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I love smoked meatloaf, but I don't think I'd cook a burger that way. Hard to see the best case scenario being "better" than a burger cooked faster over high heat as God intended.

I like to do thick burgers at 650 for.3 minutes, flip and immediately close all the vents, leave in there for 12 minutes (adding cheese for the last minute). Juicy and delicious

The biggest craft brewery in Atlanta, Sweet-Water [stupid profanity filters], had a pretty big theft from their brewery recently, when 2 flatbed trucks (carrying some 6,500+ cases) were stolen.  All of the beer has been recovered (but will be destroyed  ).  Timeline:

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  • http://beerstreetjournal.com/great-swee****er-beer-heist-timeline/

     
  • 6/20 4:00 am –  The overnight shift finished loading refrigerated trucks with newly packaged beer. One truck was to be transported across the street for Tackle Box re-pack (which is done manually). The second, destined for United Distributors.
  • 6/21 9:00 am – The crew discovers two flatbed trucks are missing, alerts the office staff.
  • 6/21 10:00 am – Atlanta Police contacted
  • Noon – Swee****er contacts Marten, the flatbed owners, pull the GPS coordinates, divulging everywhere the trailer has been since leaving the brewery.
  • 3 pm – Both trailers discovered, abandoned in separate locations in south Atlanta.
  • 5 pm(ish) – Using the GPS history, 10 pallets out of the 40 missing are found in a random warehouse.
  • 6/22 – Tipster contacts Swee****er. A man approached her on the street, attempting to sell her Swee****er beer. The information is passed to Atlanta Police. Surveillance footage catches the alleged salesman, driving in  a yellow truck cab (pic below).
  • 6/23 – Swee****er contacts a private investigator, who works with the Southeastern Transportation Security Council, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigations Major Theft Unit. Those folks begin assisting the APD. Within 24 hours, the remaining 30 pallets are located.
  • 6/29 – The beer comes home to the brewery. Special thanks to the APD, GBI special agents and Cargo Theft Investigator Bob Hastings of SETSC, who tracked down the remaining stolen beer.

   

   

The link further makes a good point:  "Stealing two flatbed trucks isn’t exactly a crime of opportunity. You need at least one 18-wheeler truck cab (if not two in this instance.) Plus pallet jacks, forklifts, and a few extra hands to pull this off fairly quickly."

But if you're planning this sort of thing, don't you also think about how you're going to sell it?  Trying to sell cases to random people on the street doesn't seem like the best plan for moving 80,000 bottles of beer

Some of the recovered goods:

Someone mentioned the aluminum foil and towel and cooler trick I think

It will stay hot for 24 hours no problem

I've done the foil and towel cooler, but never for that long. Would you still cook all the way to 200, or with that long in the cooler do you pull it off a little earlier?

Pork Belly?

How do you prep and grill/smoke it?

Braise 2 lb belly by rubbing with kosher salt and cooking fat side up in a baking dish just big enough to fit the slab with a cup of apple cider vinegar. Wrap the dish tightly in aluminum foil and bake for 3 hours at 300. Let it come down to room temp

Trim the top layer of fat off and cut into pieces 4" long and 1" thick

Heat a bottle of Frank's red hot sauce on medium until bubbly at the edges, then whisk in 2 T butter

Fry the pork in canola oil in a deep fryer at 375 for 5 min, toss it in the sauce, serve with blue cheese or ranch (ranch for philistines only)

Any suggestions on good reheat method for a lot of pulled pork, without causing it to dry out?

Got a bunch of people coming over this weekend, and making pulled pork and brisket. But I don't have enough grid space to have both on there at the same time, so I figure I'll cook and pull the pork the day before, refrigerate and reheat. But I've never reheated 5-6 lbs of meat at once. I was thinking about mixing in some bbq sauce and putting it in the crockpot on the lowest setting

Here is a good look at the trade problem post Brexit and likely why the Leave campaign is now trying to take its sweet time.

http://www.economist.com/news/britain/21695544-it-would-be-hard-britain-negotiate-good-trade-deals-post-brexit-unfavourable-trade-winds

But what would The Economist know right?

"...which would be hard with tough negotiators like South Korea or Mexico."

well apparently they don't know that Mexico is a pushover. They'll pay for that wall at the drop of a hat once they see what a REAL tough negotiator looks like <eye roll>

also the Republic of Texas would have to field its own military since they would no longer be under our protection

Unless they are willing to meet Prez Trump's demands, that is

Texit may be an easy remedy to a lot of this country's issues. Let em go.

...and take your stinkin' Cowboys with you!

I've got a 9lb shoulder on this morning. Slow N Sear keeping it at about 230. Got a late start at 8AM, so I might have to increase the air flow a bit and raise the temp or it will be a late dinner!

Google the turbo butt method on the big green egg forum

Everything is proceeding as Luke has foreseen

Did you watch the same movie I did?

I liked the prequils better than this latest one.

(Although, I'm really looking forward to Rogue One.)

yeah but you're a Trek guy.  Your opinion isn't relevant here 

I hear what you're saying and what code is saying about not everyone liking TFA.  I'm not going to restart that discussions (or the prequel discussion) here.  That topic has been done to death and I don't want to hijack yet another SW thread into it.

For example, originally, Luke/Anakin's saber wasn't supposed to be in Maz's castle, it was supposed to fall from space to Jakku and it was supposed to be the central reason to find Luke, but it was ripped apart on Star Wars forms, why would Luke's saber be falling through space etc... it was changed to being a map and the saber shows up later with Maz.  Lots of little stuff to.  The spoilers come from scenes that were filmed, but you have no context to them.  People see a scene filmed and report it but they don't know the dialog.

Or maybe it was never supposed to be that way and that was just a false rumor.

Or maybe it was ripped apart by the execs at Disney because they realized it was stupid without the help of the forums, and they know what they're doing and stepped in to help make the movie better.

I understand why the people in those forums might assume that the people at Disney are monitoring their conversations and putting a lot of stock into what they think, but the conclusion that the change had anything to do with the collective opinion of the forum is not based on anything.

Disney is 1 for 1 so far, and I have a lot of faith in Kathleen Kennedy to be a good steward for the franchise.  A gritty war movie sounds awesome.  It will probably be awesome even if it's not precisely that.

The stuff I posted was 99% accurate. The only difference was some of the filmed scenes never made it to the final movie, but ended up in the DVD releases.

I have no inside info, I just hang out on SW forums and pretty much everything is leaked ahead of time.

Wait what? The "deleted scenes" on the TFA blu ray are like 90 seconds total and nothing that would be the subject of any spoiler. Are you talking about TFA or the prequels?

*edit*

So I went back into that thread and poked around, just for fun.  The stuff you posted like 2 days before it came out was 99% accurate.  That storyboard with frames and scene descriptions (though personally I can't even begin to understand what would possess someone to read such a thing.  I thought it was awful)

But the things that were being posted months ahead of time?  Some broadstrokes accurate.  Many things very wrong.

I will continue to reserve judgment on the tone of the film, which is something nearly impossible to discern if you have not actually seen the current edit of the movie, instead of taking what some random dude on the internet says as gospel.  [random dude not you, but the people you're reading who claim to have intimate knowledge of the current cut and Kathleen Kennedy's personal opinions] 

Tempting as it is I will not read that potential spoiler because I hate them. But I recall code posting tons of "leaked" plot/scenes or whatever for Force Awakens, which I also did not read, but it has me wondering, how accurate were they?

I'm assuming many were flat out wrong, and just educated guesses or rumors repackaged as leaks. Were any of them spot on? (No credits given for Kylo Ren being the son of han and Leia. Too easy to guess)

Why would we assume people on Twitter are in the know?

Maybe the people EW is interviewing aren't either, but they can at least credibly claim they have something better than rumor based on speculation

EW is calling shenanigans on the idea that reshoots are intended to turn Rogue One from dark awesomeness into family-friendly romp

 

What's true and false about the reshoots 
for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

 

After reaching out to deeply placed sources on the movie and at Lucasfilm to sort fact from fiction, Entertainment Weekly has learned new details about the state of the project – including who’s working on the new sequences and what those scenes involve.

 

Here’s what’s true: The film, which is about Rebels stealing the plans for the first Death Star just before the events of 1977’s original Star Wars, is undergoing four to five weeks of reshoots, beginning this month and ending just days before the Star Wars Celebration fan event in London on July 15.

 

High level sources at Lucasfilm, speaking to EW anonymously, offered some details that place the schedule in context. (Official studio sources declined comment, saying they don’t respond to rumors.)

 

In what may reassure fans, reshoots were scheduled for the film before even a single scene was shot. It’s standard practice now for large-scale films to build in additional weeks of shooting so filmmakers can tweak a movie after the first assembly cut.

Those reshoots were originally planned for the spring, but were bumped to mid-summer to allow for extra time as director Gareth Edwards and the creative team decided what they wanted to alter. “The changes have everything to do with clarity and character development and all take place [as inserts] within scenes we’ve already shot,” said one source on the project.

 

In other words, the changes involve more intimate moments – not redoing entire battle sequences or plot lines. “It’s a lot of talking in ****pits,” as the insider described the new footage.

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The length of the reshoots adds up because it involves separate contributions from many different actors. Rogue One is an ensemble story with seven major characters, including the outlaw Jyn Erso (played by Felicity Jones), and her team of Rebel infiltrators played by Diego Luna, Donnie Yen, Alan Tudyk (as a performance capture droid), Riz Ahmed, Forest Whitaker, and Wen Jiang. Ben Mendelsohn costars as an Imperial officer, and Mads Mikkelson has said he plays Jyn’s father.

 

A source familiar with the reshoots said one of the challenges has been reuniting the cast, many of whom are involved in other movies after the pre-planned reshoots were shifted from the spring to summer. “It is a complicated schedule trying to pull people in around other things they’re doing,” the source says. “And this cast is spread out all over the world.”

 

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Fears that the heavy-duty war movie is being watered down into a lighthearted caper are unfounded, according to what EW has learned. “The movie is very different than [The Force Awakens], and that’s intentional,” one source says. “It’s a war film.”

 

Rumors that Disney executives have forced the changes to make the movie more family friendly are also false. According to EW’s sources, there have been no test screenings, and it’s unlikely there ever will be on a Star Wars film.

 

The only two individuals outside of Lucasfilm who have seen Rogue One at this point are Disney CEO and Chairman Bob Iger and studio chief Alan Horn. The vibe on the filmmaking team is that they’re just happy the corporate bosses let them alter the schedule and make the changes. “This is a normal part of our filmmaking process,” said a Lucasfilm source. “We’re working and tweaking and making sure it’s right. This is how you build something in layers.”

 

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“I can’t think of anything in world of creativity [that isn’t changed or reworked.] You need to do that when making these movies,” a source said, asking that the Star Wars community give them the benefit of the doubt until the Celebration event in July, when some of what they’ve been working on with Rogue One will be unveiled: “People will go insane.”

 

 

No, I've wondered about it---you recommend it?

#1 on my need to get to list is The Americans. Caught the first episode of Kirkman's "Outcast" on Cinemax. Dark and darker---looks good. Saw Cinemax has another one coming too that might be interesting--"Quarry."

Did you ever watch Black Sails? I followed it for first two seasons but dropped Starz for awhile. It was a good one.

The Americans is a fantastic show, and this season (4) may be the best yet. I'm constantly amazed it doesn't get more recognition. It's top tier for sure

Can't figure out how to embed from imgur.  This is awesome though.  I watched it about 10x 

http://imgur.com/gallery/SZ61xzQ

Lots of media outlets are reporting that Rogue One is in trouble, that it didn't screen well and Disney is forcing the director to reshoot (which is normal) and change things up.

 

I have a bad feeling that the movie WAS going to be completely badass, but it didn't fit Disney's "Formula".  Wow...

You're reading an awful lot into the reasoning for the reshoots.  Maybe the rumor mill is right, maybe it isn't.  There are plenty of reasons they could have ordered reshoots that aren't "This is too badass for our preferred demographic.  Let's make it more lighthearted and fun!"  Bad acting in certain scenes.  Plot holes.  A bunch of unnecessary fat on the story.  Fight choreography that needs improvement.  etc. etc. etc.  Sometimes you write things that look great on paper, but just don't translate well on screen.

Remember all those times SW fans groused about how Lucas needed someone whispering in his ear to reel it back in, but he simply wielded too much power?  This could be resulting in a movie that you personally like better.  But only the few people who ever get to see both cuts will really know for sure.

For now, I'd say just chill out and don't jump to conclusions.  If the movie comes out and it's a piece of ****, that still doesn't necessarily mean these reshoots are the reason WHY it's a piece of ****.  

Gareth Edwards doesn't get my implicit trust.  It's well within the realm of possibility that he actually did eff this up.

He is a genius, I've worn out the Barbecue Bible, but my issue with Raichlen, is his dependence on hard-to-find-to-impossible-to-find ingredients, and the complicated, time-consuming techniques.

I watch his show, and he's using a large quiver of grills, specialty tools and stuff most mortal men don't own. I mean, he was infusing Bloody Mary's with smoke, from a smoke machine, for goodness sake.

That's why I like the recipes in this book of his better than the BBQ Bible

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007NHRARE/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?ie=UTF8&btkr=1

A littler simpler and less exotic. Step by step with full color pics is helpful for some of the techniques as well

Play around with it until you find a method you like

Lately for thick burgers I've been taking the temp up to 650 in the BGE, cook for 3 minutes, flip, shut all the vents and leave it in there for 10 minutes. Add cheese, then shut the lid again for 1 minute or so to let it melt. They come out with a nice medium cook, juicy and delicious.

So I got the new grill tonight. Ended up firing it up and just doing hamburgers. Well all I can say is LOL at everything I read and the videos I watched about cooking hamburgers.

The general instruction was to cook them on direct heat, at 425-450 degrees. Cook on one side 4-5 mins, flip, cook another 4-5 mins (depending on the thickness). Said to use 40-50 coals, evenly spread out on the grill.

So I put 50 coals in the chimney starter, lit them and waited until the top coals were white/ash, dumped on the grill (15-17 mins). Spread them out evenly, put the lid on with the vents on the top and bottom open. Pre-heated the grill to 425 degrees (about 10 mins).

Put the burgers on, and they were thin (wife made them that way). After I put them on, the temp falls to 350 degrees after a couple of mins. After like 10-12 mins, they were ready to flip. Then another 10 mins they were cooked. I didn't screw them up, fully cooked. But I'm baffled that I used that many coals and the temps dropped that fast.

I followed all the instructions and per all the vids I watched, you would think I would get similar results. But it was so off. The temp dropping close to 100 degrees. I know each grill is different, but this just seemed like a failure, regardless if they were good. They were somewhat dry, granted that would be because the wife pattied them up so thin.

Will it get easier with the slow n sear? Im convinced that next time if I don't use the slow n sear, that I will fill the chimney starter up full and force more heat. I was using regular Kingsford charcoal, should I switch that up?

You just need more fuel. If the drop wasn't caused by starting to run out of charcoal then open the vents wider to get more airflow. More air = hotter fire. Try it with the bottom and top vents wide open. Or

Your grill was never as hot as you thought. During the heat up if you have flames getting close to the thermometer you can get a falsely high temp reading

All it needs is an arrow from the rabbit to the "regular day" category and...yep, right about there

Question about cooking a brisket on charcoal. I know that I need to do it with indirect heat, so all the coals on one side, brisket on the side not directly above it.

I've read that it can take about 8 hours at around 250 degrees. Great thing, this weber comes with a thermometer. But, what would I do to keep the heat consistent and at 250 degrees for the cooking duration? How often do I need to add coals and how many coals total are we talking for something like that?

Edit: Best charcoal to cook with? Natural lump or standard?

Brisket can be an unforgiving SOB if your plan is to just throw it on the grate and cook until it's done. I recommend spraying with apple juice once an hour for the first 4-5 hours, until it gets to 170 internal. Then double wrap in heavy duty aluminum foil and put it back on for another 2 hours or so. Should be above 190 when you pull it off. Let it rest in the foil for a half hour, then unwrap and slice against the grain. You will get a tender and delicious brisket.

This is the best thing to ever come out of an infomercial.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaR4LcLbW8I

http://youtu.be/gKfI8Wm46qk