Rosemary + BBQ shouldn’t be strangers. Now, I do put my rosemary in my mortar and pestle and grind it up into a powder though for my rub.

The whole vinegar thing (or others use mustard) to help the rub stick I have not found a need for - have you tried cooking your ribs without it?

I’ve been smoking now for a while, and…

Fresh section of paper towel, and sometimes I’ll use a knife to cut under the membrane a bit to get it started. It takes practice, but you’ll eventually be able to feel your way around to getting them off in mostly or wholly one piece.

For fool proof, you cannot beat a pellet smoker (and there are more than just Traeger out there now), or an Orion. Pellet cookers use wood pellets and temp controllers to make sure you have a solid, consistent temp, and lots of smokey love. Orions are part way between - run on charcoal, but similar, no fussing with…

Having never used one of these, is this better than using a blender/food processor?

For example, when I make tomato sauce, I usually borrow my neighbor’s chinois to make sure any bits of skin/seeds/etc make it through, then run it through the blender.

However, I have run into trouble making my home made BBQ sauce - some…

Having never used one of these, is this better than using a blender/food processor?

For example, when I make tomato…

These look really close to the Maverick wireless units, and those are what I use at the moment. Great for use on the grill, oven, smoker, etc.

These look really close to the Maverick wireless units, and those are what I use at the moment. Great for use on the…

I will say I screwed up one year - tried a new bourbon pecan pie recipe that the filling was great, the crust turned out not so much. I made an emergency run to a convenience store that morning and they had fresh baked cherry turn overs that were warm from their ovens. Bought them nearly out.

My wife and I still ate…

My mom and inlaws have no objection to letting someone else cook. Though, I do love when my MIL brings her Filipino dishes as sides - that stuff is welcome at any time.

Since a couple years ago when I did a brisket for Thanksgiving, it’s been the requested main ever since - except for last year, when I smoked a turkey.

My family generally has 2-3 “Thanksgivings” every year (the joys of being married and a divorced set of parents). BBQ has been a welcome alternative to the straight up…

Seat covers are a win and we use them in our car. Helps for the dogs fur, and when tiny has a diaper malfunction/throws up.

Also, just as the article states, a portable carpet cleaner is a wonderful machine. Our son recently had a spontaneous reappearance of breakfast when we went to a fire station open house, and we…

Or it could be meth.

I’ve done this for meals when tailgate style eating is happening, and they work great!
I stick more to using parchment paper and then bagging them if they’re not going to be consumed quickly, otherwise the foil sticks too much in my experience. Plus, no need to remove foil before popping into the microwave, or oven.
Last…

Right. Totally a line between trying to be helpful to your customer, versus being a jerk or worse.

By the way, I know more than a few beer fans (myself included) who have sworn off his products after this incident and a handful of others.

This has been a topic of discussion among the beer groups that I belong to off and on over time. Actually, OnMilwaukee wrote a pretty good article about it in 2016:

It’s like... I’ve seen this before...

I’m curious how the pickles would come out. I’ll admit I’m picky with my pickles, and I’m a big Clausen fan - flavor, how crisp they stay, etc. I’d love to see how this turns out.

We need to change up the questions a bit.
Chili - beans, or no beans?
BBQ sauce - on the side, or slathered on?
Favorite Starburst color? (Sure, they might have different flavors, but really, they’re colors. Every kid knows this)

I miss the dedicated io9 site days. Not that I don’t dislike Giz, it just miss the old place.

I don’t care about that, I want to find the tool that fits me right. I’ve ridden with good friends for miles, and bad friends that left me on the side of a road after I went down with my first bike. I don’t care to be fast, loud, or flashy either.

True. In the past I ran some Suzukis, Yamahas, Kawis. Just curious as these are popping in the same price range as what I’ve been shopping in.