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Sometimes the click bait I see on websites cracks me up. This one today at the bottom of a cable news web site got an LOL:

I'm a big fan of The Office and anybody who's watched it knows that's Michael's catch phrase -- and it's typically used at an inappropriate time.Recently watched the finale again -- where Dwight's getting married and Michael surprises him by showing up for the wedding: Dwight: 'Michael...you came!' Michael: (perfect length pause, where everyone watching knows what's coming or even starts to say it out loud) 'That's what she said.' Great timing and fun to hear it one last time. Back to food.

Panini with smoked turkey and provolone on potato bread. A little mayo and a little Inglehoffer stone ground.

Valid point. Valid question

Had to look -- I guess you can still buy them.

Chop-o-matic, Mr. Microphone... A while back I was standing in line behind a guy and his hair caught my attention. Sure enough -- hair from a can. It was really weird. His natural hairline was bald on top, hair on the back and sides. He had it painted on top all the way to the front. Shoulda just got a hat.

I've got it! Set it and forget it!

Feels like about $999 of that is for the name plate. My brother was telling me he thinks those are pretty good. Not sure they solves the low maintenance, temperature regulating requirements.

They sure seem like a good option to me, but I haven't done any real research on them. Should have good temperature control, regardless of the weather. Relatively small and portable. Should be able to control the smoke level. Interested to see if there's any first-hand experience with them (other than your two flops).

Thanks! In my book, it's not about size, it's about the total experience. Beautiful places, running water, clean air, solitude, a chance at seeing some wildlife, and stalking native or stream-born fish count for me.

Sounds like a great trip -- thanks for sharing. I love these trip reports from out west! RMNP is one of my favorite places on earth. Plan to spend a lot more time out there in the future, and hopefully I'll have a shiny new knee to take along with me Oh, and I've certainly had days where everything seems to be going wrong, so I can relate.

Although I haven't done this personally, I've got a buddy who starts a full brisket outdoors, wraps it and let's it finish overnight in the oven. I kinda like hands off.

When my Weber bullet bit the, well, bit the bullet, I didn't replace it. I get stuff started on a Weber kettle with offset heat and wood chips/chunks for a few hours then wrap in foil and finish in the oven. I feel like I get the smoke I want, then I retain moisture and control heat. Obviously the quantity is limited, but if I need a bunch my baby bro will do it for me. I don't expect to change the minds of any of you cave men, but it does work well. You certainly can over-smoke things. I have, and it's nasty. I wonder about the Traegers in cold temps burning a bunch of pellets to keep the temp up, but I'd bet you can tweak something in the process/system to prevent over-smoking.

Love that right there!!!

So, if it maintains a temp by burning more pellets, doesn’t that mean the amount of smoke varies too?

So, do the Traeger’s feed pellets at a constant rate that’s adjustable based on conditions, or do they feed them at a rate that maintains a temp?

Electric?

Oh, is baseball still being played?

I think it’s fine if they keep track. If they broadcast it, yep, I think that’s a lack of character. At least the kind that I admire.

I’m more impressed by character than numbers and stuff.

Or, might not be able to get a signal through the wall of iron!

Dang it, I blew on in here ready to say the same thing! Looks like I'm about five days late.

Just other day I was thinking we hadn’t had a striper typo in a while 😄 BTW, I had to correct spelling twice for that right there. First was stumper and then came stripper.

I think Pat took away his keyboard .... but let him keep the mouse

Fall is here, and I love it. Fall food is a'coming and I love it too.