Attention: TDR Forum Junkies 
OK, so the wife's family was coming over for Easter Dinner. My son was clinging to her and the wife asked if I would make her families famous Cheesecake. I figured as long as I have a cheesecake manual no problem, afterall I changed the VP out on my truck this summer with nothing more than a shop manual. How hard could a cheesecake be. So I set out to start building this cheesecake and right away notice a problem with the pan she gave me. It looks like a big clamp with a pan on the bottom, but I can see gaps, so I know she won't seal. I did what and TDR guy would do..... I headed out to the garage with the pan... ... . no not going to weld her up, I know better, but I did run a bead of caulk around the bottom, Hi-temp of course.
Well the wife caught me while I was letting her set up a little and she was none too happy. I told her there was gonna be trouble if she did it her way and I was right. Cleaned the caulk up and installed the crust. Tried to plug the holes with crust but just not the same as caulk you know. Anyway you guessed it we had Cheesecake running out those holes like no tomorrow. Made a hell of a mess before I shoved the cookie pan under her. And that is when it happened. Like Ben Franklin discovering electricity I discovered Cheesecake cookies very much by accident. Those things were awesome. See the cake that ran out onto the pan made killer cheesecake cookies and that little addition to the family recipe book is all mine.
Well the bottom of the oven was a big mess so I figured I would turn on the self cleaning beast and go sit down. 30 minutes later the smoke rolling outta there was so thick I thought Hoss was Dyno testing in my kitchen. I sprung to action and put a piece of 4" flex from a bath fan over the vent hole right on up to the hood fan. Worked like a charm. Of course it was now going over the fence to the neighboors house which they were trying to sell. I can here the prospective buyers now. "Nice house but smells like a meth lab next door"
Oh Well, No more cooking for me :-laf
Well the wife caught me while I was letting her set up a little and she was none too happy. I told her there was gonna be trouble if she did it her way and I was right. Cleaned the caulk up and installed the crust. Tried to plug the holes with crust but just not the same as caulk you know. Anyway you guessed it we had Cheesecake running out those holes like no tomorrow. Made a hell of a mess before I shoved the cookie pan under her. And that is when it happened. Like Ben Franklin discovering electricity I discovered Cheesecake cookies very much by accident. Those things were awesome. See the cake that ran out onto the pan made killer cheesecake cookies and that little addition to the family recipe book is all mine.
Well the bottom of the oven was a big mess so I figured I would turn on the self cleaning beast and go sit down. 30 minutes later the smoke rolling outta there was so thick I thought Hoss was Dyno testing in my kitchen. I sprung to action and put a piece of 4" flex from a bath fan over the vent hole right on up to the hood fan. Worked like a charm. Of course it was now going over the fence to the neighboors house which they were trying to sell. I can here the prospective buyers now. "Nice house but smells like a meth lab next door"
Oh Well, No more cooking for me :-laf
