Non-political things that make you say...WTF?!?! (Welcome To Florida!) **NOT CV RELATED** NO TALKY!

1. I hide sigs so I don't have to filter reading thru them on every. damn. post.
2. Dammit, now theres yet another thread to follow along on...
3. Thanks for the link!
4. And now theres a crockpot thread? Shit...

 

Crockpot thread is the shit.
I like browsing the smoker thread, but I lack the patience to babysit a smoker so I don't use the ideas on there very often, lol.

 

and down the rabbit hole you go.....

 

Thats what I used to think about smokers too... then @anonemoose introduced me to Green Mountain Grills... Pellet fed AND wifi. open the app, set your time/length/temp/even change temps and walk away! Since I lost my Weber regular gas grill in the fire, Im getting one of these!

https://greenmountaingrills.com

 

Yeah...
That's WAY more than I'd spend on a grill. I buy them used for cheap and fix them up. I'm a cheap bastard like that

 

https://youtu.be/P8e2eR8nhpo

 

Im getting the little one. Big enough for a rack of ribs, its just the two of us to feed...

https://greenmountaingrills.com/products/grills/davy-crockett-pellet-grill-wifi/

 

Still way more than I'd spend.
Not a bad investment if you don't already have a grill (or if you recently lost it in a fire), though. I've already got two, (one charcoal, one gas) and a 3rd would get me in trouble with she-who-must-be-obeyed.

 

And thats why I do the grillin! Hubby wants to eat, I get to cook with the good stuff!

 

Wifi control with your phone? Sounds like too much bullshit for a grill

 

So how much time does it take (I expect a range) to smoke things like burgers, steaks, and ribs? That Davy Crockett looks good to me, but I'm not blessed with a whole lot of free time.

 

Woman struck, killed while loading groceries into car outside Westford Market Basket
http://whdh.com/news/woman-struck-k...es-into-car-outside-westford-market-basket-2/

 

I don't have the time to babysit a grill all day. I like the fact that I can set it and walk away, it'll cook itself.

 

Until the neighbors kid hack into it and sets it on thermonuclear or the wifi connection is lost.

An internet of things.

 

I will still do burgers and steaks on a regular grill. Did some brats on @anonemoose smoker, and didn't take that long (the usual?). I do my ribs/roasts/brisket low and slow-typically 5-ish hours at 200-250.

 

Pellet grill smoker. www.greenmountaingrills.com

Toss on a couple butts or a 16lb whole packer brisket at 10pm and go to bed. Check the hopper in the morning after a good night's sleep, spritz every so often through the day while getting other stuff done at home. Gives a good smoke flavor profile without clobbering all the other flavors.

(I don't care for the slap-you-in-the-face nothing-but-smoke taste I've had from some folks Q'. Fine if that's what they like, but not my preference.)

 

It's supplemental. You can still walk out in the rain or cold and press buttons on the unit if you prefer that. Me? I like being able to start the thing up from indoors.

What I think many folks miss is the biggest benefit of the wifi mode: programmed cooks. Since pellet grills produce more smoke at lower temperatures, I'll set up a "profile" to cook at 180F for three hours, then 190F for two hours, then 225 for eight hours, then 250F onward. Load it up, start the profile, go to bed.

I also have a "cool down" profile that sets the temperature to 150F for five minutes then shuts it off. So if I've got it going at 450F+ for burgers or something I'll start that cool-down profile when I bring the food in. Lets the grill cool down a little more evenly and no risk of forgetting.

 

Reverse sear. You're welcome.

 

I have no social media account beyond forums, but my wife does.

One of my old Army buddies posted some old Ass pics of me and tagged her in the photo.

About 6mo later she gets an IM, or what ever FB calls them, from a girl observed with... "wow [last name] you look good!!! Good for you on doing what makes you happy and doing this amazing transition. You are more brave than anyone I know... blah blah blah".

My wife just started laughing her ass off, and let the poor girl think I am a tranny.

Recently, one of our buddies died and we all flew out to Chicago for his services. That girl saw me and asked the photo poster who I was "he looks familiar but I can't place him".

The photo poster says "oh, that's [last name]".

"What?!??? I thought [last name] got a sex change, you tagged a woman in all those pics"

He laughs and says "nooo that's his wife he'd make a hideous woman."

On edit. Wtf is google home?