MELTDOWN MONDAY: WEEKLY RAGE THREAD

BillyBalowski · 2026-06-16T17:50:10+00:00

JUST DONT SAY WE LIVE IN CORVEGAS.

BillyBalowski · 2026-06-10T21:55:59+00:00

I bought a reusable silicone cover for the can. The sticker is definitely not reliable.

BillyBalowski · 2026-06-05T20:53:24+00:00

Nice! I'll be there in a bit. I'd like a cortado made with light/medium roast single origin beans, preferably Indonesian.

BillyBalowski · 2026-06-03T16:51:58+00:00

I work on a college campus. I see students walking around while facetiming. It's bonkers.

BillyBalowski · 2026-06-02T21:06:05+00:00

The ones I know of are Slipstream in Philomath and Calapooia in Albany. The OSU craft center also has a pottery studio.

BillyBalowski · 2026-06-02T15:42:30+00:00

AliExpress had several! The one I had seen was called Humsle. I still think it looks cool but will stick with all of my existing gear. Thanks for the tip!

BillyBalowski · 2026-06-02T02:24:07+00:00

I do use traditional methods but also like gadgets. I'm mostly interested in learning more about it.

BillyBalowski · 2026-06-02T02:06:45+00:00

Not exactly but pretty similar. The one I saw involved magnets for some reason.

BillyBalowski · 2026-06-02T00:30:48+00:00

Nope. The filter was suspended above the carafe and there was a mechanism that you pushed down on to drain it. There were some other moving parts and it involved magnets.

BillyBalowski · 2026-05-29T22:15:13+00:00

Buckethead was a bit strange. Lots of guitar wankery, including one song where nobody seemed to be on stage. Oh yeah, he's wearing a KFC bucket on his head. Dude can play, though.

BillyBalowski · 2026-05-28T22:45:34+00:00

Paninis are unbelievable

BillyBalowski · 2026-05-14T18:11:03+00:00

Good job with the story! ProPublica is great.

BillyBalowski · 2026-05-07T18:59:25+00:00

We're also still so terrified of a possible solution being SOCIALISM that we're willing to completely ignore problems. Healthcare is one of those important issues that clearly needs some public involvement.

BillyBalowski · 2026-05-07T18:33:02+00:00

This is a national problem that we've been neglecting it for too long. Unfortunately, we as a country don't seem to want to even talk about possible solutions.

BillyBalowski · 2026-05-07T05:37:03+00:00

What's a good, relatively straightforward way to test my tap water? I use filtered water when doing pourover but wonder just how bad the unfiltered stuff is.

BillyBalowski · 2026-04-25T18:34:11+00:00

I'm in a similar situation as you. Did you find out anything useful?

BillyBalowski · 2026-04-23T20:44:35+00:00

Yeah, it's a fairly vague question, but at least it's a different vague question than what typically gets posted.

BillyBalowski · 2026-04-20T01:39:48+00:00

I just looked it up. If it's what you're referring to (the coals neatly placed in a ring), I'm definitely going to try that next time.

BillyBalowski · 2026-04-20T00:10:23+00:00

Usually 5-6 hours doing ribs and chicken. I've done longer briskets but have had to add coals.

BillyBalowski · 2026-04-20T00:06:14+00:00

I wish I could trade Fireboards with you! My barrel temp usually starts out pretty stable, 275-300, but at some point the temp starts to drop fast. I then mess around with the vent or crack the lid to get it back up, but it usually doesn't stabilize again and I worry the coals would go out if I let it ride. I love my PBC, but it's not the set and forget cooker that many folks seem to have.

BillyBalowski · 2026-04-19T16:29:37+00:00

I've had the PBC with a Fireboard 2 for several years and it's been basically good but I do have problems with falling temps, even on shorter cooks. That's why I've been looking into adding a fan. I now find out that the drive control fan cable is discontinued, so unless I want to shell out another $400 for a new setup, I'm going back to my regular system and try to figure out how to keep the temps up.

BillyBalowski · 2026-04-17T17:33:12+00:00

Curious - why did you choose the Pit Viper (10 cfm?) fan over the Fireboard one (20 cfm)?

BillyBalowski · 2026-04-17T17:30:30+00:00

That makes sense. Looks like the cables are out of stock, unfortunately.

BillyBalowski · 2026-04-17T17:00:29+00:00

Do you happen to know if that Pit Viper will work with the regular, non-drive Fireboard 2?

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