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), so that was a hard pass.
Good observation.
Good buys and I'll tell her....
Ever since reading Mark The Homer 's post, I've searched high and low for these. I found some in a St. Michaels shop at tourist trap prices, ($6.99
$2.64 on Amazon...
I just tried them. Damn! They're really good. Not a fan of Old Bay chips, but these Goldfish are crazy good! I'm not a big fan of cheese curls either, but Herr's Old Bay Cheese curls are really good too...
That looks pretty damn good! Tell me that you didn't throw away the skin. I'm sure that you can fry it. Have I ever done it? No. But I'm sure that you can. Also, how do you like that SnS kettle? I have a line on one, relatively cheap, and I'm waiting for the woman to get back to me on it. I've been intrigued by them since they've come out. The grill looks very well made and has a lot of kick-ass looking, and practical, features. Non FB Fran, aka the Great Enabler, may eventually put her foot down with all my grills/smokers/cookers, but she hasn't yet! I've given away grills to make room for new, (used), ones.
I'm not a cheese curl guy. But I'll get a bag just for fun on your recommendation.
"Convert my Weber kettle?!" Blasphemy!!!Yeah, I definitely think the fishies have an edge on the chips. But that doesn't stop me from buying the chips.
The skin was stuck to the paper bag, so yeah, I threw it away. I did have skin from the dinner fish though. Did I save it? No. Thought about it though. But Non FB Anne doesn't eat fried salmon skin. It is delicious though. Have I ever done it? Yes, I have! It's good! The sushi place up the road has a roll that has cooked salmon skin in it. Non FB Anne thinks there's a risk of mercury being in the skin. I retort there's a risk of getting hit by a truck if we cross the street.
Re the SnS, my Weber kettle was basically worn out. So I promoted the idea of replacing it with the SnS. She agreed. This was like ten years ago. After I got it, I thought - Gosh I bet I could repair this thing. So I bought some parts on Amazon - the one-touch ash removal system parts. Cost around $25 or so. It was pretty easy to fix. I managed to re-round the kettle because it was oval shaped. That's from the kettle falling out onto Rt 202 coming home from the game. Not good. Not good for a number of reasons. So yeah, I repaired the old Weber and now I have two kettles. The SnS for low and slow, the Weber for hot and fast. The probes are in the SnS permanently. So all I have to do is put on the meat and the chunks, and connect the thermoworks device. Shazaam. Very convenient.
How do I like the SnS? Yes, the SnS has a lot of excellent features. One thing bugs me about it. The ash removal blades. They were not designed correctly. They don't have the correct geometric curve. This means, the blades lift up from the round kettle towards the tips. The tip of the blades are about an eighth of an inch from the bowl. That means if you shut off the bottom intake, it is leaking air. This is clearly a design flaw. But I bought mine ten years ago when they first came out, so hopefully they corrected it by now. Also, eventually, ash will cake up underneath that one-eighth space that leaks air. So the ash will effectively block the air eventually. If you study the photos on the SnS site, last time I looked, you can actually see the blades and you can see they are lifted up away from the bowl. But I did not realize this until I had the kettle in hand.
Also, you can buy parts from the SnS and convert your Weber kettle by drilling holes. There's a hole for the probes and a "smoke hole" down low near the coals. However, the smoke hole is not needed because the lower intake blades are already leaking air!
That built in shelf is really nice. I love it. You can lift it up and lock it in place with one finger.
I like that the thermometer is close to grate level, but again, you can mod a weber kettle to do that pretty easily. Chud has his Weber modded that way. Bradley Robinson.
Probes fit just fine under the lid with no mods and minimal leakage. Full disclosure: I had to use binder clips to make it leak less.
Yes. I'd say that was a good guess...but I'd be lyingYes, that notch deal seems to be a perfect solution for the probe cables. Lemme guess - you saw that notch idea on tvwbb.com - the virtual weber forum.
Yeah, the grommet deal doesn't work well for a Weber kettle. It just burns up eventually. So then I went with the SnS cable hole. But that was before I read about the notch idea. I think the notch is the best idea.
The grommet on the Weber smoker sucks...it's too much of a PITA to push/pull the probes through and it's not in an ideal spot. I imagine the silicon would would lose pliability over time. It was easy to notch with a handheld grinder.
