Good Eats S7E2P2: Q

Looked pretty difficult to pull that pork. My 'que just falls apart. I guess 12-14 hours will do that? 190* is the ideal temp - hot enough to melt all the fat and connective tissue!

My cut still has a lot of skin on it, should I remove it or leave it as is?

I made one of these and it was only good for about half a dozen runs before running into issues of wires shorting out and sheathing breaking down. It's fun and cheap and works beautifully, but you will be replacing wires frequently if you use it often.

He has such a quirky personality that I love it!

Its earthenware, clay based, a naturally occurring material. Terracotta, by its nature is an unglazed ceramic, which helps make it cheap. if it was glazed or sprayed it would be labeled.

uranium's a naturally occurring material also, so what?

Henry Ford invented the charcoal bricked not the charcoal it self.

He made made charcoal by pressing the leftover material from Ford's assembly plant. Later the company KINGSFORD was founded.

I did some extra research and Mr. Ford did invent a method of MASS PRODUCING charcoal. But the profession of charcoal burner has a long, and dirty, history, much older then Mr. Ford. And before coke was invented, it was used for smelting.
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