All the meat (smoked ribs and a turkey were cooked/smoked in the smoker attached to the wood burning clay oven, as usual. Some re-heating and cooking was done in the gas grill, the rest was cooked in/on the first year Maytag dual oven electric range (25-30 years old?). I think we have most of the bases covered for cooking, though we didn't use the Coleman stove.
On Thursday, November 23rd, 2023 at 4:13 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > No gas here, all electric. > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Nov 23, 2023, at 2:56 PM, M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes > > mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: > > > > I recommend a gas range, before they go extinct. > > > > > On Thu, Nov 23, 2023 at 2:37 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < > > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > Yea, tried that. At first the display didn’t come back on but turned one > > > of the knobs and it did but still no heat. I guess after the festivals end > > > I will see if it’s getting a full 220. The thing is only 9 years old. Top > > > of the line Maytag double oven stove. > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > > On Nov 23, 2023, at 2:34 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes < > > > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Did you try turning the breaker off and back on? It sounds sort of like > > > > your stove may only be getting 120V. > > > > > > > > Randy > > > > > > > > > On 23/11/2023 2:31 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > > > > > When I was a kid we had the whole family together at my grandparents > > > > > for a big thanksgiving and Christmas Eve dinner. After they died the > > > > > entire > > > > > family still got together alternatjng thanksgiving and Christmas. > > > > > Slowly > > > > > it appears these were less and less and I have not been invited to > > > > > one it > > > > > probably 8-10 years. I am not sure if the rest of the family still > > > > > has them > > > > > or not, but I hear nothing about it. Now it’s just our immediate > > > > > family. > > > > > Sometimes we don’t do anything. Currently we have 7 people here. > > > > > > > > > > In the process of cooking the electric range appears to have died. > > > > > Both > > > > > the stove top burners and the ovens no longer heat. Indicators light > > > > > up but > > > > > no heating. Since everything quit it seems like maybe the control > > > > > board > > > > > died. > > > > > > > > > > I guess we will get what we get, not everything got cooked. > > > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > > > > > > > On Nov 23, 2023, at 1:55 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes < > > > > > > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On 23/11/2023 12:10 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > I care less and less about the various holidays as time goes on. > > > > > > > While I enjoy time with family, all the “getting ready” that > > > > > > > precedes the > > > > > > > various events is tiring, if not a PITA, and just ruins it for me. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Call me Scrooge, whatever, but I would be just fine with a casual > > > > > > > gathering that doesn’t have to be over the top or something done > > > > > > > to excess. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The days leading up are just too focused on making things right, > > > > > > > getting everything surgically clean, pressure to get things done, > > > > > > > etc. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > But yes, I do value the time spent with friends and family. I just > > > > > > > guess I could do without all the junk that can go with it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -D > > > > > > > > > > > > Our family gatherings have become smaller and smaller. Where we once > > > > > > had 20+ people at such meals, we are now down to basically, my > > > > > > younger son, > > > > > > his wife, their two little girls and my mother, plus of course my > > > > > > wife and > > > > > > I. > > > > > > > > > > > > My father has been gone many years as have my wife's parents. > > > > > > > > > > > > My elder son and his family are about 1200 miles east. My sister and > > > > > > her family are here but have their own gatherings as their children > > > > > > are > > > > > > grown, and married and she has two granddaughters. > > > > > > > > > > > > My wife's sister and her family don't come any more because her > > > > > > children are grown and have their own gatherings. > > > > > > > > > > > > My wife's brother and his wife don't come any more because they tend > > > > > > to spend their holidays with his wife's family. > > > > > > > > > > > > So, it got smaller and easier with time. I do miss the larger > > > > > > gatherings somewhat but it was much more work and much more mess to > > > > > > clean > > > > > > up afterwards. > > > > > > > > > > > > Nothing stays the same forever and we have learned to live with the > > > > > > changes. > > > > > > > > > > > > Randy > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
