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  1. down to $ 633 w free delivery . notebook : always graph. https://www.staples.com/staples-composition-notebook-7-5-x-9-75-graph-ruled-80-sheets-red-white-st55069/product_132673 tomorrow ; second 2 TB's.
  2. down to $ 633 w free delivery .
  3. rotuts

    Dinner 2025

    @Maison Rustique Thanks for that mention. Im a fa of IPR's Italian Wedding. Ill look for that SWQ Bean . It has a lower salt version.
  4. @Maison Rustique Thnks ! thinking a bit more about the size of the these might be green cherry sized tomats?
  5. The Amazon BOT , Hoovering the information on eG instantaneously upped the price to : but that seems to include delivery : that BOT really wants your wallet .
  6. @weinoo interesting are the tomolives just small , very small , green tomatoes , pickled ?
  7. P.P.S : Ive noticed that the button for ' off ' responds to a tap not a push . Ill keep that in mind. Ill do two more TBs tomorrow , rotate them and pull at a projected temp of @ 140 F the three aluminum racks need to be placed in something w hot soapy ( bicab ? ) water to soak Ill look into s disposable , but reusable , aluminum pan for that.
  8. My first IndoorSmoke ( of food ) Two TrBr's , and their backs : this is one TB w thyme , granulated garlic and granulated onion. salts , as I want to use the bones in a 4 x iPot'ing for stock i.e. , reuse the stock 4 times , thus no salt. I dont mind adding salt at the time I eat. 2 Tb's as above the two backs , no seasonings . for the same reason. the seasoning was very light , and only on the skin. ready to go the controls seem to be straight forward , but are not as functionally clear as they might be. more about that later. I decided on a standard ' low and slow ' pellet temp of 2125 F . I inserted the probe , and went for 140 f internal temp. here is where things got a bit difficult , hopefully my fault : there is a time method and a temp method. I thought id selected temp method, but after preheating , the temp indicator stopped toggling and set itself at 32 F hope fully not a defective unit. So I checked @ 1 hour , cooking time , w the thermapen . top TB : 106 F. I opened the door w/o using the ' clear smoke ' which takes 10 minutes the manual says. the unit did not automatically go back to ' smoking ' the dial turned red , and said it would shut down in 15 minutes . the manual says this would happen if the door was left open for 10 minutes . opened an closed several times , went back to ' smoking ' @ 2 hr : top TB was 130 F. again , agita on getting it back to ' smoking ' but it did. @ 2. 5 hrs , top TB was 141 F. decreased the temp of the oven to 17O f , again unclear fiddling to get it back to ' smoking ' @ 3 hrs , turned it off . for some reason , the ' clear smoke ' button did not work for me. it must be more complicated than just pushing that button. I hope so . the end result. the top TB came off @ 155 F , after resting went to 161 f. temped the middle TB 142 f at the same time. clearly , the temperature in the oven is not very even. Im guessing no fan to slowly move the air around. this can be dealt with by moving the two TB's 1/2 way through the desired cooking time. Im pleased I have the unit @ ~ 430 USD from Lowes w the contractor buying it. I would be happier if cooking via the temp probe set up was more transparent . Id like the unit to go back to ' smoking ' just by shutting the door , but Im assuming I have to do a few licking , twirling ect that are not clear to me . and I don't know why the ' clear smoke ' button did not work. Im hopeful @Elle Bee might be following this thread and chime in. GE is a very very very large company. it took me almost 30 minutes to get to speak w someone, who then connected me to someone else to solve the problem of a ' tight rack ' the top one. they have a tiered system , they really want to force you to go on line to save customer service costs. I do have an email for a specific person , so will email to see if I can get the temp probe cooking to work ( it toggled for a bit , then stopped w a reading of 32 F as I read the manual , opening and closing the door w/o clearing the smoke should be straight forward. Im not there quite yet. and Id like to know how to get the ' clear smoke ' button to work. any way , If I can get the unit to work by just keeping track of the various time in my ***** Brand New RED notebook ******* Ill be happy. you have to be aware that the oven have very different temps : Top to bottom , and back to front. @ $ 1,000 USD , over priced , unless you have a trust fund , and that Fund has not gone down more than 10 % Amazon has it now for $ 619 w $ 76 delivery ( Im not on Prime , so I cant say if Prime covers free delivery ) that's a price , again , Trust-Fund-ish . if you have no experience w pellet smoking , Id be cautious . the issue here is the same one that came w the CSO : wouldn't it be nice , w the same foot print to be a bit larger inside ? and the buttons or the instructions for the buttons to \be clearer ? however , so far so good for me. Im looking forward to getting the kinks out. P.S.: the taste test : Ive done a fair amount of pellet work , and the smoke from the 1 lbs pellets provided has a distinct cherry wood aroma and flavor. Id say the level of smoke is past ' light ' and thinking about ' medium ' the Tb has a very nice flavor . Ill lower the cooking temp ( maybe ) next time, so it takes longer to get to a finished temp , and Ill rotate the TB's and pull them off @ 140 F , and hope to go no higher than 150 F. that's just a personal plan. you may like your TB @ higher temps , because you have Gravy and Mashed Potatoes @ hand. Im very hoping I can get the few kinks out , for my method of cooking. Im happy w the price I paid , and will get this working My Way soon enough. after all , the Yoder (WHPS ) is 2 hours away . and even if I had a Yoder here, going in and out , and carrying heavy food i9s jnot in my current best interests. but having a very keen interest in pellet smoking Im pleased I have this unit. Out of the Box . and On the Counter. cheers
  9. Went to MarketBasket this AM : their [price went up $ 0.50 , to $ 2.50.
  10. @Pete Fred I used to do that a long time ago during the cookie baking days. I think it was in a Cookie backing book of some renown. back when there were books.
  11. @Pete Fred I could eat those cookies faster than you can bake them. at least for a while.
  12. tech nonsense .
  13. going back today , to get 12 lbs more.
  14. you bet. and this item went up by the same amount in three local supermarkets.
  15. rotuts

    Lunch 2025

    @KennethT Yes. much more interesting flavor than red. not easy to come by. TJ's has a mix , mostly green a while ago , which they of course D/C'd. I still have 3 unopened jars. so I looked on line , and got the Sonoran. have not tasted it yet. Will use up the TJ's first.
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