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  1. cwb124

    Can my brisket be saved?

    Put my 3rd brisket on the smoker last night at about 1:30am. Temperature around 235. Got up twice to check and to flip it early this morning. Bottom line is it hit 192 degrees at about 2pm today and I used another thermometer to test the tenderness. Thermometer went in and out very easily...
  2. cwb124

    Need to rest a whole smoked chicken?

    Sorry, I can't seem to find the answer. Smoking my first whole bird today on the Traeger using hickory. I have it all rubbed down ready to go on. After I get the bird up to temp, is it recommended to rest the bird like is done with Brisket? If so, for how long?
  3. cwb124

    Smoking noob checking in

    Hey there my name is Charlie and I'm just getting into smoking foods. I am primarily interested, at least for now, in cold smoking. Specifically, I want to make my own cold smoked salmon like you get at some sushi places. I also want to smoke some cheese and then at some point I'll get into...
  4. cwb124

    Smoked cheese tastes like a car tailpipe

    I have a homemade cold smoker and just smoked some mild cheddar with hickory pellets. However, the cheese tastes like I'm sucking on a vehicle tailpipe and I'm not sure what happened. I smoked the cheese for about 35 minutes because I didn't want it too strong and it was my first try. I...
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