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PROBLEM: I am a rookie bread baker and I have been following some recipes that range in amounts of water and flour. I have a Kitchenaid artisan mixer that has been doing the hard work of kneading for me. My problem is knowing when to stop adding flour during mixing/kneading.Some recipes say add flour until the dough is workable and then knead. My questions is, when they say use 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 cups of flour but no more. How do I know when to stop, I have ruined a few loaves as they came out heavy and dense.How do I know when to stop adding flour and let the gluten take care of the stickiness? I often find myself adding flour until the dough balls up and pulls from the sides but by then it's too late.On the other side, I have kneaded for 15 - 20 minutes waiting for the dough to pull sides of the bowl and it never happened.When do I add flour and when do I just wait?Any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated!

SOLUTION: When and how much flour do I add when mixing dough?

PROBLEM: I recently received a charcoal smoker for my cake day. I attempted to smoke pork ribs, here are the steps I followed. Cured the smoker with 2 Lbs of charcoal. (6 hours) Cleaned the smoker. Prepped 3 Lbs of charcoal in charcoal chimney. Put water used to soak hickory chips in the water reservoir.Position ribs on the two racksOnce charcoal was red hot with white ash, transferred it to the charcoal pan.Smoked for about 5 hours and temperature started dropping.Added 2 Lbs more of Charcoal Chimney prepped charcoal.Smoked for 3 more hours.The problem I experienced is the temperature never went above 180F (82C), at the end of the 8 hours total smoking time, the internal temperature of the ribs sat at 120F (49C).I ended up finishing them off in an oven set to 360F (182C) for about 25 minutes to raise the meats internal temperature to 145F (62C).Is the charcoal at fault for the temperature?I used: Cowboy Brand Hardwood Lump Charcoal Is the smoker the issue?I used: Char-Broil Vertical Charcoal SmokerOne note, the smoker smoked from around the door to what I would think might be excessive. Should I look into sealing around the door? This smoker has no smoke stack on it's top.Ribs turned out great either way, but finishing them in the oven caused fat to drip into the bottom of the oven and now the wife is mad because when we use it, it smokes the house.

SOLUTION: Is charcoal or the smoker at fault for low temperature smoking?

PROBLEM: I don't have a measuring glass. I just have a tablespoon (15 ml). Can 1 tea spoon be considered half of 1 table spoon?

SOLUTION:
Does 1 tea spoon correspond to half table spoon?