Not All Has to do with Yeast

Bread is great and can often win the table all on its own.  But the saying is "man does not live by bread alone".  And well we came to understand this concept the summer the smoker died!

It has been an arduous search by the Combsman to find the replacement piece he needs for repair.  As the summer has been HOT, HOT, HOT and there has been no baking of bread other projects have been under development.   Writing fiction and more fiction.  Characters battle in my dreams for who gets  time on a page.  I awake energized for the words of the day and soon there is a tangle of focus and I feel they ganged up on me and I lose.

So here are a couple of photos of the dead smoker, upside down in preparation for the required amputation of rusted bits hanging on and application of the new housing which holds the water pan and the wood.  With this repair, it is time to consider releasing the yeast to rise and let the bake and smoke resume!