BBQ and the Works

Just got my probes in the mail and hopefully will have a chance this weekend to finish the build. Just need to stop by the local electronics store for a couple resistors and a relay and I should be all set.

Alright, another new BBQ place in NWI and I went ahead and gave it a try. Dickey’s Barbecue Pit opened last Friday (July 1, 2011) in Portage, IN and while I tried to get in that day I was unable to because of the long wait. So the wife and I waited a few days [...]

Well there is finally a BBQ place in Valparaiso (Wagner’s isn’t BBQ, seriously.) It’s called Big Daddy’s Genuine BBQ (I think to be confused with Big Daddy’s BBQ in Gary that recently won the Steve Harvey 2010 Best BBQ Hoodie Award.) I’ll let that go though if they can show they have some real skill [...]

I love instructables and whenever I get an email from them there is always 1 or 2 cool projects in it that really interest me in some way.  Well today’s email didn’t disappoint and had a nice writeup on someone’s terracotta smoker. http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Smoker/ I previously had attempted this myself but the hot plate I picked [...]

Well this article actually was written after last years new years and I never published it.  So here it is.  :) You always forget how much you love something till you haven’t had it for a while.

Well, a new year is coming and I’ve been slacking. Had a post I wrote last year in January still sitting as a draft and will probably put it up this January. Overall getting ready to build the smoker i have been wanting to.  Got a nice 1/4 inch steel tube that will be perfect [...]

Had the chance on my way back from Springfield, MO to hit Supersmokers over by St Louis, MO (says St Louis on their website but a Yahoo Maps search seems to say it’s Eureka.)  After finally figuring out where it actually was I went in and the lady behind the counter was very helpful with what [...]

Well I’m at the HighEdWeb conference in Springfield, MO and was looking for a place to eat some BBQ. Was going to hit Granddaddy’s which is downtown but caught wind it was closed on Monday’s (UPDATE – Tried to go to it that Tuesday as well and it was also closed, not sure what was [...]

Hello all, not that anyone will see this, but the site is now live. Basically the plan is to blog about 2 of my favorite pastimes, Barbecue and Fireworks. Working on a theme for WordPress right now for it and will hopefully have that up soon with other stuff. Hope to see you all soon, [...]