Recent content by Birdstrike

That looks amazing. I’ve only smoked ribs a time or two, and I think they were baby back and went for about 3 hours. Never done beef ribs, but if they tasted amazing then you did it right. As far as different cook speeds at different levels it seems possible. I’d probably rotate them a time...

It puffs a lot of smoke at the beginning then it’s much less thereafter. Sounds normal.

There's quite an art to smoking meat, and it's unlike grilling, so I've learned (the hard way). I totally messed up my first smoked chicken. Did it at low temp and it ended up soggy (lol). (Chicken needs to be smoked closer to grill temp, not low and slow, to crisp up the skin). My first...

N I C E ! Get yourself a Boston butt, put a good BBQ rub on it and smoke it at 225 with some hickory pellets until the meat hits 200-205. Let it sit for a few minutes, the pull it. You'll be eating it off while you pull it as your mouth waters. The art of this is the timing. A big pork...

N of 1 Diabetic peripheral neuropathy Patient did some research and asked for it. Cash pay Patient got no relief

To answer that, it depends on your definition of “viable.” For me, anesthesia isn’t a viable option since I’m not anesthesia trained (I’m EM + ACGME Pain fellowship trained). EM is also not a viable option for me since working nights, weekends and holidays, while suffering the abuse of EM work...

Pain Medicine fellowship.

R.I.P.

Will keep it in mind.

I'm so sorry about this. I remember reading about her. Was she on SDN-EM? You don't need to answer, if you don't feel it's appropriate.

Update: My daughter ended up not getting into the accelerated pre-med to MD program but was accepted to University of Georgia Moorehead Honors College and will be going there in the Fall. She seems excited about it and I'm excited for her. It will be her new adventure in freedom at a very...

Foolproof method to keep EM popular: -Sell the sexy: Intubations, "lives saved," procedures, which turns off the logical brain and turns on the lizard-brain. -Redefine flaws in EM, as character flaws in EM physicians that point the flaws in EM. -Pay just enough (but not one dollar more) that...

I agree with the part in bold, but am confused at to why this self evident fact makes you sad.

I just got another private message from an EM-Pain applicant who was accepted to fellowship at a highly desired program: "...We spoke a couple years ago about transitioning to pain med....recently got an interview at one of my top choices...I'll be starting this July...Very excited about the...

For me it was, “I love what Emergency Medicine should be and could be, but despise what it has become.”