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Well, the "experiment" was a big success! And, I did end up breading one thigh in AP and cornstarch with some SPG and frying it (cast iron - of course!) You can really taste the pickle flavor. The rest of the thighs got grilled, along with some corn. Direct, 325F for an hour. Plated with homemade potato salad and a nice chardonnay. Again, you could taste the pickle flavor in the chicken. The corn was surprisingly good. Don't know where the supermarket got it, as it's way too early for local corn - about another month. Hope everyone had a great 4th of July!

The brisket it going well, I wrapped at 5AM. Right after the internal temp got to 3114 😳 And then I put in a spare meat probe and sat down and ordered a replacement from Thermoworks. I’m done with stock probes , only Thermoworks probes for now on !!!!! I do brisket at 235 but up that to 250 after wrapping if I need to hit a deadline

happy 4th of july (5th where i am now) but i made candied smoked salmon for the first time. not the color and texture i was hoping for but its edible. i struggled with the cold smoke tube. using pellets but constantly having to relight. i'm going to try bigger wood chips next time like the one @DennisLinkletter used in his yt video, and if that doesn't work, i'm putting this thing away for good. i think i wasted half a can of butane trying to relight it every 15 min..

I'm making a grilled chicken Caesar salad for the stated 100th anniversary. @tony b, I plan to join you in a few beverages this afternoon...

Happy 4th everyone! I'm doing an "experiment" with today's cook. A local brewery just released a pickle beer (kettle sour, with sea salt - similar to a Gose, with dill.) I liked it and thought "I could brine chicken with this!" An AHA moment. So, I brought some home and the chicken thighs are brining in it as we speak. I did add some onion and garlic powder, white pepper and smoked paprika to it. Will grill some and seriously thinking about breading and frying some, too, since this is an "experiment" after all. Will try and remember to post pics later, depending on how many "adult beverages" get consumed this afternoon! Cheers!

I don't think I could have carried the coins required to buy that beauty. Everything is bigger in the US. My allotment neighbours would look at me in horror if I tried to reverse that down the dirt track to my plot!

I realise now that I should have said I was freaked by savoury porridge not savoury grits. Will take the leap soon, I promise!

i always find it amusing that you can't even buy this japanese truck in japan. they have these things...

Trust me, you are amongst friends here, we all like playing with money lol I played with a whole bunch of it last week buying a new hybrid pickup truck