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The Mistakes We’ve Made

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  • billt01
    billt01 Posts: 1,523
    RRP said:
    I know I have already posted one, and then today I thought of another. That involved an early cook of a pork butt using my wife's deceased grandmother's cake pan as a drip pan. BTW her grandmother taught home ec for 40 years down in the bootheel of MO. Hard to even guess how many cakes were baked in it.

    I have never been able to get that pan any cleaner than this with scouring, harsh chemicals or a few hours of elbow grease! Perhaps a random orbital sander might do the trick, but now all these years later that pan has been "out of sight - out of mind" for my wife.

    Well, the nice thing that came from the disaster was since that sorry day on I ALWAYS wrap any drip pan and my PS with foil!
    Soak for 48 hrs with one of these along the bottom, you may be surprised..




    Have:
     XLBGE / Stumps Baby XL / Couple of Stokers (Gen 1 and Gen 3) / Blackstone 36 / Maxey 3x5 water pan hog cooker
    Had:
    LBGE / Lang 60D / Cookshack SM150 / Stumps Stretch / Stumps Baby

    Fat Willies BBQ
    Ola, Ga

  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 16,984
    You may wish to try white cleaning vinegar. Let it set for a few hours, and the acids will penetrate the film that is remaining on the pans. I use it to clean stainless steel drip pans.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 15,428
    edited May 2018
    "It ain't so, Botch".   =)
     
    Sorry about the cryptic note this morning, guys.  I woke up in a cold sweat at 0230 and never did get back to sleep.  I'll be crashing soon (its just after six here, now).
    End of April I briefed all senior lea  need to keep this brief.  I made a mistake in a briefing, have been trying to correct it ever since, and because I briefed a General officer that data, no one will let me change it (it makes no sense at all, but you current/former military guys will understand, esp. if you've worked in Maintenance).  
    I made the correction in a slide yesterday, but my boss's boss's boss changed it back, AGAIN, last night at 7:40.  
    (brief, eh?)  So, if the wrong F-35 project gets funded this year, we'll end up building a $40.7M facility in 2021 with no water/sewer service.  I need to adopt the "F*ckit, I retire in '20", but I'm not like that.  My boss said he doesn't care anymore, boss's boss said about the same, and I wasn't summoned anywhere today.  
    DO have an electronic trail proving I've been trying to fix this, with everyone, and have been continually dismissed.  What a fustercluck.  
    _____________

    "I mean, I don't just kill guys, I'm notorious for doing in houseplants."  - Maggie, Northern Exposure


  • thetrim
    thetrim Posts: 11,352
    Botch said:
    res
    Not sure what that means, but I hope today went well for you. 
    =======================================
    XL 6/06, Mini 6/12, L 10/12, Mini #2 12/14 MiniMax 3/16 Large #2 11/20 Legacy from my FIL - RIP
    Tampa Bay, FL
    EIB 6 Oct 95
  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 30,867
    Botch said:
    "It ain't so, Botch".   =)
     
    Sorry about the cryptic note this morning, guys.  I woke up in a cold sweat at 0230 and never did get back to sleep.  I'll be crashing soon (its just after six here, now).
    End of April I briefed all senior lea  need to keep this brief.  I made a mistake in a briefing, have been trying to correct it ever since, and because I briefed a General officer that data, no one will let me change it (it makes no sense at all, but you current/former military guys will understand, esp. if you've worked in Maintenance).  
    I made the correction in a slide yesterday, but my boss's boss's boss changed it back, AGAIN, last night at 7:40.  
    (brief, eh?)  So, if the wrong F-35 project gets funded this year, we'll end up building a $40.7M facility in 2021 with no water/sewer service.  I need to adopt the "F*ckit, I retire in '20", but I'm not like that.  My boss said he doesn't care anymore, boss's boss said about the same, and I wasn't summoned anywhere today.  
    DO have an electronic trail proving I've been trying to fix this, with everyone, and have been continually dismissed.  What a fustercluck.  
    Sounds like a heckofa day man.
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 15,428
    thetrim said:
    Botch said:
    res
    Not sure what that means, but I hope today went well for you. 
    I tried to "res"erve the spot right after Lou's post, but it didn't work (and looks like a mess now, agree).  Sorry 'bout that!  
    _____________

    "I mean, I don't just kill guys, I'm notorious for doing in houseplants."  - Maggie, Northern Exposure


  • Jeremiah
    Jeremiah Posts: 6,412
    Glad to hear it’s working out @Botch mistakes are made, we’re all human. Egg on brother. 
    Slumming it in Aiken, SC. 
  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 32,168
    @Botch- spineless chain of command right there.  Can't believe no one will go forward and explain the issue.  I guess that's where we are today.  Sad, sad commentary at a minimum.   For your bosses, It's not your job to care or not...just grow a pair and do the right thing.  Off soap-box.  
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
  • thetrim
    thetrim Posts: 11,352
    Sorry to hear that @Botch.  I was Infantry in the Army but as a company XO had a few run ins with maintenance issues when dealing with our Assistant Division Commander for Support.  He was a One Star who grew up in the Infantry but used to beat the $...hit out of the lower level maintenance folks.  I have some stories that were pretty crazy at the time but i can at least laugh about them now over a few drinks. 
    =======================================
    XL 6/06, Mini 6/12, L 10/12, Mini #2 12/14 MiniMax 3/16 Large #2 11/20 Legacy from my FIL - RIP
    Tampa Bay, FL
    EIB 6 Oct 95
  • smokeybreeze
    smokeybreeze Posts: 216
    Been egging for quite a few years now and a recent pair of 6-8# bone-in pork shoulders (indirect) were stabilized at 225* when I went to bed ~10:00pm. Woke up ~6:00am and checked on them. Temp was over 350* and the bark was THICK. I could only salvage less than 2# of edibles. Still haven't figured that one out.

    I've been able to lock in temps for years such that a stabilized 225* is still 225* 12-18 hours later with zero adjustments and I don't use an electronic temperature stabilizer.

    This is certainly an exception, but sometimes sh*t happens and the gods don't look kindly at you for some reason; or is it lady karma for decades past transgressions?

    There's two types of eggheads - those that have had a major mistake, and those that will (or are just lying). 

    Grill on and enjoy. You pays your dues and you takes your chances - experience reduces your chances but it never reaches zero.
  • westernbbq
    westernbbq Posts: 2,490
    Something happened to my cake 


    This is so wrong on so many levels its unbelievable
  • bboulier
    bboulier Posts: 558
    Serving guests the first time you cook on the egg. I had not appreciated how long you had to wait before the smoke cleared.  Experience matters.
    Weber Kettle, Weber Genesis Silver B, Medium Egg, KJ Classic (Black)
  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 32,168
    @bboulier - but you recognized the right way to run the cook so the groceries had to be outstanding.  I got bit on the related issue-the dome to cooking grate off-set.  Missed the target finish feel by a good hour.  
    All's well that ends well.  
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.