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The CLASSIC Martini 3 parts gin 1 part vermouth shake Pour dash of orange bitters. No olive, and that's ORANGE bitters, not standard Angostura. I learned this one at Tales of the Cocktail last year, and don't make them any other way since.

I have to agree. I have a guru, but use it less and less as time passes.

The eight definitely exists; I got the combo about eighteen months ago. Don't know what their logistics problem is, though!

The weather is strange everywhere! Here in Seattle, we've had 28 straight days without any rain....

What about the picture on pages 240 & 241? That looks like a KK grill. Mike

I always heat soak for low and slows, sometimes do for moderate temperature direct cooks, and don't for high-temp cooks. Cheers, Mike

Spartanvet, Have you tried both of the Italian cultures? I just received them a week ago, and I've made bread with the Camaldoli one, and Pizza dough a couple of times with the Ischia one. Both were excellent. Next week I'll try the reverse. I can't say enough good things about sourdo.com. A host of traditional cultures from around the world, lovingly kept and well researched. Cheers, Mike

Sanny, If you get the temp really up (~800), and the dough stretched thin enough, the'll cook in about 90 seconds, and just melt the fresh mozz. I've been experimenting with the Ischia Island Italian sourdough culture, and it makes a very tasty dough, especially after a three-four day rest in the fridge. Spartanvet88 posted this link: www.varasanos.com/PizzaRecipe.htm which I've read through several times now, and his recipe works extremely well, especially with the sourdough culture. Cheers, Mike

That's awful! Nothing creates a sense of violation like having your house invaded. Mike

Dennis, If you had some thick-walled 16-17mm tube, it could be cut on the bias with a bandsaw and would work great. Once I got the diameter and lengths right, it was easy to mount them both. Mike

After many hours of feeling very, very studip as I tried, tried and tried again to mount the side table bracket and the roti bracket together, I finally realized that Dennis uses language differently than me. "On top of" the table bracket in his post above means "inside the table bracket" to me. All dependant on point of view. I agree completely with Hillkwaj that the standoffs should be larger in diameter, and will add that they should also be of different lengths, and have one end cut off at a slant, because the bolts are not parallel to one another. I thought about Hillkwaj's suggestion of a stack of washers, and then had a flash - stainless steel LOCK WASHERS. 3/8" ss lockwashers, to be precise. The beauty of lockwashers is that they're thicker on one side than on the other, and a stack of them (properly aligned) will maintain that thickness difference. The upper post needed two lockwashers (on top of the big washer that came with the KK), and the lower one needed 3 (it is a bit longer than the upper post due to the kk's curves). Everything mounted up tight, the roti bracket is secure, and the big motor fits in very nicely. At my local Ace Hdw, the 3/8" stainless lockwashers were eighteen cents apiece. Made the job go quickly and easily, once I figured out how many were needed. Cheers, Mike

Syzygies, How much alcohol? And does the amount needed to get a good start vary between ethanol and isopropanol? Maybe its time to get a fuel ethanol permit..... Thanks, Mike

The inducer tube goes in there, so that the guru will fit properly. Several other threads are discussing the different types of inducer tubes. Short ones you fasten in place with high temp silicone or stove cement, there is a longer one with a threaded end that you poke through and spin on a flange on the inside to hold it in place. Mike

Look carefully at the end of the inducer for where the overlap is. Mark that area of the panel with a sharpie. Pull the inducer tube out, and using a round file, file the stainless panel gently until the tube will fit through. I had the same issue, and it took about a minute's work to make the hole large enough. Mike

I'll post a word of caution here - I siliconed the short inducer tube in using the copper colored "ultra high temperature" silicone, which failed after a couple of cooks. Originally set just a hair proud of flush, the inducer tube wandered in to just a bit shy of flush, which allowed air to leak in all the time - suddenly I coudn't shut the KK down to save my soul. Finally discovered the problem, and got the tube out, cleaned off all the silicone, and re-set it using black stove cement. Its in there very reliably now. Mike

4x4s, not 2x4s, Makes a big difference in stability. Most people don't realize how much easier it is to tip a heavy load than to lift it. As long as you don't tip it very far, the worst that can happen is that it drops back in place. That's how the easter island statues were moved all around the island from the quarry - four nooses around the neck, and it would alternately be tipped to one side and the other side would be rotated forward, then tipped to the other side and the first would be rotated forward. The europeans refused to believe the natives when they told them that the statues "walked" to their destinations. Anyway, that was what gave me the idea. Cheers, Mike

Not at all! You just grab it around the upper damper and rock it back on two legs, and kick the four by four under the other two (it IS easier if you have a buddy to slide it into place). Then go around to the other side and rock it up the other way and repeat for those legs. Four inches at a time, you can raise it to the level of the step and roll it forward onto the step. Repeat the process for the next step. Slow, but easy and painless. Cheers, Mike

Its heavy, but four guys can move one easily by sticking two by fours through the loops that come attached to the legs. Two guys with two by fours can do it too, just a bit more work I got mind off the pallet and up a couple of steps all by myself with the help of some short four by fours. It is already on wheels, so a dolly isn't really needed, and a couple of two-by-fours and some 3/4" plywood make a very sturdy ramp. Cheers, Mike

So you'll have to use PC anywhere or remote desktop to gain control from the net, tying up two computers. It can be done, but is a kluge.

Yes, That looks like what they sent me. The original kill plug was a veyr short grey cap with not much lip, which didn't hang in the tube very well. This is a firmer material and is quite a bit longer. I got a very nice response and quick turnaround from my email to them. The person who took care of me was Sarah. Mike

I agree that flush is best. My kill plug was just a bit loose and kept falling out even without a pulse of air, so I used a #7 stopper. I wrote BBQ guru and asked if they'd had a batch of kill plugs come in undersized, and they sent me a different design that fits tightly. It was longer and is designed to act as a damper if it is pulled out partly. Mike

Thanks!

Looks great! Who makes the little rack? Those look very handy. Mike

Weird! OK, go here: http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showt ... p?p=735859 The link I originally posted is in the seventh message in the thread, and it works from there..... Cheers, Mike

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