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I've added chunks of manzanita to my smoker several times, works well. In flavor, closer to oak than the fruit woods I usually use. I have a friend who frequently grills/hot smokes chickens over a fire of manzanita burls. Tastes great and no problems with it burning too hot, but I suppose you...

50 kilo Ivanko's....nice!

Did anyone end up growing the Heritage Big Jims? How were they? Any news on Heritage Sandias for this coming year?

I haven't made it up there yet myself, but how is Art's Jamaican Market in Oakland? Do they carry enough peppers? http://www.yelp.com/biz/arts-jamaican-market-oakland

And who precisely would that be? Actual accredited scientists, not door-to-door college kids canvassing for Greenpeace. Actually, climate scientists have looked closely at a host of other factors that could contribute to the observed climate change to date. Sunspots alone aren't enough to do...

And with that, my apologies to anyone's whose feelings were hurt in this thread. Like I said, "views" are fine but if you're going to throw around accusations like pseudoscience, you should have your very basic facts right.

Great points. I was thinking a deisel/electric freight train, but I was just kidding around. Then I looked up the Hector Mine quake to make sure I had the date right and OMG! there was a train passing by the epicenter when it struck! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Hector_Mine_earthquake...

The most massive planet is Jupiter. It has a mass of 1.90*10^27 kg (that's one followed by 27 zeroes) and at its closest, it is 3.9516 AU = 591,000,000 km away from the Earth. The closest planet (obviously the moon is closer, and can affect tides etc...but it doesn't seem to trigger...

"Views" are fine, but facts are facts and if you can call what professional scientists do pseudoscience, you reap what you sow. And the fact is, the planets have far less gravitational influence on the Earth's surface than do freight trains (numbers available upon request). So you might want...

Apparently, I too have the gift of predicting earthquakes. At 9:40 am Pacific time March 3, I posted: "in my neighborhood (right by the San Andreas fault) I can predict there will be several earthquakes each month, and always be right, it's just that they're usually very small."...

Fascinating, but are these "pulls" gravity or some other force? Where do you publish your predictions beforehand? Have you ever predicted something that didn't happen? How do you determine if an earthquake was big enough to be the one you predicted? I ask that because in my neighborhood...

Fascinating. Are these "pulls" via gravitation, or some other force? And how do the resultant volcanic eruptions contribute to global warming, if burning fossil fuels releases ~300x as much CO2 each year as all volcanic activity combined, and volcanoes also release sulfates and other aerosols...

Really, stars several light years away can shift tectonic plates on Earth? It's clear who's doing the pseudoscience here. Also, I let it pass last time because your statement that plants are net emitters of carbon was even more laughably wrong, but you are dead wrong on the relative amount of...

oh dear lord. Yes, plants emit some co2 in respiration, burning organic molecules they previously synthesized by absorbing co2. But many more molecules, also made by absorbing co2, are not burned. That's how plants grow. Thus the net effect is absorption, not emission. Except for a few...

Plants as net emitters of carbon? Fascinating, tell me more about how your world works.

Too bad you've banned yourself, I think it would be very interesting to hear how a practicing astrologer who can predict earthquakes distinguishes science from pseuodscience.

Fair enough. For the record while I don't follow any black and white dietary rules, I do think meat-free meals are great for all kinds of reasons and look forward to the creations everyone comes up with and using their inspiration to expand my own repertoire. More spicy recipes = win for all.

NJA, could you please explain your rational reasons for believing it is OK to kill a cow to make shoes out of, but not to eat. Could you please explain your rational reasons for believing it is OK to drink milk or consume dairy products from factory farms where cows are raised under horrible...

We're getting increasingly off topic but: Yes, looks like Armadillo got a very nice smoker, certainly better than an ECB. Action pics would be awesome. That said, it's not as if the smoke makes a beeline directly out of the ECB at the rim of the lid without circulating through the whole...

The other thing to keep in mind with the cheapo Brinkmanns is that they are deliberately designed so that the lid fits loosely, allowing plenty of air to escape around the rim of the lid. That's why they don't need a separate vent on top - they are designed so that they always leak a little air...