Logan DeBorde

Rico, What are your thoughts on the Food Truck scene in Dallas? I'm heading out to "Truckstock" at Sylvan | Thirty tomorrow and am looking forward to seeing all the trucks in one place. As for the Farmers Market... I went out two weeks ago on a Saturday morning and was very unimpressed. Way too many pushy produce dealers with moderate prices. Is the experience better in the summer? However I was impressed by the Elote Stand (never had it before) and Pecan Lodge, the mobile Knife sharpener was a nice guy also.

Rico: The weather coming in certainly looks menacing. Maybe we'll get some nice lighting out of it... Happy to see Dallas featured here, I recently (6mos) moved from KY to Addison and am loving the culinary scene here. Central Market and the Asian Markets are like nothing i've ever seen before. You spend any time at Super H or Asia World Market?

I can't speak to the ideal vessel but the company doesn't recommend using more than 10qts of water due to the size of the heating element. I believe Chris Hennes has successfully used it in a 16qt cooler, though initial heating will be pretty slow. I can measure the size of the gap when I get home but it's about 1".

I just received my SideKIC after reading the q&a here. I have version 1.1 with a grounded plug, 90.5degree limit and it appears they even added an alarm for when it reaches temperature. Duncan obviously took the feedback from the people here and got it implemented extremely quickly. I'm using it for the first time tonight for some Salmon and can't wait to see how it turns out. I put it on my SS 5qt Pot and used binder clips to balance it. I also put it on a plastic bowl with a lip where it balanced perfectly.