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I smoked 3 racks of ribs last night before sandy gets here :D

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Sure, they're made of plastic but they're more than durable enough to get the job done.

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The ones I've been around are like ABS plastic and pretty dang sturdy. The metal forks mar pans and counter tops where the ABS is more forgiving.

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https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/i...Lk22l_kPet0CFA

...only in this thread Steve:r

My ET732' arrived yesterday. Will be giving them a test run on Monday:

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I love my ET-732! It's great to monitor everything from the comfort of my couch! Hope you like it too.

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Mark, that table cloth is almost as good as Mac's doilies.

Also I think I would stay away from the bear claws....they LOOK great,
but from what I read, the tips just start melting and deforming and before
you know it they are useless. Not all the reviewers said this, but enough
to steer me away. I guess the rakes are the way to go.

As for personal observations, it also looks like the way they are held gives
up all the leverage you'd need to make a good job of it. It would be better
if they were more like a glove where you could put your hands INTO the
device instead of holding it. Seems awkward to me.

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I'd knock over an old lady to get after THOSE ribs....dang, son.

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.....
I checked the meat rake website Adam posted....look at this photo....
Some BBQ lover's take on the chocolate fountain, that's TOO MUCH, lol.

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This was last night. Loaded the grill with several rounds of hickory and lump. Allowed the temp to reach about 300F. Had this beautiful side of Steelhead. A little kosher salt and several lime slices. I put the fish on and shut all the vent down. It probably cooked/smoked about 8 minutes. The interior of the meat was barely tepid, more like room temp. It had a great smoked flavor and melted in your mouth. Some of the best fish we've had in a while. Outstanding!

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2 bellies of bacon done today. Happy, happy, happy.

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More ribs yesterday, let these get some more color

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Can't fool me, them's the same ribs from the previous page, lol.

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Mark, keep me updated. I have two single-probe digital thermos that I have to use in tandem when I smoke. This is on my Santa's list. http://www.sherv.net/cm/emo/christma...y-ho-ho-ho.gif

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:dr:dr Awesome!

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Going in the smoker tomorrow. One with mild Italian sauasage and mozzarella cheese, the other with ground round and sharp cheddar.

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We finally got power back after sandy but my in laws didn't so we had my mother father, sister and brother in law over tonight as well as my niece and nephew for our first hot meal since Monday afternoon. I did a pork loin roast, smoked over mesquite and hickory with an smoked apple cider and sage gravy. Mashed potatoes, roasted cauliflower and some red wine rounded out the meal.

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Looks tasty Scott.

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Sounds quite interesting-never thought of making something like this. What are these called?

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Fatties. Bacon Explosions.

Brad has a whole thread on it:
http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/showth...t=super+fattie

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Thanks-

I knew about the bacon explosion, but not mixing it up with other ingredients inside. Sounds like I need to get my Traeger fixed and try out some various combinations.

The first thing that came to mind was a philly cheese steak and came across this take. http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/1...se-steak-fatty

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Philly cheese steak should be good. Basically these are bacon wrapped meat loafs. The flavor combos are endless.

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I have two racks of baby back ribs thawing for tomorrow. haven't done ribs in a long time. looking forward to it!
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10 grilled chicken legs with thick, sweet, hot BBQ (Slather Hot Sauce, Sweet Baby Rays, and my homemade in equal parts). Man I love some BBQ chicken. Had to give a close up, too, so you could almost smell it!

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om nom nom....

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I have a wood mixture question...
I am a big fan of mesquite, as long as it is nice and dry, with some oak and hickory to tone it down some. That being said, I would like to do something a little different this next week. I have a nice supply of apple wood, but don't want to use it exclusively. My first thought is a mixture of oak & apple, maybe 3-1. What do y'all think?

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That will work great.

I keep probably about a dozen different smoke woods on hand, one of which is apple, another of which is oak, and I haven't found anything that oak doesn't mix will with.

Apple is usually mild enough that you could even start at 1:1 and fine tune from there to your tastes and the food being cooked.

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These were delicious....shot right before I gave em a glaze of Ray's....those pecan sticks were
removed from the bottom of the smoker before I dumped the ashes....in a few seconds I put em
on top of the coals with some big chunks of Hickory and closed the lid.

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That looks a lot like mine does right now. Only one rack for me though!
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hhmmm smoked me a 26 pound practice turkey tonight it my electric smoker
first problem was well she was not tight but not much room to spare might wanna do 2 smaller turkeys
other then that it worked out great

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What a BIG AZZ big, Jason! Wow! I bet it was tasty. I'm smoking a 12-14 pounder this coming weekend. It'll be my first. I'm going to brine it 12 hours prior to cooking. Can't wait.

Mark you used the ET732 yet? I've got one in my wish list on Amazon ready to go.

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I've got a ET732 and love it!:tu

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I finally got the Traeger repaired after my last failed attempt and my weak excuse for oven BBQ. The fan was blowing the fuses so I got it replaced. Since I bought the Traeger, I opted to go with the Ortech digital controller and have replaced the auger motor and fan since then because both were blowing fuses.

Going to try my luck and get 4 butts and 2 fatties on at the same time this weekend. :tu

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Last Sunday did a 7lb brisket flat!:dr
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That looks killer Dave!

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Sorry I haven't responded sooner Jamie. Only have used the ET732 once to date to smoke a couple of Tri-Tips on the Weber. The meat temp probe works great to monitor the internal temp of your meat, and its great using the remote receiver if you're in the kitchen or sitting next to the computer. For me, we're talking about a distance between 20' and 45' or so. So, this particular probe is a positive for me.

The surface temp probe I have some issue with. This is the probe you attach to the grill area next to your meat to monitor the surface temp throughout your cooking session. When the cooking temp reached the desired temp, I removed the lid to the Weber and placed my Tri-Tips on the grill, and then placed the lid back onto the Weber. The surface temp started to increase on the transmitter and was syncing properly with the receiver, but would all of a sudden default to "LLL." The booklet indicates that you should allow the probe to return to room temp and try again.

Now the "helpful hints" in the booklet indicates it could be due to 1) a bad connection with the transmitter, 2) the internal probe wire has shorted out due to moisture or heat damage. So, I'll be giving it another shot here shortly as I'll be smoking a 10-12lb Turkey on Thanksgiving. If the surface temp probe fails to function, I'll just revert to using my other gage I usually use and go from there.

New surface temp probes run about $11 and I believe I'm past the warranty date anyways. So, thats my take on the ET732 at this time. Some folks don't have any problems with them for the first good number of times they smoke meat, and others experience fail issues the first or second time out of the gate.

Like I mentioned before, the internal meat probe appears to be working just fine (at least for the time being):2

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Gonna get 4 butts trimmed, injected, and rubbed shortly to put on tonight around 2am when I get home from work.

Once the butts come off, it'll be 3 fatties and a batch of ABT's. I'm going to make a little change in my ABT's this time around-I'm going to replace the smokies with a bit of pulled pork instead.

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Ok, got an 11.57 lb fresh Turkey that's just waiting to jump into my Weber early tomorrow morning. Looking forwards to the end results:dr

Happy Thanksgiving to all of my fellow smokers...:tu

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Same LLL error for me . That or the HHH error. I wish like hell that Thermoworks would develop a dual probe wireless thermometer for smokers. I'd pay $300 for it.

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T-bird jumped onto the Weber grill at 0815hrs:noon

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...Happy Thanksgiving to all my BOTL', SOTL', and our Troops serving overseas:tu

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another good bird cooked for 9 hours in the smoker

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Nice looking bird Jason! This was my first attempt at smoking a Turkey and it didn't turn out too bad on the Weber. Didn't get any complaints:D

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:dr:dr to all!

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sup everyone, havent stopped in here in quite some time but figured I would say hi. I havent fired up the smoker in awhile but did this past weekend for the Bama / UGA game. brined 5 cornish hens overnight (salt, pepper, onion and garlic powders, rosemary, thyme, crushed red pepper, bay leaves, mustard seeds and coriander seeds) and then hickory smoked about 5 hours. Turned out fantastic.

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Wow Scott, those look fantastic.

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WOAH DUDE!!! Break me off a piece of that chicken... :dr

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Those look perfect!

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Oh my! I'm stealing your recipe so that when it dries out in Oregon (late June) then I can try to duplicate your delicious looking feat. Wow!

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Crap, I forgot Kroker had whole fryers onsale today, gotta go get 3-4 of those.
I put on my last frozen pork butt today along with some flanken cut rib meat strips.
Well, not REALLY, they are boneless strips of beef rib meat. Smoked em for an hour and
tossed them in the pot with some pintos I prepared like a gumbo, with a roux, anyway.
I usually use trimmings from St. Louis cuts in that dish, first time i tried it with Beef of any
kind. Should be great, though, smoky and beefy and delicious. The BUTT? Well that's
gonna take awhile. Gotta get up and get out to the sto.

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3 birds in the freezer, I love a whole fryer....so many possibilities. 88 cents a pound is NO SALE, but at least its not a
total deal breaker. Foiled my butt before going to the store, it has been smoking for two hours, then in a few more hours,
take it out and let it slow cook til the coals are spent. One good thing about foil, I don't have to worry about just throwing
a bunch of little limb pieces on the fire and ruining the flavor of my butt. I put enough wood on there to get a nice heat
going. Rainy day, or it rained this morning and will threaten sprinkles all day. Might go smoke a cigar and bring some
newspaper to sit on. and watch the nuthatches and chickadees eat off the feeder. it might be miller time