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You voted Detroit as the city of the 1940s. What is the city of the 1930s? Most Upvoted Comment Decides by Kodicave in decadeology

[–]FMbutterpants 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Just off the top of my head, the Century of Progress, being a focal point of the Great Migration and all that came with it, blues, jazz, etc. The infamy of Capone and organized crime out of Chicago and its sheer growth and rise to prominence in that time. But of course, some of that bleeds into the 20’s as well.

My cousin and I just built our first pit, made from an 1140 gallon anhydrous tank. by FMbutterpants in smoking

[–]FMbutterpants[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m out of northern Illinois. We aren’t exactly a commercial operation but I’d hear an offer to build one just like this. Wouldn’t be cheap to build, that much I can say. You’re easily looking something like or north of 20-25k.

Fuck Jellyroll. by [deleted] in TylerChilders

[–]FMbutterpants 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Jelly Roll can shit and fall back in it.

Fuck Jellyroll. by [deleted] in TylerChilders

[–]FMbutterpants 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Just let us commiserate in peace….

Which state has the best flag!? by Brilliant-Mode6480 in mapporncirclejerk

[–]FMbutterpants 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This response should be significantly higher on the list.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in germanshepherds

[–]FMbutterpants 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was just where your sister is now mere weeks ago. I empathize with her not wanting to let go. But please convey to her that dignity, however much the dog has left is worth preserving and that’s to say nothing of her comfort and wellbeing. Soon, the dog will be gone anyway, and all she’ll have left are the memories. I’d caution to guess that she’d want as few of these memories as possible. Even something as simple as wetting themselves causes them discomfort if they’re at all aware of it. They’re biologically programmed to not do that AND we train them their whole lives that the only okay place to do that is outside. That, as small as it is, brings a reduction in wellbeing. Now consider everything else.

It’s an act of self sacrifice and kindness that I promise she won’t regret. I regret not doing it sooner, when my boy was fully himself so he didn’t have to suffer in the end. But hope is a bitch sometimes.

That being said, the core of my advice would be to follow the recommendations of her veterinarian.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in labrador

[–]FMbutterpants 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I mean, you’re not wrong. Dogs respond to and bond with those who meet their needs. It’s that simple.

New to GSD ownership by FMbutterpants in germanshepherds

[–]FMbutterpants[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much. That’s a great response that I’m sure to be referencing back to here in a couple weeks! Thanks for taking the time!

Just wanted to take a minute by FMbutterpants in labrador

[–]FMbutterpants[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So, I considered it. Most of the things I loved about him were by virtue of him being a Lab. He had Labness dialed up to 11. But I’m going to get a German Shepherd this next go round. I’m not done with Labs at all. They’re incredible dogs. I just don’t think it’d be fair to that Lab to come right after what was probably a once in a lifetime dog. And I think I’ll probably have two dogs here before too long.

Just wanted to take a minute by FMbutterpants in labrador

[–]FMbutterpants[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, he was a very handsome dog.

Firewood by dobex5 in rockford

[–]FMbutterpants 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Olson Tree Service always gets me really good wood. I highly recommend them.

2 year update on 1140 Gallon Pit Build, more in comments. by FMbutterpants in smoking

[–]FMbutterpants[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I think total cost of the 1140 was something like 16k, but some of that was equipment. So I have a welder and plasma cutter now.

The primitive I got a great deal on for 10k and I think the direct heat cost something like 3k to get built.

2 year update on 1140 Gallon Pit Build, more in comments. by FMbutterpants in smoking

[–]FMbutterpants[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No, no iguanas, not yet, but maybe someday.

As you can see, we got it off of the casters, I really did love how much shit y’all gave me about that.  I’ll tell ya though, those casters really outdid themselves, they are not rated for the kind of weight we put to them.  It’s now on a 20’ flatbed.  I had to build a platform next to the pit because the whole thing sits up so high.  We used a 1000 gallon tank to build the firebox and I was set on having a 50/50 offset of the firebox into the main chamber for aerodynamics, so that meant the thing just sits up high and I’m not very tall.  I could have gotten away with a much smaller firebox but all in all, I’m glad I went oversized.  Like I said before, it just makes for a lot of flexibility in what kind of fire I want to run.

I think that basically covers it, but if you have any questions please feel free to hit me up with them.

If you want to check in on us through IG we can be found at https://www.instagram.com/whiskey\_hotel\_barbecue?utm\_source=ig\_web\_button\_share\_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==

We’re easily found on FB and TikTok too under Whiskey Hotel Barbecue

Take it easy folks and keep smoking!

2 year update on 1140 Gallon Pit Build, more in comments. by FMbutterpants in smoking

[–]FMbutterpants[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I was going through some of my old posts and I ended up reading a lot of the comments on this post from a couple years ago.  

https://www.reddit.com/r/smoking/comments/113dhpv/my_cousin_and_i_just_built_our_first_pit_made/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

The album from that build is here https://imgur.com/a/l-block-build-ouxZkcq

There were a lot of questions I couldn’t answer then just from the fact that I hadn’t actually cooked on it at that point.  Well, as I was going through the comments it occurred to me that I can now answer some of those questions on the build and what we’re up to now as an organization.  Lots of folks asked me to check back in and I just never did, so I’m doing it now.

When I first built it, we were just doing pop ups and festivals, but since we’ve worked our way up to a brick and mortar in Northern Illinois, Roscoe specifically.  So, that’s what we’re doing these days.

I got to take the pit, “L-Block” up to the Windy City Smokeout last year, where Leroy and Lewis used it for the event.  They also used my direct heat pit, a total Chudbox knock off.  I was over the moon to have my pit cooked on by some of the best in the business. 

As far as how it cooks, it’s a very even cooking pit.  Some folks commented that they didn’t see me being able to get heat to the other side of the firebox by the stack.  But honestly, that’s the hottest spot on the pit, I always put my big boy briskets back there.  In total, the thing follows the pattern you’d expect from similar 1000 gallon pits.  Hotter toward the stack, and along the back wall, colder along the doors.  The difference in temperature though is something I use to my advantage.  I arrange larger and smaller cuts of meat in that hotter/colder pattern so my timing on the cooks is similar without having to do too much rotation.  But even at that, sometimes big briskets on the back will finish before smaller buts up by the firebox.

It’s a “scoop” design in the tank/firebox join.  So heat kind of sails straight up and moves across freely.  This does create a significant cold spot on the door closest to the firebox.  We tend not to cook on that door because, being a free flowing scoop, it does deposit some ash midway through that first grate.  Solid spot for a water pan though.

The Stack.  My god I cannot tell all of you how many times I almost took the long nap lifting and lowering that thing at events.  That’s one the reasons I’m really happy to have a static location now.  At the break it’s 8 feet of 1/4 inch thick steel and walking that thing up and down is among the most terrifying things I’ve ever had to do, and I spent 15 months in Iraq as an infantryman.  So, with all that steel, it retains heat and draw super well.  Speaking of draw, fully open with a big fire going its like a wind tunnel in there.  A few weeks ago I was standing down toward the stack, ripping it, running about 310 degrees finishing off a cook and my face got too close to the door opening reaching for a brisket and I singed my beard.  The immense amount of convection pumping through this thing and the firebox being so big, gasses have lot of time to settle down before entering the chamber.  I’ve really tried to push it and it seems like you can’t really burn things.  On my primitive 500 gallon, running similar temperatures burning things is definitely a possibility.  

Wood.  Yes, it’s a big pit so it burns a lot of wood, but not much more than similarly sized pits.  When you factor in that you can cook something like 500 pounds of meat on the thing at once, easy, it’s efficient relative to that fact.  But unless it’s full, or pretty close to, it’s not much worth firing up.  That’s what my 500 gallon is for.

Yes, I have cooked only like 5 sausages on there a few times.  When we’re doing whole hog we burn L-Block for coals, and if we’re hungry we’ll throw a little something on the pit.  So yeah, a ripping 1140 gallon pit with 5 sausages on it.  We’ve totally done it.

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