circular slide rule my Dad gave me.  It has a very detailed slide out card with comprehensive Periodic chart, lots of tables with conversion factors for area & volume.  And a list of useful constants.  but what gets me, is it has pi out to like 25 digits.  Now what I want to know is, how the heck can you use Pi to that precision on an effing slide rule?
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  • Jeepster47
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    @Zmokin ... even better, you can't use Pi to that precision on a home computer so 25 digits is still overkill. 

    If you have a kid who isn't growing out of that irritating "why" phase, you might have a budding engineer.  Do they love to solve puzzles, find patterns, find anomalies, measure stuff, and puzzle over stuff you could care less about?  Do they get fixated on discovering and understanding all they can about one subject at a time?  Well, I'm sorry, they'll probably never grow out of it.  They'll most likely memorize Pi to a useless number of digits, argue about who knows the most number of Pi digits, and simple be the bane of your existence ... or make you proud. 

    Washington, IL  >  Queen Creek, AZ ... Two large eggs and an adopted Mini Max

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  • DMW
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    @Jeepster47
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8vHhgh6oM0
    They/Them
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  • grege345
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    What if you have a kid who likes to take things apart but not put them back together? 
    LBGE& SBGE———————————————•———————– Pennsylvania / poconos

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  • DMW
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    grege345 said:
    What if you have a kid who likes to take things apart but not put them back together? 
    According to the above documentary, that is normal. No need for concern.
    They/Them
    Morgantown, PA

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  • SmyrnaGA
    SmyrnaGA Posts: 438
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    grege345 said:
    What if you have a kid who likes to take things apart but not put them back together? 
    Then, you got yourself a scientist!!

    Large BGE, Small BGE, KJ Jr, and a Cracked Vision Kub.

    in Smyrna GA.


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  • Jeepster47
    Jeepster47 Posts: 3,827
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    grege345 said:
    What if you have a kid who likes to take things apart but not put them back together? 
    Tell your friends that the kid must have been switched in the hospital at birth!

    Washington, IL  >  Queen Creek, AZ ... Two large eggs and an adopted Mini Max

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  • Jeepster47
    Jeepster47 Posts: 3,827
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    @DMW ... love it ... thanks for this mornings laugh!

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  • Jeepster47
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    @grege345 ... oh, oh, oh ... I know what your kid can do ... you have the perfect kid for demolition work!!!

    Washington, IL  >  Queen Creek, AZ ... Two large eggs and an adopted Mini Max

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  • grege345
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    Haha. That kid was me. Not to far off lol. Let the dozer guy clean it up they may have the knack. 
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 19,087
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    @Grege345 funny you mention dozers.  My job had me regularly operating D6Ns and Ts.  I loved making big holes, hills, slopes, etc.  Then putting it all back so the field supervisor never knew. (test facility so nobody eyed my productivity)
    A bison’s level of aggressiveness, both physical and passive, is legendary. - NPS
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  • grege345
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    Did you follow in dads footsteps? A few years ago our company was sending a few Chosen few to Arizona test facility. Sadly I couldn't make it. I wanted to go just for the belt buckle. 
    LBGE& SBGE———————————————•———————– Pennsylvania / poconos

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  • SeahawksEGGHead
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    DoubleEgger said:
    Jeepster47 said:
    DoubleEgger said:
    The top vent hole is 3.875" diameter which is 11.78 square inches.  That's a 43% increase when removing the cap  
    @DoubleEgger ... Yep, so you can go much higher on temps with either cap off.  But, do you decide to take it off to achieve 500 degrees, 600 degrees, 700 degrees or never?
    I've never taken the smokeware cap off and have been to 600+

    I  just got my SS cap, haven't put it on yet but will very soon.  I did question if I was able to hit 500F with the cap on and fully open, for those spatchcock and hamburger kinds of days.  Maybe I'll open it up and see what happens.
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  • theyolksonyou
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    @dmw "utter social ineptitude". I resemble that remark!  Great video. 
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  • Jeepster47
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    grege345 said:
    Did you follow in dads footsteps? A few years ago our company was sending a few Chosen few to Arizona test facility. Sadly I couldn't make it. I wanted to go just for the belt buckle. 
    Almost the same physical location, but your friends probably went to the Tinaja Hills Training Center (a demo/training facility managed by the marketing folks) as apposed to the Tucson Proving Grounds (a test facility managed by the technical folks) where the real work is accomplished.  Beautiful area either way.

    Washington, IL  >  Queen Creek, AZ ... Two large eggs and an adopted Mini Max

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  • Zmokin
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    grege345 said:
    Haha. That kid was me. Not to far off lol. Let the dozer guy clean it up they may have the knack. 
    My mom used to tell me my middle name was "Crush,Kill, Destroy"
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    Using the Black Cast Iron grill, Plate Setter,
     and a BBQ Guru temp controller.

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