OT: Thread About Nothing (TaN #...lost count)

[My3Sons]

Here's the thing with the charcoal V gas debate.

Charcoal will be always be for two different people.

Those nostalgic for the older grills that their parents or grandparents had. (Like those cheap red roof grills you saw in the 80s and that they still sell today)

The actual Barbecue and grilling aficionado that likes to go along with the ritual and process of actually grilling and smoking their meats.

Gas is for people that are just new to grilling and barbecuing or simply don't want to be tasked with going through all those extra steps. Although, objectively its worth it because gas grills don't really add 'flavor' to a final product. Charcoal and/or those wood chips you can use does though.

I'm digging the Blackstone flattops though. Great if you wanna feed a crowd and are actually cheaper than a lot of traditional gas grills. Plus you don't got to worry about grates.

The Traeger smoker grills are a nice in between too.

Charcoal v gas has its primary comparison in grilling in my back yard. I guess you could have an offset gas burner that heated a separate cooking chamber but gas is seemingly the heat source for direct grilling in most outdoor cooking appliance applications although the outdoor griddle has started to catch on. I have both and the gas is good for quick cooks like hamburgers or searing something. Many times I've seared a big cut like a full beef filet or rack of lamb on the gas grill and then moved it over to the smoker for a low heat indirect finish to bring it up to the desired doneness. You can do offset with minimal smoke taste it you use something mild like apple wood.

 

[None Shall Pass]

 

[Guadana]

I don't really like the smell of the charcoal afterwards.

It's not that I wouldn't eat or even cook with charcoal, but the smell is stronger and lingers all over my clothes and the air for quite a while after cooking.

You are p***y cat. Such do not survive in Sparta.

 

[Guadana]

Charcoal v gas has its primary comparison in grilling in my back yard. I guess you could have an offset gas burner that heated a separate cooking chamber but gas is seemingly the heat source for direct grilling in most outdoor cooking appliance applications although the outdoor griddle has started to catch on. I have both and the gas is good for quick cooks like hamburgers or searing something. Many times I've seared a big cut like a full beef filet or rack of lamb on the gas grill and then moved it over to the smoker for a low heat indirect finish to bring it up to the desired doneness. You can do offset with minimal smoke taste it you use something mild like apple wood.

My father cutt off old brunches or broken brunches from trees like apple, or pear or cherry tree in the garden, left them to dry under a canopy and then experimented with different coal. It was too many years ago and I don’t remember what kind of results he had. So it’s my goal to reexperimenting on this stuff. For now I’m buying coal or taking any dried brunches in the forest.

 

[My3Sons]

My father cutt off old brunches or broken brunches from trees like apple, or pear or cherry tree in the garden, left them to dry under a canopy and then experimented with different coal. It was too many years ago and I don’t remember what kind of results he had. So it’s my goal to reexperimenting on this stuff. For now I’m buying coal or taking any dried brunches in the forest.

just make sure you use hardwood trees. Things like pine have lots of sap and give off really noxious fumes.

 

[Bleedred]

bonfires kind of suck. It's like going to a bar before the smoking ban.

I wouldn’t say it bothers me as much as cigarette smoke or the smell of that, but it’s kind of the same thing where it lingers on your clothes.

I would steal eat off a charcoal grill or cook with it, but I prefer not to if given the chance.

A small campfire is also fine with me.

 

[Guadana]

just make sure you use hardwood trees. Things like pine have lots of sap and give off really noxious fumes.

Yeah, I have my own carpentry experience (I’m not Jesus. I’m better). Pitchy trees are not our choice.

 

[njdevils1982]

My father cutt off old brunches or broken brunches from trees like apple, or pear or cherry tree in the garden, left them to dry under a canopy and then experimented with different coal. It was too many years ago and I don’t remember what kind of results he had. So it’s my goal to reexperimenting on this stuff. For now I’m buying coal or taking any dried brunches in the forest.

i use apple and cherry wood when i make smoked sausages every january

 

[Andre Palot]

bonfires kind of suck. It's like going to a bar before the smoking ban.

Bonfires + Natty Lite - days I'd like to forget.

 

[njdevils1982]

found out today that all three of these songs were all sung by paul carrack.....there's always something new to learn

 

[My3Sons]

found out today that all three of these songs were all sung by paul carrack.....there's always something new to learn

Squeeze was excellent for a hot minute in the 1980s. They played at my college and I was a roadie assistant for concerts that can’t through. They seemed nice enough.

 

[devilsblood]

Been enjoying this guys channel lately.

 

[TheUnseenHand]

I can't figure out what I dislike more: Very obviously heavily filtered and photoshopped pictures of people that result in a face with no pores that is barely human and a figure that's literally impossible for the human anatomy to achieve or the people who comment on the pictures saying how amazing the person looks.

 

[JimEIV]

I can't figure out what I dislike more: Very obviously heavily filtered and photoshopped pictures of people that result in a face with no pores that is barely human and a figure that's literally impossible for the human anatomy to achieve or the people who comment on the pictures saying how amazing the person looks.

Did you get catfished? lol

 

[TheUnseenHand]

Did you get catfished? lol

Hahahaha no no. I can recognize that stuff pretty quickly. I'm just noticing coworkers, friends and relatives on Facebook starting to do it more and more. I know those people so it's kind of disturbing how their edited selves look nothing like their actual selves. Then they get these comments that just encourage them to do it.

 

[njdevils1982]

hey pal, why don't you get DOUCHEBAG tattooed across your forehead while you're at it

I got a tattoo of Calvin Klein underwear — to always look like I’m wearing them

“Nothing comes between me and my Calvins,” the Redditor wrote.

nypost.com

 

[TheUnseenHand]

A massive wind gust just came through here and knocked out the power.

 

[My3Sons]

A massive wind gust just came through here and knocked out the power.

Hopefully nobody was hurt

 

[TheUnseenHand]

Hopefully nobody was hurt

I'm curious about Musikfest. It's a big music festival here that's all outdoors with tents and outdoor stages and stuff. I hope everyone was able to take shelter.

 

[My3Sons]

I'm curious about Musikfest. It's a big music festival here that's all outdoors with tents and outdoor stages and stuff. I hope everyone was able to take shelter.

That could be dangerous. With any luck the tents held and the power was restored quickly?

 

[TheUnseenHand]

That could be dangerous. With any luck the tents held and the power was restored quickly?

It's not scheduled to be restored until 11pm tonight. We will see if that actually happens...

 

[BahlDeep]

Did you get catfished? lol

Have to ask... what was the equivalent of being catfished for you old heads?

 

[JimEIV]

Have to ask... what was the equivalent of being catfished for you old heads?

I don't think there is a pre-digital equivalent?

Maybe there was some dude in the 80's that was ordering his Ukrainian wife from a catalog?

Oh...I know? party lines.... definitely party lines. But still not sure, you couldn't see anyone so I don't know if that counts? I never did it, but I knew a lot of people that would talk to people on a party line then meet up at the mall. But that was a leap of faith for all involved.

Everything was just face to face. I really don't think there was an equivalent?

 

[MartyOwns]

Have to ask... what was the equivalent of being catfished for you old heads?

before, it would be lying about yourself on one of these:

 

[My3Sons]

I don't think there is a pre-digital equivalent?

Maybe there was some dude in the 80's that was ordering his Ukrainian wife from a catalog?

Oh...I know? party lines.... definitely party lines. But still not sure, you couldn't see anyone so I don't know if that counts? I never did it, but I knew a lot of people that would talk to people then meet up at the mall.

Everything was just face to face. I really don't think there was an equivalent?

The mail order bride thing is probably the closest thing. Something tells me that grew out of arranged marriages which were common in many cultures until fairly modern times. My oldest son’s recent ex-girlfriend’s family are Turkish. Apparently some guy who knew the girl’s dad from Turkey offered some sort of marriage proposal to the dad completely bypassing the young lady entirely. She laughed it off but I’m sure it was upsetting to her. Thankfully her dad is a great guy and I’m sure told the potential husband to go away in no uncertain terms.