We do the majority of our shopping at Aldi. I thought the quality of most of the meat was decent. Steaks the exception. Now for some reason we use Hungry Root. It seems like a rip off but the wife likes it, so who am I to complain.
Where are you cutting back?
- Thread starter ce36ei
- Start date
3-2-1 is the way. Just have to really keep the temps consistent and make sure steam cannot escape during the foil step. The last step rarely take more than 30 minutes.
This. Rub of your choice, 225, typically 6-7 hours without a crutch. The bark stays much nicer, just takes more time. I do put a water pan in my egg though, think hit helps the smoke “stick” & may help a little with moisture. I use a mix of primarily apple with a little hickory…
Edit: I also salt them the night before, but put rub on an hour or so before to get gummy. Time varies, but watch for the meat to pull back exposing about 1” of bone on the ends. That will produce the proper bite & chew on the ribs. If you want the meat to fall off the bone eat pot roast.😉
Last edited:
A
anon_6hv78pr714xta
Guest
Are you Mr. Money Moustache?
Could be but the church I was raised in soured me on organized religion. I follow none of them.
I am not laying down and taking the bullshit people throw around on here. I watched the bull every day during Trump. The Biden crime family deserves the same.
Smoke at 180 for 3 hours directly on grill grate. Low temp. Lots of smoke. Then wrap ribs in tin foil and get smoker heat up to 225. Put back on for 2 hours. Then take out of foil. Mop with bbq sauce and put back on grill grate for 1 hour.
3-2-1.
There is some other things involved. But that's the jist.
Never been in one, There is one right by the Meijer I go to. Maybe time to check it out with Meijer current trends. They are doing wierd sales of buy one get one 50% off or 40% off. Empty shelves etc.
Don't go looking for name brands. It's kind of a weird place. Bring your own shopping bag(s).
They have the basics, but if you're looking for some weird spice or anything not a staple, forget it.
It is cheap, though. And their produce is not bad.
There's a place here called Lidl that's pretty similar - I think it's also German-owned.
So many cool things to do with a family in the US, and people go to Disney every year? Help me understand
P
My friends and I plan on getting a compound. Everyone has their own bed/bath. Common living area kitchen , etc. We all split the cost of our live in nurse, who we all have to get along with and enjoy. Hopefully on a nice little lake. I’ll steal nurse’s pills when I’m ready to go. But we’ll have fun on the way out!
It's easy. The movies, Disney Channel, songs conspire to indoctrinate the kids. If you have little ones you can trick them for a while into believing Disney is just the store at the mall and when you go there you are going to Disney. What you see on tv is just the movies....They'll eventually learn otherwise and look at ya sideways but that's life
I have never been….and I’m never going.
You guys can have my place in line.
Oh it's fantastic if you live in Fla and know when to go to time it right. Plus there's always other stuff to do. My old gf used to do the mini triathalon sprint series in Fla and Disney was one of the courses.
I also quit tithing at church. If I get asked to go to a social event, I make sure they drive.
We don't every year. Have only been once so far and we opted for Universal this June as opposed to Disney. Universal makes it much easier (and cheaper) for a larger family to stay at a resort. We got a package for around $3000 that has a 2 room suite for 6 nights and 5 days of park admission. The suite has 3 queen beds. For a family of 6 if you try and choose a Dianey package they make you buy 2 rooms.
That being said, the Mouse is designed to get you in and keep you in their park system. If you have kids that range in ages, Disney is pretty good at having something for everyone in a small space. We've done Hilton Head. Have done the beaches in Florida. Have taken shorter trips to nature types of attractions.
Kids are the big factor though.
This thread is not about Disney World! Is Disney World the highlight of you peoples lives?
I want to go to a mountain town this summer that is walkable and just stay there the entire time. I've driven around CO enough. What's the best one for an 11 yr old @CO.Hoosier. I want to fly right in. Anywhere west really. Mountains. Cool town. No driving. Easy
I wanted to do an RV trip out west this summer and go all over but too expensive
Last edited:
Get a Big Green Egg, and you will thank me later
This is pretty close to exactly what I do with ribs. 225 for about 6 hrs. I use the water pan. Can pour a beer in if you choose. I like mine dry, but you could brush sauce on the last hour and candy them up.
It’s important that you consider what type of ribs you have. I prefer spares or St Lou and they go 6-7 hrs. Babybacks are closer to 5 and will dry out.
Yeah, I want to do a West trip when our youngest gets a little older. When I was younger we did a trip out to Montana where we stopped at the badlands, Mt. Rushmore, and Little Bighorn along the way. Then we did Yellowstone. That was a cool trip where you got to see some stuff that is pretty unique.
I just had a zoom meeting with a financial advisor yesterday and we were discussing just this. There is apparently some fairly new plan that is basically assisted living care insurance that doubles as a life insurance policy.
Basically, if you need it, the assisted living costs are covered. If you don't need it, the surviving spouse gets a life insurance payout. So the life insurance payment ends up being less after you die if you had been in a nursing home, but it lessens then likelihood of the first-to-go in the couple draining the retirement savings for the survivor.
I haven't looked into the details yet but it sounds interesting, in theory. Of course a good life insurance policy would in principle erase that debt after the fact. He said the US average is 3.5 years of end-of-life care, be that a nursing home, or lesser amounts of support like home health care with nurse visits.
You can do a shuttle from DIA to Estes Park which is the town we love. There are tours you can take from Estes up into the mountains themselves. You can stay at cabins right next to one of the entrances to RMP. But without a car, either yours or the tour group, getting deep into the park would be difficult on foot. If you had bikes it would work.
That's the trip I really want to do in an RV. But with gas too expensive this summer. Now just looking for an easy destination out there
I love it there too. It's gorgeous. But I want to just do a town and stay. It might be inevitable to rent a car and drive from Denver
You can fly into Telluride. We spent a couple days in Telluride. It was nice but it was our fault we didn't like it more. We were there during the week they changeover from winter fun to summer fun, they call it "mud season". There was no one there, none. I have a picture of me walking down main street at 6PM on a Saturday and not a person or car in sight. But after the mud ends, it opens back up and is a vibrant town.
Hey, my wife's 50 and I still..............buy her flowers once a month
There are several good choices:
Colorado Springs: Stay at The Antlers down town. Great eateries to walk to. Pikes Peak RR and Cheyenne Mountain Zoo top drawer. Or take out a second mortgage and stay at BroadMoore. Lots of two-bit touristy stuff in Manatou Springs at Pikes Peak.
Glenwood Springs: Great Hot Springs. Walkable downtown. Mountain-Top amusement park. Public transportation to Aspen. Rafting on Colorado River.
Vail: World class restaurants. Gorgeous setting. Hiking and hanging out.
Frisco: Reasonable prices. Walkable town. Public Transportation to Copper Mountain and Breakenridge. Copper has a great Alpine Coaster. Maybe vail has one but not sure.
Estes Park. Full of tourists, lots of touristy stuff, but Rocky Mountain National Park. Crowds!
Grand Junction. A real town. Walkable. Colorado National Monument scenic drive. Can take a day trip to Moab and Arches Canyonlands N.P.
Fort Collins: Most microbrews per acre.
Boulder: Cutsey down town, scenic, but will need conversion therapy if there more than 24 hours.
When our kids were 11 and 14, we spent a week at a dude ranch. They loved it!
What do you think of Telluride for 4 days? I really don't want to put in effort. I've done the white water rafting on the Colorado and day trips and all that. Maybe another trip but this one I just want super easy no effort and a town to wander around for 4 days and zip right back home.
Boulder we've done; colorado springs; and others. As Marv said you can fly right into Telluride.
A
anon_mlxxvlbug9dpa
Guest
Had one. Hated it. Too much cleaning and I hate charcoal and ash.
Switched to the pellet grill and I’m human again.
A
anon_mlxxvlbug9dpa
Guest
I should’ve. I got a pit boss and all was great but I’ve had to replace all the electronics in it after one year of use. All are warrantied and free but it’s a pain in the ass to do it.
I have a Z grills at my cottage and I’m happier with that one. I’d recommend Z Grills over Pit Boss for quality and over Traeger as the price is more reasonable.
Telluride is very picturesque. Walkable. Not sure how an 11-year-old would like it. But would be easy adult hang-out place. Stay away from blue-grass festival. Beaver Creek would be a good sit and veg place too.
