That's a great way to get someone killed or wreck a perfectly good pipe. Jacks are for lifting, not for sideways force. You put a side load on that little 2-ton jack and you're begging for it to fail, the pipe to slip, or the whole thing to kick out. The right way is to use a come-along, a port-a-power, or even a big hammer and a block of wood. You got lucky this time, but telling people to use a car jack like that is bad advice for a dangerous situation.

Totally get why you'd rebuild it, that detail is the whole point. I track stuff like which fansub group did the best job on a show or if a dub is worth checking out later. Losing those notes means losing real time you invested. A fresh list just gives you titles, not the system you built for yourself. That's the real loss, not just the data.

You're right about that "peanut butter feel" being a game changer, @ivan_schmidt. I was stuck on the exact same thing, pulling my pork shoulder at 203F every single time. Letting go of the probe and learning how the meat actually gives under pressure made a huge difference. My last one was perfect, and I never even checked the temp.