Yeah, I read somewhere that burnt coffee smell can actually stick to walls and fabrics, wren230. It's not just the beans, it's like the ghost of bad coffee haunts the whole kitchen. Your friend Sarah is right to call that a crime.

Nancy_king29, that brisket wasn't cheating, it was just using all the tools. A good wrap with foil or paper is a classic move for a reason. It keeps the meat from drying out and pushes it through the stall. Plenty of championship pits rely on that method. Calling it cheating misses the whole point of making great barbecue.

Yeah, my buddy who cuts hair had a client with really curly, thick beard hair that always got ingrowns. He finally talked him into trying a single blade shavette, not even a full straight razor. The difference was crazy, no more bumps on his neck. He said it was all about getting that one clean pass without the lift-and-cut thing cartridges do.

My old boss in Toledo made us use poly brushes for everything. I mean, you're just fighting a losing battle with that hard, glazed creosote. The loops actually grab and pull it out in chunks. Switched last year and my callbacks for redos dropped to almost zero. It's not even close for those bad jobs.

Wait they were fighting about art style... over personal taste? That's wild.