Gauntlet... thrown!! Bring out ALL of your cookers!!

SciAggie

@caliking

caliking

Thanks, @SciAggie! I’m on it. 

And look... I managed to get a fire going  

SciAggie

But can you maintain it? You know, add uniform wood splits at regular intervals?

caliking

Aye, there’s the rub...

JohnInCarolina

Brisket pizza on the Roccbox:

SciAggie

@JohnInCarolina Very nice pizza. 

What happened to @caliking? You don’t reckon his fire went out do you? Jkjk

caliking

Done! 

Pic of one of the pies (red bell peppers, shrooms, garlic, shisito peppers). Made one cheese for caliprince, and a third with pepperoni, red onions, basil, extra EVOO. 

Managed to squeeze in the blackberry crumble, thanks to the assist from @SciAggie. 

Topped with some Blue Bell, the crumble stole the show IMO. Not too sweet, and nuts in baked goods always win. Added some molasses for good measure. Gracias, Gary!

SciAggie

That’s really cool. Looks like your oven works well. The pizza looks great. You should cook in that more often. 

How long did it take to get it hot?

caliking

SciAggie said:

That’s really cool. Looks like your oven works well. The pizza looks great. You should cook in that more often. 

How long did it take to get it hot?

Takes about 2-3 hrs. It's leaky as heck, and not really insulated, but it'll get to 1000F.   The  "dome" isn't parabolic, so it doesn't quite cook like a WFO, but enough for me to get my kicks.  

Whenever I fire it up, I rehearse what I'm going to say to the firemen, assuming that a neighbor will see the smoke and call them!

Legume

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Legume said:

Right on the nose. 

Foghorn

1) I love the redneck WFO and the cooks in it.  Awesome.
2) More than that, I love that it is portable.  When this mess is over, I'm thinking it will need to make an appearance on a ranch somewhere south of San Antonio - right @20stone and @The Cen-Tex Smoker?  Of course, if you can just share the plans, we could have the supplies waiting for you some weekend.

caliking

Foghorn said:

1) I love the redneck WFO and the cooks in it.  Awesome.
2) More than that, I love that it is portable.  When this mess is over, I'm thinking it will need to make an appearance on a ranch somewhere south of San Antonio - right @20stone and @The Cen-Tex Smoker?  Of course, if you can just share the plans, we could have the supplies waiting for you some weekend.

Let me know when Jason can come over to pick it up.

caliking

Re: building supplies - 

Cinder blocks                                 36
Concrete pavers, 24" x 24"             8 (only Lowes had these)
Fire bricks (full, not splits)              340ish
Angle iron, 1"                                 32'
Pea gravel for base.

And... Jason.

caliking

One more...
Weber Performer, 2003, SS top. 

Roasting veg for salsa ( @SciAggie ‘s salsa negra, over in the salsa thread)

caliking

caliking said:

Re: building supplies - 

Cinder blocks                                 36
Concrete pavers, 24" x 24"             8 (only Lowes had these)
Fire bricks (full, not splits)              340ish
Angle iron, 1"                                 32'
Pea gravel for base.

And... Jason.

Funny story about when I was building my redneck WFO -
The brickyard where I bought the fire bricks is about 30 miles away (mostly highway). I showed up with my 2008 Hyundai Santa Fe (my "hauler" at the time). 

Guy brings out a pallet of fire bricks with a forklift.

"Where's your truck?"
"This is it."
"You don't have any friends with a truck?"
"I don't have many friends."

Proceeds to deftly maneuver and place the pallet in the back of said vehicle. Which kinda sank until the back tires almost scraped the wheel wells. 

 "How far do you have to go??"

So, I told him.

"Take the back roads. And pray."

20stone

caliking said:

Done! 

Pic of one of the pies (red bell peppers, shrooms, garlic, shisito peppers). Made one cheese for caliprince, and a third with pepperoni, red onions, basil, extra EVOO. 

Managed to squeeze in the blackberry crumble, thanks to the assist from @SciAggie. 

Topped with some Blue Bell, the crumble stole the show IMO. Not too sweet, and nuts in baked goods always win. Added some molasses for good measure. Gracias, Gary!

I have movement. 

SandyHookEgger

JohnInCarolina said:

Brisket pizza on the Roccbox:

@JohnInCarolina  Tricia says that’s bad ax’s.

Mattman3969

Bacon Cheeseburger Egg Rolls in Air Fryer Homecut Steak fries in hot box with Chipotle Ketchup 

SciAggie

@Mattman3969 Killer...

Botch

caliking said:
Funny story about when I was building my redneck WFO -

The brickyard where I bought the fire bricks is about 30 miles away (mostly highway). I showed up with my 2008 Hyundai Santa Fe (my "hauler" at the time). 

Guy brings out a pallet of fire bricks with a forklift.

"Where's your truck?"
"This is it."
"You don't have any friends with a truck?"
"I don't have many friends."

Proceeds to deftly maneuver and place the pallet in the back of said vehicle. Which kinda sank until the back tires almost scraped the wheel wells. 

 "How far do you have to go??"

So, I told him.

"Take the back roads. And pray."

Back when I was a shiny new Lieutenant, I bought 10 railroad ties to build a raised garden in my back yard.  Started loading up my '86 Saab 900 (the rear seats folded completely flat, and the hatchback gave me a perfectly flat 8 feet or so).  When I loaded the 7th tie into the car, I realized the rear suspension had bottomed out.  
The lumberyard let me keep five of the ties off in a corner, and I drove home with five, and came back for the rest of them.  I too took the side streets, slowly.... 

caliking

Mattman3969 said:

Bacon Cheeseburger Egg Rolls in Air Fryer Homecut Steak fries in hot box with Chipotle Ketchup 

It’s the diamond plates. It’s GOTTA be the diamond plates that make everything look so good...

SciAggie

Calling several devices into service on this cook, but checking off the sous vide box. 

Bought a 4 pound pork butt and cut it into 2” slabs. Smoked on the offset for about 2 1/2 hours to get some smoke and color. 

Then mixed with chopped onion, bay leaves, a cinnamon stick, and and orange, plus S&P.
This is vac sealed and in the hot tub @165 degrees for 24 hours. 

Tomorrow I’ll shred and crisp in the wood oven. 

Plan to serve with corn tortillas and one of the salsas de jour from that thread.  

The Cen-Tex Smoker

caliking said:

caliking said:

Re: building supplies - 

Cinder blocks                                 36
Concrete pavers, 24" x 24"             8 (only Lowes had these)
Fire bricks (full, not splits)              340ish
Angle iron, 1"                                 32'
Pea gravel for base.

And... Jason.

Funny story about when I was building my redneck WFO -
The brickyard where I bought the fire bricks is about 30 miles away (mostly highway). I showed up with my 2008 Hyundai Santa Fe (my "hauler" at the time). 

Guy brings out a pallet of fire bricks with a forklift.

"Where's your truck?"
"This is it."
"You don't have any friends with a truck?"
"I don't have many friends."

Proceeds to deftly maneuver and place the pallet in the back of said vehicle. Which kinda sank until the back tires almost scraped the wheel wells. 

 "How far do you have to go??"

So, I told him.

"Take the back roads. And pray."

I love this story. 

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Legume said:

How long have you been sitting on This one just waiting for the perfect moment to spring it? 

bubbajack

Had to suffer through another condo cook at the beach.....shrooms and sweet onions in a pan... fillet and asparagus on the Goerge Forman....I did steam some clams too...

lousubcap

Nailed that across the board.  Great outcome.  Fork placement for bonus points!

Legume

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

Legume said:

How long have you been sitting on This one just waiting for the perfect moment to spring it? 

Nope - went and got it just for this.  I loved the OG Star Trek and remember this quote for some reason.  Something about the build quality surface the memory.

caliking

Legume said:

I chuckled at this all day yesterday. More so because I used a very similar line recently in a conversation with caliqueen.

caliking

bubbajack said:

Had to suffer through another condo cook at the beach.....shrooms and sweet onions in a pan... fillet and asparagus on the Goerge Forman....I did steam some clams too...

That does not look terrible