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MaximumSam

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Re: Restaurants
« Reply #182 on: May 30, 2024, 09:41:19 AM »
Wife is going to wine tasting tonight, so I can sneak to CM Chicken while the kids are at taekwondo. Mouth watering already. I also love the pickled radishes they give you, need to figure out how to make those.
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Re: Restaurants
« Reply #183 on: May 30, 2024, 09:54:23 AM »
Quote from: MaximumSam on May 30, 2024, 08:40:05 AM
I dunno if new ovens have that issue. I remember the old ones having it, but mine is about 6 years old and barely changes a tick in each direction. Also, much easier set up than the grill, so not sure if there would be any benefit to the work required.
Have you verified with a leave-in thermometer that responds pretty quickly? Something like this? 

The original (I think) oven from this house crapped out a few years ago, and our landlord replaced it with what I'm sure is an absolute bottom barrel crappy oven, but at least it's new. Natural gas. With the thermometer, I have seen swings of +25 to -20 degrees from set point at least. I've put some thermal mass in the bottom of the oven (pizza stone and a ceramic piece from the kamado; plan to eventually replace both with fire brick) which has gotten it a little smoother, but it still has about a 20-25 degree swing in total. The temperature display on the oven shows zero movement obviously. 
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Re: Restaurants
« Reply #184 on: May 30, 2024, 10:11:04 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on May 30, 2024, 09:28:28 AM
don't know if I'll ever get back to chicago
I have to go up there for a lot of reasons, but I'm not going into the city ever again unless they clean it up and clear out the crime. We used to go down on the train, probably one time a month or so.

The only part of Chicago we touch is ORD (or MDW, not often).
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MaximumSam

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Re: Restaurants
« Reply #185 on: May 30, 2024, 10:31:40 AM »
Quote from: betarhoalphadelta on May 30, 2024, 09:54:23 AM
Have you verified with a leave-in thermometer that responds pretty quickly? Something like this?

The original (I think) oven from this house crapped out a few years ago, and our landlord replaced it with what I'm sure is an absolute bottom barrel crappy oven, but at least it's new. Natural gas. With the thermometer, I have seen swings of +25 to -20 degrees from set point at least. I've put some thermal mass in the bottom of the oven (pizza stone and a ceramic piece from the kamado; plan to eventually replace both with fire brick) which has gotten it a little smoother, but it still has about a 20-25 degree swing in total. The temperature display on the oven shows zero movement obviously.
Yeah I have the Thermoworks leave in I use for the grill. 
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« Reply #186 on: May 30, 2024, 10:33:08 AM »
I was assured on the food thread that if you're checking the temperature of anything, at all, then you're not a real cook. :)
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« Reply #187 on: May 30, 2024, 10:49:23 AM »
Quote from: MaximumSam on May 30, 2024, 10:31:40 AM
Yeah I have the Thermoworks leave in I use for the grill.
Thanks. So your oven is within a few degrees up and down from the set point? Is it electric or gas? If it's gas, does it actually "cycle" on and off or does it control temp by regulating gas flow to stay more constant?

As mentioned ours is as cheap as cheap gets, and I can hear it cycling on and off, so it might be that despite being new, it's still based on the cheapest possible design. 
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Re: Restaurants
« Reply #188 on: May 30, 2024, 10:54:51 AM »
Our oven is  Bosch electric and I'm sure it cycles.  So does our AC.  I don't THINK the hysteresis is very large.
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MaximumSam

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« Reply #189 on: May 30, 2024, 10:56:05 AM »
Quote from: betarhoalphadelta on May 30, 2024, 10:49:23 AM
Thanks. So your oven is within a few degrees up and down from the set point? Is it electric or gas? If it's gas, does it actually "cycle" on and off or does it control temp by regulating gas flow to stay more constant?

As mentioned ours is as cheap as cheap gets, and I can hear it cycling on and off, so it might be that despite being new, it's still based on the cheapest possible design.
It's electric. Can't say I know a ton outside of that. I've read newer ovens are more efficient, especially in materials, but no clue what specifically it has
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Re: Restaurants
« Reply #190 on: May 30, 2024, 10:56:20 AM »
Teh Samsung stays within 3 degrees of where it is supposed to be based on my thermometer I keep inside.
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Re: Restaurants
« Reply #191 on: May 31, 2024, 08:15:04 AM »
Portillo's is the last place I'd go to in Illinois if I was just getting a hot dog. So many great mom and pops there. Don't get me wrong, they are not bad dogs at all. There are just better ones.

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Re: Restaurants
« Reply #192 on: May 31, 2024, 08:18:48 AM »
What is the best thing at Portillo's?  We dined there twice in Orlando.  It was in the OK range for the money I guess.  I was whelmed.
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Re: Restaurants
« Reply #193 on: May 31, 2024, 08:22:59 AM »
Italian beef, burgers and fries (with cheese sauce) are the go-to- things for me.
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« Reply #194 on: May 31, 2024, 09:05:39 AM »
Agree on the cheese fries. That sauce is addictive. 

I personally find their Italian Beef just "ok", compared to all the great mom & pop places I grew up with. I prefer their jumbo dog to the standard hot dog--I think the proportions work better. And I agree with badge that their burgers are really quite good. 

When I go to the local-ish one here, I always get two jumbo dogs (w/ everything obv) and cheese fries. 
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« Reply #195 on: May 31, 2024, 09:14:19 AM »
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