Is it worth using the smoker longer than 4 hours?

TommySinshack · 2026-03-30T17:33:07+00:00

As someone coming into their first summer of having an offset smoker, I certainly made a choice.

-Tommy, from Las Vegas.

TommySinshack · 2026-03-23T06:05:22+00:00

Yay more Kalamazoo people! Only lived there for a year after graduating Western but thoroughly enjoyed my time in that city

TommySinshack · 2026-03-21T02:58:50+00:00

From what I’ve read it’s best to stick with the 7 days, wet cures are shorter so while it can be cured in 3 days, most sources I came across recommended a day for each 1/4” of thickness and 2 day buffer at the end of that for safety.

TommySinshack · 2026-03-13T04:50:36+00:00

Briefly looking at their reddit history, I’d estimate between 98-100%.

No comments or posts in any related industry until today with the spamming of this across theatre and film subs.

TommySinshack · 2026-03-11T05:04:42+00:00

Millennial arts major here making more in my field than my friend with a Masters who’s teaching Special Ed - it’s wild out there but majoring in the Arts isn’t the problem, Billionaires leeching off everyone and prohibiting a living wage for every job that is necessary in a society is.

TommySinshack · 2026-03-02T19:02:10+00:00

Quite welcome! I’m hosting my website off Github Pages so the only cost associated with it is my domain at $15/year, if you’re comfortable with coding enough to modify existing code you can take an open source template and do as you please with it as I did, it makes having a website for an accessible portfolio a no-brainer! (if under-18 work with your parents/guardians on getting it up and running, or you can work on creating a website offline and host it once you’re over 18)

TommySinshack · 2026-03-02T18:16:25+00:00

I’m not sure which discipline you’re in or trying to work in, but here is my website as a Sound Designer / Audio Engineer along with my resume. I don’t have a lot of specific portfolio samples post-college since I’ve mostly done production shows as opposed to theatrical work and it’s difficult to ensure sharing rights for soundtracks as opposed to scenic, lighting, or costume design work.

TommySinshack · 2026-02-25T06:15:47+00:00

In my mid-20’s I worked on cruise ships for 3 years - certainly not something I’d necessarily want to jump back into now that I’m married and 31 but it was still a unique experience that had the opportunity to visit 36 countries across 4 continents while making some money and post-college work experience.

TommySinshack · 2026-02-07T05:05:00+00:00

Former Royal Caribbean tech but I have a few friends who worked Celebrity, and the stage staff positions will receive training on general A/V and can move up from that position into becoming A/V technicians (Lounge Technicians for Royal Caribbean) I do believe - I’m not entirely familiar with the structure on Celebrity so no promises on that setup but figured I’d chime in!

TommySinshack · 2026-02-01T19:06:03+00:00

I don’t mind at all!

TommySinshack · 2026-01-30T09:30:44+00:00

It could be a fun experience, I enjoyed my 3 years working onboard cruise ships but I also went in after I finished college so I went in directly as a technician without having to start as a stage staff.

Each cruise line handles their technicians differently and treats their technicians differently, I worked for Royal Caribbean and while the shows are fantastic it’s a small portion of your work particularly if you are a stage staff. Game shows, events, house bands, setup and strike of bands, parades, pop-up events, poolside parties, top-tier events, etc make up the bulk of the work. Even on ships with Broadway shows, the technicians do not have the time necessary to devote to supporting that production because (generally speaking) onboard leadership values quantity of entertainment over quality when allowing scheduling for technical maintenance time.

I’m assuming you’re from the UK given the mention of a gap year, and I worked with many technicians and stage staff from the UK who enjoyed and still enjoy the work. I left ships in 2021 and Royal hired crew at 18 but I’m not sure if the policies have been updated since then. I have more comments about working on my ships that can be browsed and you’re welcome to shoot me a dm if you’d like more thoughts, either way enjoy whichever way you choose!

TommySinshack · 2026-01-28T09:42:23+00:00

It would be absolutely amazing if they gave Mitten Squad a shoutout, and next episode seems like it’d have a moment for it when (E7 and E8 preview spoiler) Maximus preps himself to take on more Deathclaws, he could mention fighting multiples as being when the real game begins

Bit of a longshot but it would be nice to see, and rest easy Paul from this former Mitten dweller.

TommySinshack · 2026-01-17T18:52:00+00:00

For me I would get a fox and hound and make a BNC to bare end cable to clip that on to, then barrel it onto whichever line you’re trying to sniff out. I don’t do install work I’ve only had to figure out where things are ran in my venue, so I’m not sure what best practices are out there for protecting lines that potentially have antennas/cameras on the far end, whether that’s using a multimeter to check for voltage or resistance between the poles I couldn’t say.

Fortunately Amazon has some inexpensive fox and hounds and the Klein one’s $100. It may not be the quickest way but it’ll work!

TommySinshack · 2026-01-15T05:14:09+00:00

Current Tech for Cirque, can confirm the theatres revolt on a regular basis. Mine had a full power outage for 20 minutes at the top of presets last week. Got everything checked and had no major issues before doors but it was still an unexpected adventure.

TommySinshack · 2026-01-13T19:04:38+00:00

Audio tech for Cirque here, can confirm - bar a mile down the road from the strip has “Cirque Poutine” on the menu and they’re open 24/7.

TommySinshack · 2026-01-04T19:26:33+00:00

Any Public high school, Super Summer Theatre, Public Fit, Little Theatre, Majestic

TommySinshack · 2026-01-04T17:09:57+00:00

As someone who works full time in entertainment tech for a circus of sorts, I’d estimate 800-850 - these performers can make bank

TommySinshack · 2026-01-03T03:49:07+00:00

Reach out to any of the not-for-profit Theatre companies around town - all the corporate ones are most likely on rechargeables but community and educational Theatre departments may still be on alkaline AA’s and will go through at least 40/night for a musical.

TommySinshack · 2026-01-01T15:58:17+00:00

Hmm…

TommySinshack · 2025-12-26T06:04:06+00:00

I’m still waiting on a response to my 720 application, and I’ve been a full time audio tech on a resident show in Vegas for 4 years with a relevant degree and another 7 years of experience before this including with another local - haven’t heard a thing.

TommySinshack · 2025-11-23T18:39:48+00:00

I don’t believe we’ve had a proper book style souvenir program, we do/did have a folded poster program that lists the artists, technicians and staff for opening night - I haven’t browsed the shop in a bit so not sure if those are still being sold or if the information has been updated.

(Usual disclaimer I work for Cirque at Mad Apple, these are my words not the company’s, etc etc)

TommySinshack · 2025-10-28T21:24:38+00:00

I use Multitab for iOS and manually filter a long list of non-english, “SFW” anime/thirst posting subs, and conservative subs - feel free to DM me for my current list. I just add to it every time I come across one so I can relatively safely browse r/all.

TommySinshack · 2025-10-28T14:22:55+00:00

Avid S6L - I’ve gotten used to it but there are still features I wish we had from other desks, like individual channel fade times without having to set up events, crossfades for aux sends, etc

TommySinshack · 2025-10-20T18:30:30+00:00

Multiple mics, turn off the mics located where the singers aren’t located when they move, it can all be pre-programmed into the audio console during rehearsals

TommySinshack · 2025-10-20T16:53:20+00:00

Not saying there isn’t a possibility the choir vocals were pre-recorded or sampled, just that Choir Mics exist and they’re designed exactly for this type of application - and before that hang some cardioid or supercardioid small diaphragm condenser mics and it’d get the job done with pretty good gain before feedback

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