I am healing well and back to smoking

vintner

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Short personal story. 
I got old.
Told you it was short.

My knee somehow got older than the rest of me, so Dec 15, it was upgraded to titanium.  Imagine a C-Section on your leg, pulling out everything, cutting, gluing, leaving some out and rearranging what remains.  That is a lot for a body to come back from quickly.
That meant several weeks of laying around the house watching Vincent Price movies (and some moves that were much worse).

Now that I can walk well (did 25 miles at Universal Parks in Orlando with less than 3 months healing), and it has warmed up nicely in Minneapolis, I am going to put the little fella back into use. Poor thing has been sitting empty since November.  The wife is away this weekend, so I get to do what I want.  I am using the directions found in the sticky, I am going to make ribs and eat well.  Maybe put something on the Big Green Egg too, maybe potatoes and desert.
 
All the best to you Vinter... I had leg reconstruction last year and I can empathize. Hope you heal well.
 
I hope you continue to recover well. Last weekend a friend of mine (that came over for pulled pork) said he was having some knee problems and didn't know what caused it. I quickly answered "Old Age". Enjoying your ribs!
 
Heres to wishing you good health and great ribs. I actually have two racks of BBs in the #3 as I type this.
 
Good to see you back Don and that you are on the mend.  Getting old is sort of a blessing and a curse. Take care.  Dave
 
As a friend likes to say, "I'm still kicking...just not as high as I used to."

Glad your doing better Don and enjoy those ribs!
 
old sarge said:
Good to see you back Don and that you are on the mend.  Getting old is sort of a blessing and a curse. Take care.  Dave

Sarge, do you think I wore out the knee from marching?  Just kidding.  Navy didn't march that much. Maybe the paper route I had as a kid wore it out.

Now, onto additional research.  I need to figure out the foil covering method used on the smoker by many of the experienced smokers.
 
Smoker.

Lining the bottom accomplished.  Wasn't bad, used rack as a general guide for the size.  There are notes about lining the top, not sure how that works, so skipping it for tomorrow's smoke.
 
Don - you also foil the TOP of the wood box lid; helps in clean-up. And do not forget to punch a hole in the foil on the smoker floor for air to get in and grease/drippings to go out. Enjoy.
 
Welcome back, Don!  My wife had full knee replacement going on 2 years ago...  you have my complete empathy.

Now you have me wanting to go buy some ribs!  Haven't done those for a while.
 
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