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Thanks Steve! Getting to know the new smoker! :D

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THAT my friend, is an extremely enjoyable chore!

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I've used gas smokers, electric smoke houses, and charcoal smokers, and of course my Lang is a log burner, but I have never had any exposure to a pellet burner. I hope one of these days to be back down you way and maybe a can get a tour :)

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Anytime!!! :D

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Looking good, Eric! :tu

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Been trying different rub combo's.


http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/...803E04F052.jpg

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Looks amazing.

I just got my new upright wood or gas smoker put together tonight.

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...88549222_n.jpg

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So it seems like spring and summer are times people SMOKE, and fall and winter are the times people
BUY smokers and put them together? LOL. Nice stuff guys. If I wasn't saving money so hard I would
definitely be SMOKING SOMETHING. Not buying anything new made of metal til I get my house in the
Smokies.
MUST....SAVE........money...

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I need a smoker!

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Did some pulled pork today on the new Traeger!
http://i1027.photobucket.com/albums/...pse55aa978.jpg
This is a 7.5lb pork picnic with the bone in and skin on when I started.
http://i1027.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5663cfa3.jpg
This is the finished product and it is not burned. The skin is actually a real dark brown and pulled off like there was nothing holding it on revealing some real tasty pork. Pulled real easy and tasted fantastic!!! :dr :dr

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That looks awesome, Eric!!

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What size Traeger do you have Eric? I have been debating that or a BGE. I have tasted food off of those and it was great. Pellets seem a bit pricy, but haven't done all my research.

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Looks awesome. I'm doing a pulled pork for the big game next weekend. Also doing a bacon explosion stuffed with pulled pork.

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I have the Texas grill and got the rack to go inside so you could do a chit ton of ribs! The pellets are real expensive if you have them shipped as the price can double with shipping. I found a place by me that sells the bags for $21.95 a 20lb bag. You can get them online for a little cheaper, but add in the shipping and WOW!

I am real pleased with the grill and the quality of food is cooks. I went thru about 40lbs in the first month and I cooked on it several nights a week and each time about an hour or 2 so it is really not too bad IMHO.

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Thanks Earl! Can't wait to see what ya do with that new smoker!!!

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Threw 3 racks of ribs on the smoker this morning. trimmed and did the rub last night, decided to throw the trimmings off to the side for sample purposes :p

I just gotta say thanks to this thread, ive learned an infinite amount in regards to smoking meat.

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A pig and a duck!

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Awesome, how did the duck come out? I've been wanting to try duck on my smoker.

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I've been known to smoke a pork shoulder or two...

http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/...ng/rubadub.jpg

Or a brisket...

http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/...g/IMG_0412.jpg

And on occasion, some ribs...

http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/...king/Britu.jpg

And I do it all on one of these:

http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/...ing/smoker.jpg

Which is obviously equipped with a DigiQ DX. Best investment I ever made!

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Nice set up

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And it took me forever to talk you into buying that controller too...

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Haven't played in this thread for awhile...


On Saturday, injected a 6lb pork shoulder cut with fresh squeezed calamasi juice and leftover vinegar / sugar brine from some jalapenos that I had pickled and canned back in June, rubbed with ground hatch chilies, onion, garlic, salt, sugar, oregano, cumin & msg.

BBQ'd Sunday w/ oak & cherry.

Oh, and 16 lbs of smoked cheese in the other smoker while I was waiting.

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Now thats the sprit!!!!

How long do you smoke the cheese for. I'd like to try.

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A couple of hours will do nicely.
Just be sure you are cold-smoking the cheese (80-90 degrees max; less if you can)

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I wanted these a bit on the lighter end so I ran these for about an hour.

It kind of depends on how much smoke you are making, what wood you are using, how well it stays trapped in the smoker, even the temperature of the cheese & temp inside the smoker can have an effect.

Anything from 45 to 90 minutes tends to work with my arrangement. I get pretty dense smoke, only minor leakage and very little temperature rise. Once I start to go past about 90 minutes for most woods, cheese gets to be so overpoweringly smoked that it takes months in a vacuum sealed bag before the bitterness fades so you can eat it, and even then it can border on tasting like you're trying to chew on a campfire.

If you have a cold smoker, I'd say toss a 1/2lb block in and let it run for an hour, then take it out and depending on the wood used, maybe chill it down a bit and slice or vacuum bag it for a week or two then try it. Adjust from there, make sure the cheese is at room temp and has had time to breathe before trying.

If you want to eat the cheese right away, I've found that apple works well; besides being mellow, it leaves a very nice golden brown hue over the cheese. If you don't mind waiting a month or two with the cheese vacuum sealed or saran wrapped and ziploc bagged, then Alder is a fantastic smoking wood for cheese (and lox).

Don't expect to see the very phony perfectly even caramel brown exterior look of most commercially "smoked" cheese (a lot of which aren't even actually smoked, but that's a discussion for a different post).

If you don't have a cold smoker, you can make one for about $12. It's so easy, too easy even...

^ This. I do all my cheeses in the early morning or late night to avoid the temp rises that sunlight hitting my modified BLACK 18"Webber causes. Smoking going into the evening creates issues with moisture condensation that need to be taken into account for though.

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I don't think I could ever get my log burner to cold smoke. The lowest i can get the upright is about 150

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Never mind. I didn't think to use the search button to see if you have posted your smoker until after I asked. Oops.

What log burner are you using? I use the warming oven on my LAng to cold smoke once in a while.

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Get an electric 5th burner, and a cast iron wood chip smoker box from home depot. Put the burner in your smoker, set it to high, put the chip box on it, fill it with wood chips, run the power cord out of the smoker to a power strip and turn it on. Every now and then stir the chips or add new ones as necessary.

Or, find an old grill and go buy a new soldering iron...
I took an old 18" Webber that the rotating vents had been torn away on, sealed the holes with metal ducting tape, bought a new soldering iron, jammed it in an old tin can, filled it with chips and toss it on the lower grate. Every 20 minutes or so, open the lid, lift out the grate with the food, shake the can to get new wood in contact with the iron and put everything back. Used a new Webber SP-23L iron.

You do this in a cardboard or plastic box if you wanted to, just have to keep the hot can insulated from the box or it'll melt it / burn it. (Old coffee cups work well for that.)

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/3946/wellersmkrig2.jpg

http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/7...llersmkrig.jpg

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/pictur...pictureid=4392

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/6...esmokedchz.jpg

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Thanks for the info. I like the idear with the element and chip box.

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The duck was amazing. It is now one of my favorite things to put on the smoker. I smoke it for about 4 hours at 225.

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for those that need a maverick wireless therm... good deal

http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/8877...e-magnet-guide

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Last weekend's fare. I have been lazy since then, sorry.

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Chit!!! Missed it! Been wanting one and $15 off is a great deal...

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Put these on the smoker this morning.

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...09970519_n.jpg

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Just slapped on a 11lb brisket for the big game tonight.

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Baby backs for the big game. Did not want to put the smoking time into Spare's today.

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60 wings, 10 thighs, fresh kilbasa with peppers and onions about to go on. 5 lbs steak tips for later.

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T-minus four hours

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/c...psed5254f1.jpg

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Reeyubs!!!

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...psd2cdbe6d.jpg

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My first attempt to make one of these didn't turn out looking too good, so I thought I'd try it again. Last time I did one of these I just brought everything home from the store and jumped right into making it. this time, I took my time and made sure I did it right. I used Chorizo this time. I used a gallon ziplock bag to shape the sausage and then I put it in the fridge over night. It was much easier to handle this way and it rolled a lot easier.

ok, here goes. Here's the bacon weave.
http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/...psf147af08.jpg

Here's the rolled up sausage stuffed with pulled pork.
http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/...ps845ce7f6.jpg

and here's the final product before it goes into the smoker. I'm gonna let it sit in the fridge for a little bit to kinda harden up so its easier to handle on the way to the smoker.
http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5906f2c3.jpg
Hopefully it stays together in the smoker. More pics to come later.

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Nice!!! I have never done one of these. On my list though.

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Should be fine, Earl. Chorizo tends to shrink a lot, but the bacon weave should keep everything together nicely.

I throw mine in the freezer for a few hours before they go on to an oiled Weber grill pan, then into the smoker.

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Do it. They are so easy...

Brad (OLS) has a whole thread on them here somewhere.

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http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/showth...ghlight=fattie

That dang thread TOOK OFF. You talk about a rash of originality.

I feel so small today. I didn't cook anything, thaw anything and I ain't goin nowhere to eat nuthin.
I DID cook a roast last night, smothered it in a pot with a roux starter, softened up my onions in the roux
and dumped the pan de-glaze water from my lunch steak in there, and added water to cover. Left a
little steam vent with the lid and just killed it. It was superb. Hell, I still should've at least thawed some wings.

Enjoy all your food, bro-hamsters

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Going to do a chicken pizza on the Traeger shortly.
Trying this dough recipe for the first time.

http://amazingribs.com/recipes/pizza...zza_crust.html

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Interesting. Reads more like a focaccia dough than an pizza dough, at least to me anyway.

Like to hear your thoughts on it once you've tried it.

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26 degrees out, WSM is on full blast and just into the smoke zone. It can be hard to gauge whether to use the water pan or not. This time I put about a quart in and should not have. Aslo using maple charcoal which is not as hot as the Kingsford Competition.

90 minutes until the game, I'll be ok.

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I struggled today too. Tried a new process without the foil on the ribs. They seem to start to burn before they are done. Oh well. I am gonna pull em and foil em and hope they finish out in the coooler.

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Ribs came out fine. Did not touch for the whole cooking time.

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Here's the finished product.
http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5129cf2b.jpg

and all sliced up.
http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/...ps6efcb8c3.jpg