How I made my BBQ smoker

I posted a picture of my homemade BBQ smoker on Facebook and have received several questions about how it was made and how it works. I got the idea for the smoker from the video below. I couldn’t find a pot like he used for his lid so I used one of the things that goes under the base of the flower pots. I had to drill a hole in it for the thermometer. Before I use it again I’m going to follow some of the suggestions I read elsewhere about taking apart the hotplate and putting the temperature control on the outside of the pot and disabling the overheat switch on the hotplate. I’m also going to put a handle on my lid. Btw, this whole flower pot BBQ smoker has quite the cult following with people making their own versions.

The pot cost me about $18 and the lid about $14. I bought a 17” pot because anything bigger was $30+ and I didn’t want to pay that much – although a bigger pot would be nice. The BBQ thermometer cost me $8. I got all of this at the Home Depot. The hot plate cost $10 at Walgreens. I picked up the wood chips at Walmart. I already had a grate so I didn’t have to buy one.

The whole thing was a little pricey but it will last a long time and doesn’t have thin walls like some of the cheap smokers you can buy. The thicker pot holds the heat better than the cheap thin walled smokers. Plus I don’t have to buy charcoal every time I want to smoke some BBQ – just the occasional bag of wood chips.

I also made some homemade bbq sauce for this whole endeavor. I’ve never made sauce before so we’ll see how it tastes…another hour and it’s chow time!!

Barack Obama asked a question about R.G. Flexon??

I did a search for R.G. Flexon and pulled up this question and answer on Yahoo Answers. Apparently Barack Obama is curious about a story that was supposedly told by R.G. Flexon about the unpardonable sin. Obviously Barack Obama didn’t really ask this question but it makes me wonder why someone with the screen name Barack Obama would? What’s even weirder is when you click on the user and follow the links to Youtube or to their blog (although I don’t recommend you visit the blog).

For those of you who don’t know, R.G. Flexon (1895-1982) was a Pilgrim Holiness church pastor, evangelist, District Superintendent, missionary statesmen, college president and General Superintendent. You can click here to listen to him preach.

Mona Greasa

Available at the local grocery store

What does one TRILLION dollars look like?

From: http://www.pagetutor.com/trillion/index.html

All this talk about "stimulus packages" and "bailouts"...

A billion dollars...

A hundred billion dollars...

Eight hundred billion dollars...

One TRILLION dollars...

What does that look like? I mean, these various numbers are tossed around like so many doggie treats, so I thought I'd take Google Sketchup out for a test drive and try to get a sense of what exactly a trillion dollars looks like.

We'll start with a $100 dollar bill. Currently the largest U.S. denomination in general circulation. Most everyone has seen them, slighty fewer have owned them. Guaranteed to make friends wherever they go.

A packet of one hundred $100 bills is less than 1/2" thick and contains $10,000. Fits in your pocket easily and is more than enough for week or two of shamefully decadent fun.

Believe it or not, this next little pile is $1 million dollars (100 packets of $10,000). You could stuff that into a grocery bag and walk around with it.

While a measly $1 million looked a little unimpressive, $100 million is a little more respectable. It fits neatly on a standard pallet...

And $1 BILLION dollars... now we're really getting somewhere...

Next we'll look at ONE TRILLION dollars. This is that number we've been hearing about so much. What is a trillion dollars? Well, it's a million million. It's a thousand billion. It's a one followed by 12 zeros.

You ready for this?

It's pretty surprising.

Go ahead...

Scroll down...

Ladies and gentlemen... I give you $1 trillion dollars...

(And notice those pallets are double stacked.)

So the next time you hear someone toss around the phrase "trillion dollars"... that's what they're talking about.

This is absolutely gross!

These photos are brought to you courtesy of Foxnews and my wife who felt they were important enough to share with me! :-) Click here if seeing these 5 disgusting photos were not enough and you need to see more. (There are some seriously strange people in this world...but they all need Jesus!)

Courtesy of Google Earth

This picture of my church is provided courtesy of Google Earth Street View (kind-of scary...)

Facebook Fever

HT: Liz and David Mills

But only God can get a rich man through this.

PETA’s new campaign

People For the Eating of Tasty Animals Ethical Treatment of Animals has a new goal. They want wants everyone to stop calling fish “fish” and start calling them “sea kittens.” Which led the Atlanta newspaper to ask, “Will the ’sea kittens’ change your mind about fish?” Someone responded with this comment, “No, but it will make me more likely to eat cat.” :-) That pretty much sums up my opinion about this!

Holiday Trees?

That's scary!

I read the following over at averyfineline:

Wanna get to know your local neighborhood blogger better? The site Typealyzer purports to analyze a blog and determine its author’s type on the Myers-Briggs scale. I’ve never taken a Myers-Briggs test before, so I don’t know how accurate the test is for me. But those who have suggest Typealyzer’s accuracy is “scary.”

So I gave the site a try and below are the results (kind-of scary!):

The analysis indicates that the author of http://jonearls.blogspot.com is of the type:

ISTP - The Mechanics

The independent and problem-solving type. They are especially attuned to the demands of the moment are masters of responding to challenges that arise spontaneously. They generally prefer to think things out for themselves and often avoid inter-personal conflicts.

The Mechanics enjoy working together with other independent and highly skilled people and often like seek fun and action both in their work and personal life. They enjoy adventure and risk such as in driving race cars or working as policemen and firefighters.

Gross!

I will be scrubbing my hands like crazy and not eating pork anytime soon!

This deer took out revenge!

According to our local newspaper, the wounded deer pictured below went on a rampage at our local Wal-Mart Supercenter. Here's the story.

Obama supporters update

I found this funny satirical video over at Joel Byers blog:

I've got to get one!

With all the different versions of the Bible available - why not? I'm sure this is going to be the next big thing that everyone has to have! :-)

In case you're wondering this is a spoof and not real...

HT: The Sacred Sandwich

Buy a piece of history!

Click here to buy a piece of history! This will forever be part of the state of Georgia's historic past. You only have a little over a day to purchase Bigfoot so you had better hurry! Currently this can be yours for as little as $200,500!

Redneck

I pass this house every day on my bus route. I guess it will help all of you Northerners cliches about us down here in the South...by the way, I do not like this at all!! Apparently this fellow is still fighting the Civil War (perhaps someone should let him know that it ended 140+ years ago...)

Sunday Worship (creepy!)

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Spread the Lies!

Someone took this clip from the German version of the movie "The Lion King" added subtitles and use the song to expose what's behind the media's bloodthirsty attacks on Sarah Palin.