I got news yesterday that I’m going to the Bears game on Sunday with my pops. Aside from this being pretty freaking sweet in the immediate heat of the moment, it’s also kind of a lovely, heart-warming story, too. You see, in 1986, when the Bears last won the Super Bowl, and I was just [...]
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Make Your Own Dumb Brats & Watch the Bears Stomp ‘Sconny
Posted in Beer, Event, Gear, Grilling, Instructional, Recipes Also tagged Brats, Chicago, Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, KitchenAid, L.A. Rams, sausage making, thekitchenproject.com Leave a comment
DIY Foam Mold for Making Your Own Damn Skateboard
Here’s a great tutorial on building a foam mold for shaping your own skateboard deck. Uh oh. I’m feeling that very familiar twitch again…
Nice, Lighted Snowboard Wall Mounts from PBTeen
Pottery Barn Teen, of all places, has these pretty nice wall mounts for snowboards. The rope light on the mount reflects off the gloss on the deck to make a diffused light effect. Pottery Barn is asking $129 a piece for these things. I’m thinking you can make one for under $15 and use battery [...]
DIY Big Green Egg
I was just talking yesterday about how I wanted to wreck my finances and buy a Big Green Egg. The ceramic of the egg holds the heat very efficiently, giving you temperatures upwards of 800* allowing you to grill, smoke, and even cook pizzas. Unfortunately, the Big Green Egg costs >$1k generally. I’m pretty pleased [...]
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DIY Backyard Fire Pit
It’s 70* and sunny right now in Chicago which means, among other wonderful things, it is officially time to melt your face on some fires. Too bad some fucking scrapper hopped our fence and stole the copper bowl from our fire pit last summer. Thanks dick. Fortunately though, Instructables has published a nice piece on [...]
9 DIY Homebrew Rigs
This is a great survey done by Popular Mechanics on different beer brewing set-ups. #4 is pretty slick, me thinks.