I wrote my representatives, online via their web interfaces, regarding my opposition to SOPA. Feinstein’s camp responded with a form letter. I thought I’d share it here for your perusal. This is the HTML code taken straight out of the HTML portion of the email, unadulterated. Promises Promises. She’s promising to fight for changes in… Read More »
The Savannah Stoker is a PID controller upgrade for the Traeger brand of pellet grill. PID controllers get their name from the type of feedback loop they use to control the output. PID is short for “Proportional Integral Derivative”. A good description for those of atechnical bent can be found on the Wikipedia listing for… Read More »
I got my Nest Learning Thermostat yesterday, and have had a chance to play around with it and the web app for remotely monitoring and controlling the settings. I’ll probably do a product review later. But I’d like to post an open letter to Nest with one comment or request. Make it Social! Now, I can’t… Read More »
Decided to try out the new Savannah Stoker controller by cooking up some beef for chili. note: This is not Texas chili. It has beans and other stuff in it! Ingredients: 3 lbs of stew quality beef (chuck, anything that will break down is good). I used some “bulk -buy” chuck that I had bought several… Read More »
I recently received my long awaited Savannah Stoker. Thought I’d write it up! The Savannah Stoker is a new product that is still under final development. The Development Team can be found at the Pelletheads website, specifically check out the Savannah Stoker thread. You can also follow the Savannah Stoker Facebook page. The Savannah Stoker… Read More »