Well, here we are on the 15th of October. Detroit has beaten the Yankees two games to zip, and Derek Jeter is out with a broken ankle. If the Oakland A’s couldn’t win the American League Division Series, then I guess we should give the nod to the team that bested them. The combination of Miguel Cabrera (he who must be feared and therefore avoided by all pitchers, particularly Yankee pitchers!) and Prince Fielder was too much for the Yanks. So they’ll take a day off and go at it in Detroit Tuesday night.

But that’s not what I wanted to write about today. Sister Sharon says my posts are too long and tedious (well, that’s feedback!) so I’ll lighten up and talk about other things of interest. Like the holidays coming up! We’ve been discussing table settings and menus, as Robin and Kyle are in charge of the menu and I want to be ready with all the right equipment for those two gourmands.

So I bought a smoker! An electric Brinkmann that can smoke up to 50 pounds of meat at a time (can you imagine?) Never used a smoker before, so anybody out there reading this, please pass on any tips and/or advice. It should be an adventure…since I have Amazon Prime, the ‘thing’ will arrive tomorrow and I’ll be giving it a test run. Again, any suggestions on where a novice smoker should start? I know – not Kools! Lol…

Here’s a picture of the beast – all hail the red Brinkmann smoker!

Later…