If you're a cola drinker, diet or regular, which is your cola of choice?
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- May 2014
- 19958
- Clare, Michigan area
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Follow me on Instagram, huskeesbarbecue
Smokers / Grills- Yoder loaded Wichita offset smoker
- PBC
- Grilla Silverbac pellet grill
- Slow 'N Sear Deluxe Kamado (SnSK)
- Masterbuilt Gravity 560
- Masterbuilt Digital Charcoal Cabinet
- Weber 22" Original Kettle Premium (copper)
- Weber 26" Original Kettle Premium (light blue)
- Weber Jumbo Joe Gold (18.5")
- Weber Smokey Joe Silver (14.5")
- Brinkmann cabinet charcoal smoker (repurposed)
Thermometers- SnS 500 4-probe wireless
- (3) Maverick XR-50 4-probe Wireless Thermometers
- A few straggler Maverick ET-732s
- Maverick ET-735 Bluetooth (in box)
- Smoke X4 by ThermoWorks
- Thermapen MkII, orange & purple
- ThermoPop, yellow, plus a few more in a drawer for gifts
- ThermoWorks ChefAlarm (wife's)
- Morpilot 6-probe wireless
- ThermoWorks Infrared IRK2
- ThermoWorks fridge & freezer therms as well
Accessories- Instant Pot 6qt
- Anova Bluetooth SV
- Kitchen Aide mixer & meat grinder attachment
- Kindling Cracker King (XL)
- a couple BBQ Dragons
- Weber full & half chimneys, Char-Broil Half Time chimney
- Weber grill topper
- Slow 'N Sear Original, XL, and SnS Charcoal Basket (for Jumbo Joe)
- Drip 'N Griddle Pans, 22' Easy Spin Grate, and Elevated Cooking grate, by SnSGrills
- Pittsburgh Digital Moisture Meter
Beverages- Favorite summer beers: Leinenkugels Summer & Grapefruit Shandy, Hamm's, Michelob Ultra Pure Gold
- Fav other beers: Zombie Dust (an IPA by 3 Floyd's Brewing), Austin Bros IPA, DAB, Sam Adams regular, Third Shift amber or Coors Batch 19, Stella Artois
- Fav cheap beers: Pabst, High Life, Hamm's & Stroh's
- Most favorite beer: The one in your fridge
- Wine: Red- big, bold, tannic & peppery- Petite Sirah, Zinfandel, Cabernet Sauv, Sangiovese, Syrah, etc
- Whiskey: Buffalo Trace, E.H. Taylor, Blanton's, Old Forester 1870, Elijah Craig Toasted, Basil Hayden's. Neat please.
- Scotch: Current favorite- The Arran (anything by them), Glenmorangie 12yr Lasanta, sherry cask finished. The Balvenie Double Wood, also like Oban 18yr, and The Glenlivet Nadurra (Oloroso sherry cask finished) among others. Neat please.
About me
Real name: Aaron
Location: Farwell, Michigan- near Clare. (dead center of lower peninsula)
Occupation:- Healthcare- Licensed & Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) at MyMichigan Health, a University of Michigan Health System.
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Pretty regional, I always laugh when they try bringing Pepsi around here. I worked in the business for a while and there were interesting trends. Diet soda sells better than regular, Iowa at the time drank the least, Texas drank the most and it was mostly Dr Pepper, and Diet Coke with lime was a bust across the entire country except one place, Salt Lake City.
As a side note just about everyone who drinks Dr Pepper or Coke to a lesser extent say that they prefer it made with real cane sugar, and 100% of those asked said they could tell the difference. A double blind study by coke proved that nobody could tell the difference.
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Administrator
- May 2014
- 19958
- Clare, Michigan area
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Follow me on Instagram, huskeesbarbecue
Smokers / Grills- Yoder loaded Wichita offset smoker
- PBC
- Grilla Silverbac pellet grill
- Slow 'N Sear Deluxe Kamado (SnSK)
- Masterbuilt Gravity 560
- Masterbuilt Digital Charcoal Cabinet
- Weber 22" Original Kettle Premium (copper)
- Weber 26" Original Kettle Premium (light blue)
- Weber Jumbo Joe Gold (18.5")
- Weber Smokey Joe Silver (14.5")
- Brinkmann cabinet charcoal smoker (repurposed)
Thermometers- SnS 500 4-probe wireless
- (3) Maverick XR-50 4-probe Wireless Thermometers
- A few straggler Maverick ET-732s
- Maverick ET-735 Bluetooth (in box)
- Smoke X4 by ThermoWorks
- Thermapen MkII, orange & purple
- ThermoPop, yellow, plus a few more in a drawer for gifts
- ThermoWorks ChefAlarm (wife's)
- Morpilot 6-probe wireless
- ThermoWorks Infrared IRK2
- ThermoWorks fridge & freezer therms as well
Accessories- Instant Pot 6qt
- Anova Bluetooth SV
- Kitchen Aide mixer & meat grinder attachment
- Kindling Cracker King (XL)
- a couple BBQ Dragons
- Weber full & half chimneys, Char-Broil Half Time chimney
- Weber grill topper
- Slow 'N Sear Original, XL, and SnS Charcoal Basket (for Jumbo Joe)
- Drip 'N Griddle Pans, 22' Easy Spin Grate, and Elevated Cooking grate, by SnSGrills
- Pittsburgh Digital Moisture Meter
Beverages- Favorite summer beers: Leinenkugels Summer & Grapefruit Shandy, Hamm's, Michelob Ultra Pure Gold
- Fav other beers: Zombie Dust (an IPA by 3 Floyd's Brewing), Austin Bros IPA, DAB, Sam Adams regular, Third Shift amber or Coors Batch 19, Stella Artois
- Fav cheap beers: Pabst, High Life, Hamm's & Stroh's
- Most favorite beer: The one in your fridge
- Wine: Red- big, bold, tannic & peppery- Petite Sirah, Zinfandel, Cabernet Sauv, Sangiovese, Syrah, etc
- Whiskey: Buffalo Trace, E.H. Taylor, Blanton's, Old Forester 1870, Elijah Craig Toasted, Basil Hayden's. Neat please.
- Scotch: Current favorite- The Arran (anything by them), Glenmorangie 12yr Lasanta, sherry cask finished. The Balvenie Double Wood, also like Oban 18yr, and The Glenlivet Nadurra (Oloroso sherry cask finished) among others. Neat please.
About me
Real name: Aaron
Location: Farwell, Michigan- near Clare. (dead center of lower peninsula)
Occupation:- Healthcare- Licensed & Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) at MyMichigan Health, a University of Michigan Health System.
It's EXTREMELY hard when doing a side by side taste test to identify similar but different things. I can easily tell the difference between coke and Pepsi, as most probably could easily do, but when my buddies did a blind taste test to me I had to taste them 3 times. I was surprised how similar they are side by side. I know someone reading this is thinking 'yeah right, it'd be easy'. Try it, it's fun! And surprisingly difficult. I bet the sugar thing would be even harder. I notice the Pepsi and Mt Dew throwback (real sugar) taste different in a good way but I imagine side side would be virtually impossible.
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Founding Member
- Jul 2014
- 247
- Irondequoit, NY
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Weber Performer * Cajun Bandit * 18.5 WSM * WSM Mini
Maverick ET-732 * Maverick DT-09 * ThermoWorks RT301WA
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale * Shock Top Belgian White
I like Coke if I'm pouring into a glass and Pepsi if I'm drinking from a bottle or can. Coke seems to have more carbonation and it's smoother poured over ice. I can't tell a lot of difference otherwise.
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Founding Member
- Jul 2014
- 247
- Irondequoit, NY
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Weber Performer * Cajun Bandit * 18.5 WSM * WSM Mini
Maverick ET-732 * Maverick DT-09 * ThermoWorks RT301WA
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale * Shock Top Belgian White
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Founding Member
- Jul 2014
- 69
- Fountain Hills, AZ
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Smokers N' Grills:
XL Big Green Egg
22" Weber Kettle
​Weber Smokey Joe
Char-Broil TRU Infrared Performance (3 Burner)
Temp, NOT Time:
Thermoworks Thermapen
Silver Maverick ET-732
BBQ Guru DigiQ DX2
Coke, all the way. If I have to choose Pepsi, I will choose diet. Regular Pepsi always seemed to make me feel slightly ill. Which, to me sounds impossible, but it happened enough I made the change.
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Founding Member
- Jul 2014
- 951
- West Chester, PA
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Gas Grill: NXR Tabletop/Portable Propane
Charcoal: Weber Performer Silver (i.e., 22.5")
Charcoal: Weber OTG 22.5"
Kettle Accessories: Slow 'n Sear, Smokenator and Vortex and bound to be more on the way
Smoker: GOSM Propane 38" 2-drawer
Pellet: CampChef/Browning Deluxe PGP24LTD
Thermometer: 2 Mavericks, Red backlit Thermapen
Anova Wi-Fi Sous Vide
I have always been a Coke drinker, whether Diet or not. Pepsi is sweeter tasting. That was the problem with New Coke - too much like Pepsi. Also don't like Coke Zero. I'm probably more of a root beer drinker and, for non-premium, Diet Barqs it is.
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Founding Member
- Jul 2014
- 9697
- Smiths Grove, Ky
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Hi, my name is Darrell. I'm an OTR truck driver for over 25 years. During my off time I love doing backyard cooks. I have a 48" Lang Deluxe smoker, Rec-Tec pellet smoker,1 Weber Genesis 330, 1 Weber Performer (blue), 2 Weber kettles (1 black and 1 Copper), 1 26" Weber kettle, a WSM, 8 Maverick Redi Chek thermometers, a PartyQ, 2 SnS, Grill Grates, Cast Iron grates, 1 ThermoPop (orange) and 2 ThermoPens (pink and orange) and planning on adding more cooking accessories. Now I have an Anova sous vide, the Dragon blower and 2 Chef alarms from Thermoworks.
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Founding Member
- Aug 2014
- 886
- Bay City, Michigan
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Vintage Brinkmann Longhorn Offset Stick burner (newest addition)
Weber 22 w/SnS
Brinkmann Pellet Grill W/ Ortech TR-100
Vermont Castings, gas
Masterbuilt smoker, gas
Future build, 80 gallon tank hybrid, pellet/stick burner
iGrill black, dual probe thermometer
Thermapen instant read
Polder,Speed Read instant thermometer
Favorite Beer, Yeungling Black&Tan
The Captain says coke! Also I use the soda stream with coke syrup from Sams club,I just like the taste of coke from a fountain better than a can and I don't have to mess with as many returnables.
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Even before the 1st bout with urinary calculi in '95, I was not a big soft drink drinker.
If I did, it was Root Beer or Cream Soda once in a blue moon....in the bottle.Last edited by Jerod Broussard; September 29, 2014, 07:02 PM.
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Translation needed on the "TMI"
No way, I could write book on them things....Last edited by Jerod Broussard; September 29, 2014, 07:21 PM.
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