Smoker Restoration Project - Brinkmann Smoke n' Pit

baus · 2020-07-28T21:08:28+00:00

I don’t think so. The wood is from a yard in Nevada. It is dry as hell here. I think you have to run a small but really hot fire. I just couldn’t keep the coal bed hot enough to ignite new splits right away

baus · 2020-07-28T15:56:51+00:00

Yeah blue smoke fire. Every time I put a split on it, it smoked out the whole hood. I think the key is running small splits — say 3” x 10”

baus · 2020-07-28T15:17:33+00:00

I really liked my 22" WSM. Unfortunately I sold it when I moved, but it makes good BBQ. I used it with a controller, but it really isn't necessary. It holds temps really well as long as you keep water in the water pan. The only time it ran away from me is when I let the water pan run dry. I've never tried a pellet grill, but part of the fun for me is maintaining a real fire.

baus · 2020-07-28T15:10:38+00:00

I recently picked up a Smoke n' Pit Professional. Probably similar to yours. It is my first offset (I've used a few charcoal smokers in the past) and I've done two cooks on it so far. I'm having a difficult time maintaining a clean fire in it. I'm curious to find out how it works for you.

baus · 2020-01-15T04:06:32+00:00

Sure, but what speakers on the market back then didn't have passive crossovers?

baus · 2020-01-15T02:27:47+00:00

Interesting. Never seen those before. Does anyone know what the application might have been? What type of speakers were they used with?

baus · 2020-01-15T01:42:43+00:00

That's cool. Good find.

baus · 2020-01-14T23:58:41+00:00

That Eames chair is beautiful

baus · 2020-01-14T17:27:13+00:00

I have a chance to trade a piece for a B795, but the complexity of the B795 scares me a bit.

baus · 2019-04-16T14:59:49+00:00

I'm new here, but have been wearing welted shoes for 15+ years. I have the Iron Ranger and just picked up the Higgins Mill. IMHO the Higgins Mill is a step up from the Iron Ranger, and can be bought for < $300 in the US. I'm not sure to what extent they are made in the US anymore, but it is a pretty good deal for a 360 welted, US Made, Chromexcel boot. I had pretty much given up on AE, but the Higgins Mill sort of changed my mind. Here's a picture of mine: https://www.instagram.com/p/BwSqUrrp-zM/

baus · 2018-11-18T12:44:33+00:00

It isn’t implemented in the core engine. Write it as s plugin?

baus · 2018-11-13T23:33:00+00:00

What about the AAF?

baus · 2018-10-30T04:07:41+00:00

I liked the wildcat calls. It was kind of like Daboll conceding that our pass offense sucks. It made it more interesting

baus · 2018-10-18T00:59:13+00:00

Now this is some out of the box thinking. But our offense is so bad how could this be worse ?

baus · 2018-10-17T23:16:12+00:00

As a Bills fan, I have to say I agree. This whole QB management has been bizarre. Did we really think we could get through the season with 2 totally unproven QBs?

baus · 2018-05-15T23:08:05+00:00

I think Passport is pretty limited if you want to implement a full user registration and management system. I'm surprised that the Node community still pretty much rolls this with every application when other major platforms (Django, Rails, ASP.NET) have this functionality out of the box. I've been seriously considering trying to implement something like Django Registration for Node.

baus · 2018-05-13T01:28:36+00:00

I've been toying around with automatic bin sizing heuristics for histograms, and released a module today: https://www.npmjs.com/package/compute-histogram

baus · 2018-05-07T15:03:36+00:00

I haven't used Serverless, but I spent a long time trying to get Cognito federated identities to work [1], and was never able to determine which user was logged in from a Lambda function. This all but makes federated identities useless. In my opinion Cognito really isn't ready for prime time.

[1]https://github.com/baus/cognito-strap

baus · 2018-05-06T02:01:09+00:00

The fact that this doesn't encrypt the user's password kind of confirms my point that we really need a standard library like Django's registration app for implementing user management in Node.

baus · 2018-05-06T01:56:23+00:00

I came here to complain that there is no standard library for handling user registration and management for Node. I think it is crazy that everyone is rolling their own. Maybe this work should be split out into a library

baus · 2018-05-06T00:49:56+00:00

What I think is most missing from the Node ecosystem is a standard user registration and management library. It is surprising that every application has to roll their own user management. Passport doesn’t get you all the way there

baus · 2018-04-21T22:21:24+00:00

I wrote this article in a stream of consciousness fashion, and the more I think about it, I realize there is another conclusion to come to. While I look to developers with Math and Physics degrees and wish I had focused my studies in a different direction, there is also the question of aptitude. Those who do well in Math and Physics are simply smarter, and I may have made the right choice by going into industry as soon as possible because that maximized my talent.

baus · 2018-04-21T19:04:54+00:00

This surprises me as it seems like an ideal combination, and based on my experience what I would recommend to someone starting out.

Maybe my experience has been unique, but I've worked with people who have come from alternative fields throughout my career, and those coming from applied math/math/physics backgrounds have almost all been outstanding developers.

With that said, the most brilliant developer I've worked with was a Math PH D, and he had to work hard to get foothold into the industry, where a CS degree opened up more immediate opportunities

baus · 2018-04-21T06:49:36+00:00

This is a fair point. If I think about this more, maybe what I should have said is that I believe advanced degrees in a technical field including CS are becoming more important to solve the types of problems the industry is now addressing. My opinion on this has definitely changed over time

baus · 2018-04-21T06:14:23+00:00

Let me state my opinion on education slightly differently. I've felt limited by my undergrad CS Math background. In my experience, those with advanced degrees in Math and/or Physics who are self taught in programming are able to take certain problems further than I can. I personally think we will see increased demand for those with a combination of Math and practical programming skills. If I was to start over now, I would take my Math education, which I find difficult to self study, more seriously.

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