Found a way to stretch a single chicken into three dinners

Last Tuesday I roasted a whole chicken I got on sale for $5. That night we had roast chicken with potatoes. The next day I picked the carcass clean and used the meat for chicken fried rice. Finally, I boiled the bones with an old onion and some carrot ends for stock, which became a big pot of soup with the last handful of pasta from the box. Has anyone else tried this kind of three-meal plan with one cheap protein?

Pro tip: Don't trust a pellet smoker's built-in temp probe for big cuts

I smoked a 16 pound brisket for a family reunion last month and relied on my smoker's built-in probe to tell me when it was done. The readout said 203 degrees, so I pulled it, wrapped it, and let it rest. When I went to slice it, the flat was tough as leather. I checked the temp with my handheld Thermapen and it was only reading 185 in the thickest part. The built-in probe was off by almost 20 degrees, likely from being right next to the heat source for years. I had to serve a half-raw brisket to 25 people. It was a total waste of about $90 in meat and 14 hours of my time. Now I always double-check with a trusted instant-read. Has anyone else had a brand's built-in probe fail them this badly on a long cook?

PSA: I watched all of Severance in one weekend and my brain is still stuck in that office

I had a slow Friday and decided to start the first episode, but the mystery of what Lumon actually does hooked me so bad I didn't stop until the finale. Has anyone else had a show completely take over their weekend like that?

Vent: I saw a video on the history of denim and the rivet thing blew my mind

I was watching a doc on YouTube about workwear, and they said Levi Strauss and his partner, Jacob Davis, got the patent for putting copper rivets on jeans in 1873 because miners kept ripping the pockets. I always thought it was just a style choice, not a fix for a real problem. Has anyone else found a piece of clothing that's built that way for a reason you never knew?

That old seam roller I swore by finally gave out on me

I was finishing a big job in a Phoenix condo last Thursday when the handle snapped clean off my 15 year old Marshalltown roller. Had to use the edge of my knee kicker to finish the seam, which looked terrible. What's a good heavy duty roller that won't break on a hot day?

Warning: I swore off those 'ceramic' spray coatings for a full year

Everyone at the shop in Springfield was raving about them, but I thought it was just overpriced hype. Then a customer brought in his truck after 6 months, and the water beading was still insane with zero swirls. Has anyone else had a coating actually hold up that long, or did he just get lucky?

Honestly thought my old rammer was fine until the motor seized mid-pour last Thursday