Duct tape a shop fan to that thing and call it a night.

Same thing happened to me last month, totally humbling.

oh man the 70/30 is key. i used to be scared of the fat but it really carries the flavor. also try dropping in a spoonful of better than bouillon beef base when you add the tomato paste. it gives it that slow cooked all day taste without actually waiting. another thing i started doing is holding back half the beans until the last 10 minutes so they don't turn to mush. saves you from the bean soup accusation for sure.

See, I gotta push back a little on that one, @oscarb71. Test pits don't have to wreck a site if you're careful about backfilling. I've done plenty where you can't even tell I was there after. And yeah GPR can give you a plan, but it's only as good as the soil conditions and the guy running it. The thing nobody talks about is how GPR guys sometimes oversell what they can see... then you're standing there with a shovel staring at a spot they flagged and it's just a rock. So I get the time saved argument, but I've had it go both ways too many times to fully trust it.

Is it really that big of a deal though? Sounds like he just did his job right once. Most guys would just move on to the next task without making a whole celebration out of it.