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Excellent, Dr. K! You did GREAT! I really MUST get out to Chicagoland!

Welcome! Lovely to have you here.

Yah, but Jackie's not a guy, and SHE needed to have one. She's a gadget gal!

Still, a whole pig in 8 hours? Contained in a trailer or not, doesn't that seem fast to anyone else?? How high is the temp in the cooker for a whole pig? Maybe that's the difference - not low and slow.

Hey, Dave, a whole pig in just 8 hours? You put it in at 4am, and it would be ready by their lunchtime? And the butts went on near midnight, and are ready at 4am? What am I missing? How do they all cook so fast?

Isn't part of the whole smoke thing the convection that draws the smoke up, past the food? So, if the top were closed, you'd get no convection. Just whatever's going on in the fire box. Hmm.

'nuther thing about pizza If the stone or deflector is too big, the bottom will burn before the top is cooked. Friend got a stone for his grill (electric grill, but we won't think about that), and put a stone on it. There's very little space between the walls of the cooker and the outside of the stone. So, the stone gets nice and hot, but there's little dome heat, especially when one opens the top to put the pizza on. All the dome heat escapes, and it can't reheat in time to cook the top of the pizza before the bottom blackens. It's not pretty.

You know that we lawyers read a lot and learn about stuff we don't do. Kinda like porn, only we bill for it. (Which is also sorta like porn, now I think of it...) No wonder it's the world's second oldest profession.

Yah, that's what I meant. Lumps and embers, not ash. But at 5:30 in the morning, not all synapses are firing. zzzzz....

Re: What to use for curing period Don't use briquettes for anything. They'll just make you sad. Taste nasty, leave lots of ash, smell bad. I take that back - Gramma used to keep a couple in a bowl in the refrigerator, to absorb odors. I guess that's ok. Lump or Dennis' new extruded will make you happy.

Re: A few parts question grout seal, I believe. Yup. Goes in the inside, so the ash doesn't wander out.

Imaginary food... They have vivid imaginations up there in the corner of the state, huh? Glad you didn't blow up this time, Jackie!

Re: 5 ft 10 inches..

Re: 5 ft 10 inches.. I'm 5'5", and my base is somewhat smaller than a palette. And I hardly fall over at all!

You and the Mrs lived in one of those for a while, didn't you?

Twin Jammies! Wonderful. They look so snuggly, tucked in for bedtime. Good for you, Jeff!

A thing of beauty, and a joy forever. Can't wait to see the cooking pics! Good for you! But where is a pic with Jammies??

YAY! Good for you, Dave! Someday, I'm going to come out that way, and visit you and your store (and your movie star Crocs!).

Huh. That's teenier than it appears to me in the picture. But, don't suppose it needs to be bigger. Imagine that. Looks like a good idea. I don't know how I'd drill holes in a little dutch oven, anyway!

weighing in anyway I know I said I wouldn't. But I am. I asked Dennis about pallet sizes:

That's Louie. He's my favorite on the comic strip. He has front row season tickets to the grill every summer.