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    Cooking a turkey

    Thank you all so much for the responses. I guess through dumb luck everything went okay and evryone enjoyed it.(I told them about my screw up before they ate. ) But I'm gonna do like Dutch says and get a 5 gal water cooler for doin this. Again thanks for the responses. Best turkey I ever...
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    Cooking a turkey

    well I pulled it at 186 and my wife says its beeeutiful so here goes....roli
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    Cooking a turkey

    I mixed my brine with kosher salt and seasonings and cooked it untill the stuff all desolved.(approx 2 gals) i put the defrosted 12 lber in a garbage bag and then taped it so it wouldnt be fully extended.poured in the brine and tied the bag up tight and put it in a cooler with 2 bags of ice...
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    gas smokey mountian great outdoors smoker

    Basrat, I'm new also and I can tellyou a few stories about my new smoker for laffs, but as far as the smoke is concerned, here is what I have found: If I use wood chunks and fill the container that came with it and (soaked for an hour) cover on, I run the temp on full to about 420 for about 15...
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    My first Ribs

    So I should leave the vent all the way open?? roli
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    My first Ribs

    I think it might be diagnosis b the top vent (only vent) was open open at the minimum setting. (cant close all the way because of the tabs) My wife wants to know if that creosote suff is a cancer causing agent?....roli
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    My first Ribs

    Hello all. Hope you can help me here. I'm gonna give you a blow by blow desription of what I did and maybe you can tell me where I goofed. I had alot of irons in the fire but some are for other parts of this forum. Fired up my GOSM(wallyworld special) with a full pan of water a full (bakers...
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    NEW GOSM first time fire-up check list

    Thank you for all your help will be posting soon as I continue with my new hobby.(wife wont let me get a boat. Gotta do somethin ha-ha....roli
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    NEW GOSM first time fire-up check list

    One more question (for now)... I've been cruising this board quite alot lately but I can't remember seeing this question delt with. When do i put the stuff im gonna smoke in the unit? when its cold and I fire it up or when it gets to the temp I want and is smoking?
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    NEW GOSM first time fire-up check list

    Also how long should it go for burn in?
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    NEW GOSM first time fire-up check list

    Okay here where I'm at so far. Started at 2.55pm on high with 3/4 full water pan vent on top open all the way. 3of each wood chunks (mesquite and hickory) soaked for an hour b-fore putting in bakers secret pan. Reached 400 at 3:25pm.put it on medium 3:33pm BLUE SMOKE. 3:40PM Put it on low...
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    My time is wrong

    It shows that Im in iowa or something. I'm on the east coast and it show my postings as 2 hours earlier then they are? How do I fix this?? roli
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    NEW GOSM first time fire-up check list

    Okay-- here's my check list: 1. got the 2'x3' drip pan from auto zone (for future smokes) 2. using a 7 3/4" a bakers secret pan for half hicory and half mesquite chunks.(It just sits in there under the water pan) IT needs to be 5 1/4" x 5 1/4") any ideas here? 3.spraying all inner sides of box...
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    wind-- is it a problem??

    I'm concerned as I live in New ENgland and even on a nice day it gets breezy. Should I be concerned? How can you tell if the burner goes out?
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    HELLO BOY AM I GLAD !!!

    Thank you. I'm pretty sure it will be a pork roast of some sort. (and some veggies) and ribs too. I wanna do it all...roli
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