[geeks] Barbeque Geekery

Phil Stracchino alaric at metrocast.net
Fri May 23 13:04:37 CDT 2008


Sheldon T. Hall wrote:
>  Bill Blum asks ...
>> Am I the only one to use a thermocouple and data 
>> acquistion software to monitor ribs remotely?
> 
> Nah.  We tried that a couple of years ago, but SWMBO decided that a
> dedicated wireless remote-read thermometer was a saner solution.  We also
> tried monitoring the espresso machine, which, while probably pegging the
> geek-o-meter, didn't actually improve the coffee.  

mmm, /dev/coffee ....  I could see remotely monitoring my espresso 
machine to tell me when it's up to temperature and pressure (and to 
remind me when I've inadvertently left it on).


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