Check out Cooper Industries.
In recent years they have turned into a holding company scooping up lots of tool companies with good brand identification.
Pretty sure they bought up the Vice-Grip product line for example.
Lew
Irwin bought American Tool; CooperTool did not.
Irwin is owned by the same company that makes Sharpie pens.
Excellent. Thanks, Frank.
Robert
If you're going to go for the low-end, why not go to the experts? Harbor Freight.
That would be my interest. Fer the Indians. When I leave to go to another job, that would be the one I would want to leave in their hands, not a $250 DeWalt.
Robert
Precisely.
How did you prepare the brisket?
Hoosierpopi wrote in news:ff47ccb5-d636-48ba- snipped-for-privacy@c65g2000hsa.googlegroups.com:
I like your thinking... Spend the money on good food rather than bad tools!
It may be Tuna and Ramen for a month while you're saving up for that Worksharp 3000, though. :-)
Puckdropper
Don't know about Robert's recipe but I use Claude's (
Max
Kinda depends on how long the wife has been nagging about dull kitchen knives...
mac
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Actually....
the briskets looked like crap. They were 12 -14 pound packers, and they were misshapen and not at all proportionate for a good smoke. This was a disappointment for Sam's, as they just don't do me wrong on the briskets. To add insult to injury, they were $1.39 a pound, and they should be heading down a bit this time of year.
So I bought a beautiful 22# chuck roll, cut off some chili meat, a couple of "almost rib eyes" from the rear, and smoked the rest over hardwood charcoal and red oak. I leave them on for a long time and prefer a smoky tasting meat, so I just lightly seasoned with a homemade rub.
20 hours later - done!. They made up for the shortcomings on brisket by selling me an excellent chuck roll. Excellent bark, extremely juicy, with great texture and taste. You could cut it with a fork with little effort needed, if any. Actually one of my better efforts with chuck as on long smokes I mainly cook brisket with an occasional pork shoulder.A little homemade barbecue sauce on the side for the lady of the house, and we were in beef heaven Sunday night!
Odd when putting the drill in question in perspective with the chuck roll. The drill was $49; the chuck roll was $44. I don't know how long the drill would last if purchased.
But the chuck roll is a very good bargain because both myself and the mistress of the house can both eat about 10 - 12 meals EACH (so about
20+ individual meals) from that big hunk of cow.I am not so sure I didn't come out better on the chuck roll rather than the drill. The only problem is if one of my subs or employees want to borrow a drill, I can't lend them the chuck roll for the day....
Robert
A few tricks I have learned over the years when smoking brisket. I smoke using a Texas Pitt's and Spit's pit. The meat directly over the heat and water tank for 1 hour, then it goes into an aluminum foil pan and covered with aluminum foil for the remainder of the cook. I cook at 225 degrees and cook 45 minutes per pound. This used to take quite a long time before discovering a trick. I can usually turn out a juicy 12-15 lb brisket that melts in your mouth in about 4 or 5 hours. The trick is to take the brisket and cut it in half or thirds before cooking. Cut it in half and it cuts the cook time in half, cut in thirds and it cooks in one third the time. I use Texas Pitt's and Spits BBQ rub and let it set over night before cooking.
Oh, and uh, they are the Festool of Smokers and Grills. I bought mine 15 years ago at about 1/3 today's going price.
LMAO!!
They really could be the Festool of the pits! I always liked the fact that they were able to combine stainless with thick plate to stand up to the weather. Good looking pieces of equipment, too. FWIW, I have heard back and forth on the quality of the P&S pits here over the last few years since they were purchased. Before I never heard anything but good.
For all kinds of reasons, I don't get to Houston nearly like I used to. On my list of things to do when I get that chance it to go see the Klose pit manufacturing. Their pits aren't cheap, but they are made right there in sunny Houson with no foreign parts except the thermometers.
They last so long and are used so much they offer a rehab service if your pit needs a tune up after many years of hard use!
Hope you guys are getting the weather we are in SA. Gorgeous, just gorgeous.
Robert
I'll have to check'em out, I don't recall having ever heard of them.
3 years ago I sent mine in for a tune up and had it repainted. A heat delector weld broke in the fire box. I need to replace the expanded metal charcoal grate but will make my own. ;~)Its bordering on cold but we have clear sky's. If only the wind would die down.
"Leon" wrote
Yeah, in mid April, in Texas already... surely due to big Al and Ted T slashing their combined personal carbon footprint, eh?
Hey - you too can do your part:
certificate says that I have one billion quadrillion carbon credits.
Personally I like all the carbon blocking the sunlight, less intense hurricanes. ;~) I noticed that we are going to have a lot of clouds this hurricane season, there are something like 17 or 18 predicted storms.
"Leon" wrote
Isn't that the same as a "Brazilian"? ;)
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