OT - What are you doing right now?

saluki2007

Buckwoody Egger said:

Applauding @saluki2007 , so hilarious

I can't thank my family enough for take a nap and allowing me the time to waste 30 minuets of my life that I will never get back.

kl8ton

Saw this "DR CHAR" plate and thought of @Mickey and his wings. 

Mickey

kl8ton said:

Saw this "DR CHAR" plate and thought of @Mickey and his wings. 

Thank you for the thoughts. 

I’m burning I-10 between Salado, Texas and Santa Rosa Beach (think Destin/Seaside) Florida. I would like to spend the majority of time in Florida but my wife feels different. 

Really those wings were the fault of a very bad Dallas football team, adult beverages, and a nap. Oh, and it was hot in central Texas. 

Botch

Battleborn said:

Botch said:

JohnInCarolina said:

waiting on my connecting flight, to ABQ

Sandia, or Los Alamos?  
(try the huevos rancheros)  

He would tell you, but then he would probably have to kill you. 

He may have one higher degree than I do, but I might surpass him with Security Clearances (and I really don't know).  

Botch

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Botch said:

Today, I tried velveting pork for the first time

Did you use oil or Kenji's water method?

I did a mishmash of videos I'd watched this morning.  A small bit of Baking Soda, cornstarch, and some soy, and then massaged my loin firmly with my hand until it got sticky (omg I'm gonna regret typing that), and let it rest (my loin) in the frig for 30 minutes.  
Boiled some water in my wok, stirred and broke up the pork, ~45 seconds, then drained and set aside.  The boiling seemed to screw up my wok surface, and stir-frying the veg had a lot of sticking.  Added the pork, then the sauce, and it got gummy (wok too hot, my fault).  
I have two more quarters of a loin to play with the next two days, I'll report back if I finally figure out something that works well.  

TEXASBGE2018

Last couple photos from Maui some iPhone some drone.

Ozzie_Isaac

Botch said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Botch said:

Today, I tried velveting pork for the first time

Did you use oil or Kenji's water method?

I did a mishmash of videos I'd watched this morning.  A small bit of Baking Soda, cornstarch, and some soy, and then massaged my loin firmly with my hand until it got sticky (omg I'm gonna regret typing that), and let it rest (my loin) in the frig for 30 minutes.  
Boiled some water in my wok, stirred and broke up the pork, ~45 seconds, then drained and set aside.  The boiling seemed to screw up my wok surface, and stir-frying the veg had a lot of sticking.  Added the pork, then the sauce, and it got gummy (wok too hot, my fault).  
I have two more quarters of a loin to play with the next two days, I'll report back if I finally figure out something that works well.  

Did you re-oil after boiling the water?  I drain, wipe dry, heat up smoking hot, hit it with oil and swirl around, then turn the heat down real low (just pilot light or off depending on burner I am using), add veggies and begin stirring.  After about 15-30seconds, I turn the heat back, heat is based on feel, and toss veggies for wok hei.  After veggies are about 80%, I add more oil and then add the meat back in and toss.

nolaegghead

Ok, hard to discern a point to this, but I stopped to take a pic

JohnInCarolina

nolaegghead said:

Ok, hard to discern a point to this, but I stopped to take a pic

I wonder if we can borrow Beldar for Brisket Camp?

fishlessman

never seen this type of corrosion on a water pipe. some type of knife line corrosion on the weld seem. was holding pressure till i hit it with a hammer.

Ozzie_Isaac

fishlessman said:

never seen this type of corrosion on a water pipe. some type of knife line corrosion on the weld seem. was holding pressure till i hit it with a hammer.

Weld seam corrosion.  One cause can be improper heat treat (or no heat treat) after welding the seam.  The crystallin structure of the metal is changed due to the heat of welding.  This makes the metal immediately adjacent to the welds more suspectable to corrosion.  What you have pictured looks like a text book case.  Any chance that is part of a fire sprinkler system?

alaskanassasin

Made in China? @fishlessman

fishlessman

Ozzie_Isaac said:

fishlessman said:

never seen this type of corrosion on a water pipe. some type of knife line corrosion on the weld seem. was holding pressure till i hit it with a hammer.

Weld seam corrosion.  One cause can be improper heat treat (or no heat treat) after welding the seam.  The crystallin structure of the metal is changed due to the heat of welding.  This makes the metal immediately adjacent to the welds more suspectable to corrosion.  What you have pictured looks like a text book case.  Any chance that is part of a fire sprinkler system?

its a condensate line for a roof mount trickle condensate.  from reading up its either faulty heat treat or the edge of flatbar where the grain structure differs wasnt prepped properly or too much sulfur at the edge.  its not that old of a system.  never seen it but does appear to happen from time to time. the markings on the pipe show that it was supposed to be heat treated and pressure tested, theres really no pressure in this system.

Ozzie_Isaac

fishlessman said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

fishlessman said:

never seen this type of corrosion on a water pipe. some type of knife line corrosion on the weld seem. was holding pressure till i hit it with a hammer.

Weld seam corrosion.  One cause can be improper heat treat (or no heat treat) after welding the seam.  The crystallin structure of the metal is changed due to the heat of welding.  This makes the metal immediately adjacent to the welds more suspectable to corrosion.  What you have pictured looks like a text book case.  Any chance that is part of a fire sprinkler system?

its a condensate line for a roof mount trickle condensate.  from reading up its either faulty heat treat or the edge of flatbar where the grain structure differs wasnt prepped properly or too much sulfur at the edge.  its not that old of a system.  never seen it but does appear to happen from time to time. the markings on the pipe show that it was supposed to be heat treated and pressure tested, theres really no pressure in this system.

If it is a condensate line with no pressure, just reinstall with the seam facing up 😜

Pretty interesting failure mode, not the actual corrosion part, but how it presents.  Thank you for sharing.

fishlessman

alaskanassasin said:

Made in China? @fishlessman

south korea, most comes from there and the ukraine. not the ukraine so much nowadays

fishlessman

found the leg of a newborn fawn in my driveway today, hoping it was the fox and not coyote,  i dont usually see those this time of year. the fox den is maybe 100 feet away. ive never seen fox and deer go at it but this is one small leg

WeberWho

Here's reality when owning a stick burner....



This is one of the easiest smokers to clean up and it's about 45 minutes to an hour worth of time to do it. (Minus the fan blades) Everyone likes to show their food from a stick burner but somehow the clean up is hardly ever mentioned. Far from being hard work but just time consuming. You really do get to appreciate how stupid easy the BGE works and how jt cleans itself up for the most part. Would I trade the stick burners away? Not a chance. Every grill/smokers have their pros and cons but it's funny how you hardly ever hear about the time and commitment it takes to stay on top of these stick burners. Fun times!

Ozzie_Isaac

WeberWho said:

Here's reality when owning a stick burner....



This is one of the easiest smokers to clean up and it's about 45 minutes to an hour worth of time to do it. (Minus the fan blades) Everyone likes to show their food from a stick burner but somehow the clean up is hardly ever mentioned. Far from being hard work but just time consuming. You really do get to appreciate how stupid easy the BGE works and how jt cleans itself up for the most part. Would I trade the stick burners away? Not a chance. Every grill/smokers have their pros and cons but it's funny how you hardly ever hear about the time and commitment it takes to stay on top of these stick burners. Fun times!

How often do you need to clean them?  After every cook, every 3, 5, or 10cooks, once a year?

nolaegghead

My buddy went to New Mexico with his son who is an Eagle Scout for some exclusive camping experience, anyway, not that important.  Anyway he’s supposed to be back at work tomorrow (and I need him for some work on one of our products).  

This is part of our texts

WeberWho

Ozzie_Isaac said:

WeberWho said:

Here's reality when owning a stick burner....

This is one of the easiest smokers to clean up and it's about 45 minutes to an hour worth of time to do it. (Minus the fan blades) Everyone likes to show their food from a stick burner but somehow the clean up is hardly ever mentioned. Far from being hard work but just time consuming. You really do get to appreciate how stupid easy the BGE works and how jt cleans itself up for the most part. Would I trade the stick burners away? Not a chance. Every grill/smokers have their pros and cons but it's funny how you hardly ever hear about the time and commitment it takes to stay on top of these stick burners. Fun times!

How often do you need to clean them?  After every cook, every 3, 5, or 10cooks, once a year?

I clean it every 3rd - 4th cook. Fans need to be cleaned every 100 hours or so if I'm not mistaking. Oven cleaner, magic eraser, and a pressure washer make it pretty easy work with the KBQ. You can go as long as you're willing to let it go I suppose. I find it easier to clean the more often you do it. I've been traveling with it to different places/events and people are typically curious on how it works. So it usually gets washed before being loaded up as people don't want to look or eat off something that's completely disgusting. It's different when you're at home and you and your family are eating off it and know what's been on it.

JohnInCarolina

Solid day meeting with technical staff members at Sandia.  Another round of meetings tomorrow morning and afternoon, and then we'll have a break - catching the Isotopes game tomorrow night.

Ozzie_Isaac

nolaegghead said:

My buddy went to New Mexico with his son who is an Eagle Scout for some exclusive camping experience, anyway, not that important.  Anyway he’s supposed to be back at work tomorrow (and I need him for some work on one of our products).  

This is part of our texts

Holy smokes man.  If that was the crash today, 3 people died and bunch injured!!  Glad your friend and his kids are ok.  Scary stuff.

saluki2007

nolaegghead said:

My buddy went to New Mexico with his son who is an Eagle Scout for some exclusive camping experience, anyway, not that important.  Anyway he’s supposed to be back at work tomorrow (and I need him for some work on one of our products).  

This is part of our texts

That’s the lead story in my google news feed. 

Eggdicted_Dawgfan

Looks like the crash is Missouri. If so he’s lucky to only be bruised up. Glad they are ok and hopefully everyone else is able to walk away as well. 

Eggdicted_Dawgfan

Damn hate to hear 3 died. 

shtgunal3

@WesJohnson

ColbyLang

shtgunal3 said:

@WesJohnson

Damn, he’s coming to Louisiana?

lousubcap

Regarding stick burner cleanup- the rig you run is the major variable.  I clean my Lang (36") after every cook.  Pull the guts, hit the interior with water from a hose.  Scrape the bottom surface bits into the catch pail/pan (where the water ends up as well). Reload the guts, spray with cooking oil-done.  
Just need some good hi heat gloves to get the racks out.  Easy-even for me.  FWIW-

pgprescott

lousubcap said:

Regarding stick burner cleanup- the rig you run is the major variable.  I clean my Lang (36") after every cook.  Pull the guts, hit the interior with water from a hose.  Scrape the bottom surface bits into the catch pail/pan (where the water ends up as well). Reload the guts, spray with cooking oil-done.  
Just need some good hi heat gloves to get the racks out.  Easy-even for me.  FWIW-

Salute to you sir. If that’s your easy, I’m even more impressed. 

Ozzie_Isaac

lousubcap said:

Regarding stick burner cleanup- the rig you run is the major variable.  I clean my Lang (36") after every cook.  Pull the guts, hit the interior with water from a hose.  Scrape the bottom surface bits into the catch pail/pan (where the water ends up as well). Reload the guts, spray with cooking oil-done.  
Just need some good hi heat gloves to get the racks out.  Easy-even for me.  FWIW-

Thank you for convincing me never to get a stick burner.  If something is going to be that high maintenance, it better do more than just cook me dinner.