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  1. bob the noob

    Looking for Detroit, Michigan pellet source...

    Hey everyone, long time no post. I just ordered a pellet smoker from Amaz-n-smokers after getting the dust based smoker and loving it.  I've seen several people here love the pellet smoker too so I'm sure it'll be great. I was wondering if any of you knew of a place that sells pellets around...
  2. bob the noob

    A couple of Chuckies for the first smoke

    I was gonna try out the Banana with some ribs today, but Sam's Club only had pork ribs and the wife likes beef ribs a lot better. So I figured a couple chuckies would be easy enough. I figure I'll take 'em to 205sh and shred 'em lightly, kinda like a crock-pot roast. Feel free to watch the...
  3. bob the noob

    Smoking bacon, watch my temps along with me!

    So for fun, I disconnected the Arduino board from the Banana and set it over on my cold smoker. If you go to this URL you'll be able to see the web interface and watch my temps as they happen. Nothing really to exciting because it'll be steady temps and I only have two probes hooked up right...
  4. bob the noob

    The "How-to" for making an Arduino controlled smoker

    Okay.... This is probly as close as I'm going to get to being complete with the "how-to". Much of what's left is someone being brave (crazy?) enough to try using the information here and let us know how it went and what we need to change. I've tried to put in all the info I can remember about...
  5. bob the noob

    Anyone in SE Michigan need a fridge to convert?

    Yay for the FREE Section of Craigslist! 50's or 60's old fridge... http://detroit.craigslist.org/wyn/zip/1623348148.html
  6. bob the noob

    Bionic Banana: Pictures of how crazy I am

    Okay, so some of you may have read previous posts about the Bionic Banana and may have even checked out my blog. I just did some testing today and thought I'd put up a more complete picture of what it is and the parts that went into it. To sum up: It's a 1950's Coldspot fridge that's now an...
  7. bob the noob

    The Bionic Banana

    So I'm nearing the end of my fridge conversion. My dad came over today and we got the 220V oven element in the fridge, and the Arduino board controlled it just like it should. I'm hoping to have it complete in the next weekend or two and be able to give a full report on temps and such. For...
  8. bob the noob

    Belly bacon... how do you smoke it?

    So it seems Belly Bacon is getting reali popular around here. There also seems to be quite a variety on methods in regards to temps, prep, smoking time, etc... How does everyone smoke theirs? I'll start off: I get the raw belly, skin it, usual TQ rub down then sits in the fridge with the...
  9. bob the noob

    Multiple wireless probes?

    So I'm realizing I need to get more temperature probes and I was wondering something. If you have 2 or three dual probe set ups from the same manufacturer, won't they all be transmitting on the same frequency and thus not work to well? I'm leaning towards using an Arduino board and setting it...
  10. bob the noob

    1950's Coldspot Fridge

    Hey everybody, Long, long, long time no post... I thought I'd come back with something interesting. This is the 1950's Coldspot fridge that I got off of Craigslist for $45 a few days ago. My trusty MES is to the right and seems kinda small now. The previous owner had modified it by...
  11. bob the noob

    Custom cold smoker + Bacon = YAY!

    So I had posted this before the re-build of the forum and thought I'd post it again along with some pics of the bacon I smoked in it. The smoker is about 3 foot deep, 4 foot wide, and about 6 1/2 foot tall. Here's a top view: Here's the bottom with my MES in it for an idea of the size: I...
  12. bob the noob

    Bacon: When to trim the skin?

    So the last two times I've made bacon, I left the skin on when curing/smoking, then trimmed off before slicing. In the interest of getting some posting going on I thought I'd throw the question out there: At what stage of the bacon making process do you trim the pork skin off? Before curing...
  13. bob the noob

    I'm new again...

    hey, it's me. I smoke stuff.
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