OT - What are you doing right now?

Dyal_SC

NPHuskerFL said:

Wondering if any of the SM, MM or Mini users will post to the Throwdown Thread...I figured there would be a better showing. 

I think I'll have time to play around some tomorrow.  

Ozzie_Isaac

@Dyal_SC please post!  I figured more folks would be down for the contest.   Even if you don't meet all the qualifications its worth posting.

Eggcelsior

Putting on my 4 month wet-aged brisket(not on purpose). Egg settled in at 246 with hickory and pecan for smoke. I'm out of oak. Went with Don Marcos Mafia Coffee Run so I could get rid of it. I have zero expectations for this so anything will be a pleasant surprise.

Ozzie_Isaac

What is a 4 month wet age?

Eggcelsior

@ozzie_issac it's where you buy a brisket with a pack date of 10/10/15 and leave it in the fridge because you can't decide what to do with it for 4 months.

Eggcelsior

In cryovac, of course.

theyolksonyou

Good morning world!

Dyal_SC

@Ozzie_Isaac , I still have to make a dessert, but will do that this afternoon.  Standby.  

DMW

My big guy came down with a head cold last night. He has baseball tryouts for a travel team tonight. Chicken noodle soup in progress.



Have some chicken breasts in the sous vide to chunk up and add in later along with the noodles.

theyolksonyou

@dmw good luck to him. Hope he feels better. 

theyolksonyou

Dyal_SC

Lord have mercy that looks good @theyolksonyou

lousubcap

@theyolksonyou - great result right there.  Congrats on the cook and now the eats.  Friggin home-run.  Daym!

YEMTrey

Solid looking brisky @theyolksonyou !

DMW

theyolksonyou said:

@dmw good luck to him. Hope he feels better. 

Thanks Jason, he's not 100% for sure, but hopefully he can at least show up and deliver for a couple hours tonight.

Here was his bowl of soup.


Took advantage of this spring like weather and none of the fleet hot to get a group photo.


Really need to get a better outdoor cooking situation. Maybe I'll just pour a slab this spring while we continue to look for another place.

lousubcap

@DMW - If he can hit it then he is home free.  That hand-eye coordination is the largest challenge with baseball.  You can develop the other traits but that's the key, unless he is a left-handed pitcher-now that's a pass to greater things.  Good luck with the try-outs.  Always more stress for the parents.  

theyolksonyou

Thank you everyone. Just finished a couple hour workout with the 9 yr old baseball team. Beautiful day. 

Sea2Ski

Just finished the dam tour.   Great day!! 

Dawnl

Enjoying the aftereffects of the first BBQ of the year.  A good glass of red wine and a nice fire in the wood stove.  

Jeepster47

Just finished up some baby backs ... apple for smoke, Dizzy Pig Pineapple Head for rub, and some Red Mud for glazing on two-thirds of the rack.  Pineapple Head doesn't produce your normal BBQ taste, but a very good change-up on ribs ... it'll show up again soon.

blind99

Just finished installing a new Nomex gasket from Smokeware. 

Sardonicus

Dam awesome photos, @Sea2Ski !
Nice work.

Sardonicus

 
Boycotting the Oscars!
Not in protest or anything.
It's just that . . . well,

Edit:
(Oops.  Deleted that GIF after I remembered
The Buffalo - and/or the prissy li'l Puritans who summon the beast.
Sorry, @Ozzie_Issac .  Really.)

Who really watches that stuff anyway?
  
  

theyolksonyou

@Sardonicus I'm boycotting them too based solely on the fact that there is no ball involved. At least not one a bunch of young men compete with. 

Sardonicus

theyolksonyou said:

@Sardonicus I'm boycotting them too based solely on the fact that there is no ball involved. At least not one a bunch of young men compete with. 

Things are looking up.
The Cubs have started spring training!
As Guv Kasich says, "If you don't have a seat belt . . . "
  

theyolksonyou

@Sardonicus really wish I'd made it to Wrigley before last year. Still on my bucket list. 

Ozzie_Isaac

DMW said:

theyolksonyou said:

@dmw good luck to him. Hope he feels better. 

Thanks Jason, he's not 100% for sure, but hopefully he can at least show up and deliver for a couple hours tonight.

Here was his bowl of soup.


Took advantage of this spring like weather and none of the fleet hot to get a group photo.


Really need to get a better outdoor cooking situation. Maybe I'll just pour a slab this spring while we continue to look for another place.

Thank you for posting that pic!  Took the heat off my back patio with my wife. 

Sardonicus

theyolksonyou said:

@Sardonicus really wish I'd made it to Wrigley before last year. Still on my bucket list. 

@TheYolksOnYou : Wrigley is nice, but the food at Cellular Field is better.  Much.

Of course, the bars outside Wrigley are worthy - but only after day games, IMO.  After weekend night games, well . . . there're houligans about - sometimes.  
If you're with the fellas, no prob.  Enjoy the show.
If you're with your wife, just go home/to hotel or risk bruising your knuckles.

It's been awhile, but I know.

OTOH, after games at Cellular, just leave.  Day or night.
But first . . . stop at Maxwell Street Polish (31st street, I believe) for a polish or pork chop sandwich.  Horrible, unhealthy, excellent food for a baseball day!

Ozzie_Isaac

Problem with Cellular Field is you have to watch the Whitesox.

theyolksonyou

I'm in it for the nostalgia, then the baseball.   I really need a return trip to Chicago. 

Fenway is also on my list. Maybe Chavez ravine. Everyone is so anxious to build new parks...