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'Roasted' a whole chicken tonight. Awesome. Getting better at this. Here is something that should have been in the box... https://www.amazon.com/Misto-Brushed-Aluminum-Olive-Sprayer/dp/B00004SPZV

You might want to put an ampersand in there: BB&W. Not judging

Maybe link memberships to posts made until the end of November? That might increase traffic during November.

And, of course, Air Fryer trials and tribulations

We have so much to talk about. Broadcast television got a shot in the arm when Amazon launched their Recast. The Alexa Skills required to support the Recast open doors for others. I'm looking forward to the competition between the Tablo TV DVR and the Recast. Nothing new on the Amazon front for me, but I have started replacing the wall switches in my home with Insteon switches. I just bought my third TCL Roku TV. If you guys want to talk about the best television for OTA, I'm all mouth. I went to a mall last night to pick up a Snowblower. It was a Craftsman 88694 26" 208cc Dual-Stage Zero-Turn Snowblower. I have been shopping for three years and this was the smallest machine on my list. At $700, it was as inexpensive as I have ever seen it. Add $257 of SYW points and I was sold. We could talk about the AMAZING young woman who ran the pickup operation at that mall on her cell phone when the computers went down. I got a couple laptops this year. In a couple weeks, I will be able to offer first impressions. And only twelve more months to post...

i think i had too much, frankly. mine was wet. the recipe had me soak in buttermilk then dry the chicken, coat in egg, then the flour mix, spray with oil then fry.

Actually, there might be a learning curve. My son gave last night's dinner a seven. I gave it a four. Fried chicken was great except for the coating which was neither tasty nor crispy. The french fries were too crispy. I can easily remedy the fries problem by cutting the fries bigger. I am open to fried suggestions on the chicken. Still having fun.

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Tonight I cooked in my Cooks Essentials 5.3 qt for the first time. Catfish. No learning curve. This thing just makes good food effortlessly. After supper, I sliced up some chicken breast for jerky. I put all the 'crumbs' in the fryer, sprayed on some oil, and sprinkled on some spiced. Five minutes later, I had a pile of delicious chicken pieces. Thanks to 'peep for pointing me towards this particular fryer. It looks like a great value!

how does that compare to brick and mortar?

Didn't even put on pants Friday. Everything I wanted (except for airpods which I am still looking for, @cybermonday) was available online on or before BF. Do people still compare B&M to online sales? As always, thanks to Brad et al for hosting these forums. A significant portion of my purchases were influenced by our discussions -- some by my own research! Let's do this again next year!

Excalibur code BLACKFRI18 is live now. Get 20% off anything over $100. You can get a four tray unit with no timer for $103.96 shipped free! https://excaliburdehydrator.com/products/2400-excalibur-4-tray-no-timer-black-solid-door I have this one... https://excaliburdehydrator.com/products/3926tcdb-excalibur-9-tray-26hr-timer-clear-door-black Which would be $255.96 and the best price at this time. Walmart has the same dryer with an opaque front door for $180... https://www.walmart.com/ip/Excalibur-9-Tray-Dehydrator-Black/37017453

I LOVE my 3926TCDB. We had a lot of fun with a Ronco unit (one of the round dehydrators that blows air from below), but, after using it for most of a year, I decided to spend some money on a bigger model with some features that make dehydrating less labor intense... Back mounted fan Dishwasher safe racks Timer Capacity Square trays Replacement partsThe back mounted fan blows the air evenly across all trays so that there is no need to rotate the shelves every hour. This means I can actually sleep at night. The timer allows me to put a batch in on my way to work. Although spraying with Pam makes the trays pretty easy to clean, it's good to know you can throw nine trays in top rack of your dishwasher. The back fan also means the bottom is a smooth surface which is easy to clean. Maybe most important with a nine tray dryer, the back fan means that the smell of one tray doesn't become the taste of another. Square trays are better for drying square stuff like jerky. Excalibur sells stainless replacement trays. Some stuff that may be of interest to you... https://www.excaliburdehydrator.com/media/Manuals/DehydrationGuide07617.pdfhttps://www.excaliburdehydrator.com/wp/browse-recipes/https://healthyblenderrecipes.com/recipes/type/excalibur_dehydrator_recipes I am not aware of any deals at this time. Happy shopping!

I bought a pair of the Dell G3 Gaming laptops from the Microsoft Store for $599.99 each. I picked up a 55" TCL Roku TV from Target for $297.49. I got five Insteon dimmer switches from Smarthome for $138.10 and ten Insteon toggle switches from Amazon.com for $262.30. I bought Airpods and some thumb drives (for the Roku TVs and laptop backups) from Staples. Cook's Essentials 5.3qt Digital Air Fryer from QVC for $69.98. That's all I can remember ;-)

https://www.staples.com/HP-Pavilion-15-cs0064st--15-6---Intel--Core--i7-8550U--8GB-DDR4-and-16-GB-Optane--1TB-SATA--Win-10-Home--15-CS0064ST-/product_24327021

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I believe the best value in a gaming laptop for Black Friday will be the Dell Gaming Laptop in the Microsoft ad... https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/dell-g3-15-gaming-laptop/8thnj2tttgfc/3c02?icid=hol_bf_r7_cp2_dellgamingG3_111018&activetab=pivot:overviewtab which will be $599.99 and has the following specs... • 15.6-inch Full HD display • Intel Core i5-8300H • 8GB memory/1TB HHD • VR-ready NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti graphics That discrete video card is an 'upper mainstream GPU'. Games from 2016 can be played in high settings an the Full HD resolution per... https://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-1050-Ti-Notebook.168400.0.html Scroll down through the reviews to see some game benchmarks. Note that it plays Warhammer well at medium settings and Ark well at low settings. Reviews and Questions Answered on Amazon (mind you, this has the better 1050 TI)... https://www.amazon.com/d/Traditional-Laptops/Dell-G3-Gaming-Laptop-G3579-5965BLK-PUS/B07C9J1PY6#customerReviews Good night.

I'm still looking, so check back in.

The two most compelling posts on this thread are... and Searching the Black Friday page for Nuwave Air Fryer, I see these... Kohl's NuWave 6-Quart Digital Air Fryer $99.99NuWave Digital Air Fryer Convection Toaster Oven w/ Temperature Probe $119.99Target NuWave 3-Quart Electric Air Fryer $79.99Maybe Bopeep can tell us what fryer made that beautiful spread or AuntJamelle has an opinion on any of the BF deals? With what I have read, I am leaning towards the NuWave 6-Quart Digital Air Fryer $99.99... https://kitchenradar.com/nuwave-6-qt-air-fryer-review/ Most of the Pro reviews say the Philips Airfryer XXL 'knocks it out of the park', but that is a $300 appliance.

Warhammer will drive your decision. Discussions about laptops for warhammer here... https://forums.totalwar.com/discussion/219055/laptop-suggestions-for-running-total-war-warhammer-ii https://tekadvisor.ca/laptops/which/at-least/run/tw-warhammer https://steamcommunity.com/app/364360/discussions/0/1318836262670257718/ https://www.pcgamer.com/black-friday-2018-and-cyber-monday-2018-gaming-laptop-deals/ https://www.funtober.com/blackfriday/laptop/gaming-laptops/ https://www.techradar.com/deals/the-best-cheap-gaming-laptop-deals-under-dollar1000 https://www.walmart.com/ip/HP-Pavilion-Gaming-15-CX0040NR-Laptop-15-6-Intel-Core-i5-8300H-AMD-Radeon-RX-560-2GB-1TB-HDD-128-SSD-8GB-RAM-3ZF47UA-ABA/834571877?u1=trd-5024389327027552953&oid=618569.1&wmlspartner=kXQk6*ivFEQ&sourceid=12647041291935277318&affillinktype=10&veh=aff I would guess you are going to have to spend more to play that game and others like it... These can be had for less than $1k... https://www.walmart.com/ip/MSI-GL63-8RC-664US-Performance-Gaming-Laptop-15-6-120Hz-3ms-Intel-Core-i5-8300H-NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-1050-2G-1TB-HDD-8GB-RAM-WIN-10-GL63664US/558380937?u1=106821X1566050X32d305c6384329413848b4a24b343c2d&oid=223073.1&wmlspartner=tv2R4u9rImY&sourceid=33617681462549660077&affillinktype=10&veh=aff https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=34-155-022 https://www.walmart.com/ip/Dell-G3-Gaming-Laptop-15-6-Full-HD-Intel-Core-i5-8300H-NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-1050-4GB-1TB-HDD-16GB-Intel-Optane-Storage-8GB-RAM-G3579-5245BLK/312223599?u1=106821X1566050X9bdd8934caca858e1405136afd700a9f&oid=223073.1&wmlspartner=tv2R4u9rImY&sourceid=11002466803693663939&affillinktype=10&veh=aff https://store.hp.com/us/en/ConfigureView?catalogId=10051&langId=-1&storeId=10151&urlLangId=&catEntryId=3074457345618849823&quantity=1&source=aw&subacctid=103504&subacctname=Future+Publishing.&awc=7168_1542495790_f63a20fad99e109ee6771506d6480b8e&jumpid=af_gen_nc_ns&utm_medium=af&utm_source=aw&utm_campaign=Future+Publishing. Warframe System Requirements OS: Windows XP SP 3 or higher.Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo e6400 or AMD Athlon x64 4000+ (~2.2Ghz dual core CPU)Memory: 2 GB RAM.Graphics: Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT or ATI Radeon HD 3600.DirectX: 9.0c.Hard Drive: 5 GB free HD space. Total War: WARHAMMER Recommended RequirementsCPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz/ AMD FX 8350.RAM: 3 GB.OS: Windows 7/8.1/10 64Bit.VIDEO CARD: (DirectX 11) AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MB / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB @ 1080p.FREE DISK SPACE: 35 GB.DEDICATED VIDEO RAM: 2048 MB. Minimum System RequirementsOS: Windows 7 or Windows 8.Processor: 2 GHz Dual-Core 64-bit CPU.Memory: 4000 MB RAM.Graphics: DirectX11 Compatible GPU with 1 GB Video RAM.DirectX: Version 11.Hard Drive: 20000 MB available space.

Can you provide a list of the games?

Women...

Depends what you are shopping for. Seems to me that most of the door buster prices are not much different from store to store. Kohls' ad is pretty great. So is Walmart's. I'll probably get the laptop on Staple's front page.

I apologize for not answering the question you asked, but I would still take a look at the tcl roku televisions. You can configure them to power on to the last connection used so, he won't have to deal with the smartness. The thing he will love is that if you plug a 16g usb stick onto the tv, it can pause, rewind, and fast forward through 90 minutes of television. When you are going back and fourth, there are visual clues as to where you are (stills). I have this one... https://www.walmart.com/ip/TCL-55-Class-4K-Ultra-HD-2160P-Roku-Smart-LED-TV-55S405/787770978 I like it a lot. It also has a grid style guide which is populated with PSIP guide data so there is no need for internet or a service.

I use a GPS. I think the GPS manufacturers are putting themselves out of business. While I can load an app on my phone which is free and continuously updated, the GPS I paid for has to be attached to a PC for updates and the companies that make them sell 'lifetime maps', but 'kill off' models in a few short years. Not sure I will buy another. Kohls has a Garmin on sale for $90. If has 'Lifetime Maps' and you get $15 Kohls Cash. You can get it shipped free from Garmin for $60 right now... https://g.factoryoutletstore.com/cat/75555-287937/Garmin-Drive-Series.html?cid=226265&chid=1&campaignid=137396524&adgroupid=49395376763&creative=238218961399&targetid=kwd-299434211743&matchtype=e&device=c&network=g&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIpMW55PjS3gIVBITICh1DkwsBEAAYASAAEgIzXvD_BwE if you are OK with a refurb. You can get the model with traffic for the same price (scroll down). Best Buy has the 51 LM for $90.