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    pheasant opener

    tomorrow is the opener for ditch parrots in minnesota. I think the dogs know it's tomorrow they won't leave my side or let me out of thier sight
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    anyone ever try sunflower seeds?

    thanks guy's I appreciate the info. My camara doesn't work with my computer. the old camera that did work broke and when we bought a new one we found out our computer won't support the software. Not much of a computer guy. Up until last week I was buying my computer beers to turn it on. But...
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    cheap and easy pork chops

    Its been a long day so please excuse the stupidness. I've got a home made electric smoker with an electric stove element and oven t-stat for a control would that still be controlled in the same manner? I know that with wood and or charcoal you control everything with the intake. Actually in...
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    how many cut there own smoking woods?

    I like to look at your pics BGC but i always walk out of the room with an empty feeling in my stomach and a stong desire to fill it with meat and two side dishes of meat. thanks for the info.
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    how tight is to tight

    I am using an electric element out of an electric stove top. and that is controled by the oven t stat i took off of the same unit. When I finish the ice house smoker it will be set up for hot or cold smoke. Not sure if I want to set it up for charcoal and wood chunks or keep the plan for...
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    anyone ever try sunflower seeds?

    I like to chew up sunflower seeds when I'm huntn and ice fishn. I've always wondered about smokn em. What temps? brine or not? woods? etc
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    how tight is to tight

    I've got the air movement figured out even have a drying fan figured. Some times when I use my "refer smoker" if the heat is held in to long the smoke quits. but thinking about it now I probably get my chips to wet and when the elec element turns off on the temp control they won't keep burning...
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    how many cut there own smoking woods?

    heres a dumb question. when you cut your own smoke wood what is a good size piece to use for smoking?
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    how tight is to tight

    I've been using an old refrigerator for a year now and it works great. it's to small when it comes time for our rib feed and when we make our family sausage recipe. My father inlaw has a new spear house that was given to him and is to heavy for three guys to move on the ice. It has 2x4 walls...
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    What's your occupation?

    heating and a/c service tech. I also do the install work on all the boiler jobs we get
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    how many cut there own smoking woods?

    I've got an outdoor wood boiler. We have a versitle tractor with forks I can drop a tree or pickup whats been blown down and then set it 5' from where I cut split and stack my wood. I just bought a 27 ton splitter used to do it by hand with a split maul and or sledge hammer and wedges. Don't get...
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    cheap and easy pork chops

    I've got three exhaust dampers on my smoker two have dampers and one does not. I shut the one down and close the other one about half way. The intake is always wide open. there is still plenty of air circulating and exhausting. by shutting the dampers down I am slowing the smoke down or so I...
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    What was your biggest BOMB?

    my first ham. I added two measures of clove on accident ran out of smoke chips at the begining. Mouth felt a little funny when we tried it and my dogs wouldnt eat more than the first bite
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    cheap and easy pork chops

    I tried several diffrent rubs some bought and some I made up as I went along. The one I liked the best was a store bought with a little change rub Grill creations st louis style chicken and rib rub all over the chops. then coat one side with brown sugar or honey worked good to. Allow that to...
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    dogs goin crazy

    One is three. I took him out in the woods looking for a good spot to hang a tree stand and see how the deer are moving through. He talked in a whisper the whole time. he told me as soon as we got in the woods that he was a squirel. so he would run in short bursts and stop at a small tree and...
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