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  1. mikeserve

    First pork butts over the weekend

    I smoked my first pork butts this weekend for my birthday party on Saturday. Sorry, no QVIEW . I smoked one of them on Friday since I had the day off, and I didn't want to risk smoking them both on Saturday and experiment on my guests. I trimmed a little of the fat off, and rubbed the butt...
  2. mikeserve

    Making some more smoked chicken

    I was using hickory, but I'll be picking up some applewood chunks tonight to try out. I did smoke them a little high (around 275-300 degrees), but I didn't have a lot of time last night and wanted them to be done fairly quickly. I'm also still trying to get used to the temperature dial on my...
  3. mikeserve

    Making some more smoked chicken

    I was at the East Hy-Vee on the corner of Duff and Grand. They've still got the rib bones attached and skin, but they were perfect for what I needed. OK, so I finished smoking the chicken and it actually tastes smoked!!! I ended up putting a metal pie pan directly on the element and adding a...
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    Making some more smoked chicken

    I'm going to try to smoke some more chicken after my first batch really didn't taste like smoke. I've got a few ideas on how to modify/improve my smoker to get the wood closer to the element so it actually chars and smokes. I stopped by the grocery store earlier today and found split breasts...
  5. mikeserve

    Process for adding charcoal to electric smokers

    That's true, but for some reason I want to use the wood pan that came with the smoker. Where do you get those grill bricks from? Would I be able to find them at Walmart?
  6. mikeserve

    Process for adding charcoal to electric smokers

    OK, I think I've got an idea of how to lower my wood pan. I was thinking of putting some kind of hooks on the the rack that supports the wood pan, and drilling a couple holes in the pan to accept the hook. Does that make sense at all? I want the pan to be about 1/2" or less above the element...
  7. mikeserve

    Royal Oak Electric Smoker - No Smoke Flavor

    I posted this on another thread, but here's the summed up version: I'm going to start putting a pie pan directly on the element and putting a couple chips or chunks in there. I tested it out yesterday, and I had smoke in a few minutes. The only problem I can see is that the pan will get too...
  8. mikeserve

    Process for adding charcoal to electric smokers

    Thanks for the tips. After searching the forum all yesterday, I think I've come up with a way to get some decent smoke out of my new smoker. I put a metal pie pan directly on top of the element, and that worked great. There seem to be a lot of conflicting comments on placing things directly...
  9. mikeserve

    Leftovers section

    I definitely would like a leftover forum. Since I'm just starting to smoke meat, I'll be making a ton of stuff to hone my yet to be developed skills.
  10. mikeserve

    Process for adding charcoal to electric smokers

    I think I want to give this method a try for my birthday party this weekend. I figure I'll do a small batch of chicken breasts on Friday to see how it works so I'm not experimenting with my guests on Saturday. I've been searching the forum for the past couple days, and it seems like a lot of...
  11. mikeserve

    Royal Oak Electric Smoker - No Smoke Flavor

    Cheech: how do you light the charcoal before adding it to the wood pan? I know people use the chimney thing when starting a bunch of charcoal, but what do you use for only a couple briquettes? I've started reading through the thread about how to produce a smoke ring in electric smokers, and I...
  12. mikeserve

    New smoker from Ames, IA

    It's good to see some fellow homebrewers on the forum. ISUTroutBum - There's an Iowa Brewers Union meeting on June 15th at the Holiday Inn off Merle Hay Road if you're interested. It starts at 7:00 pm. I'll be there. Smokebuzz - There's an Ames Brewers League meeting tomorrow night at...
  13. mikeserve

    Royal Oak Electric Smoker - No Smoke Flavor

    Thanks for the quick response Mikey! I actually took out the thermostat that came with the smoker and tested it in boiling water and it was right on. I'd heard that some of the temperature probes that came with the smokers were inaccurate so I wanted to test mine out before smoking for the...
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    New smoker from Ames, IA

    Hi, my name is Mike, I'm 25 years old, and I'm a complete smoking noob. I just bought a Royal Oak electric smoker this morning and smoked some chicken this afternoon. The smoker worked pretty well except my chicken didn't have any smoke flavor. I posted a question on the electric smoker...
  15. mikeserve

    Royal Oak Electric Smoker - No Smoke Flavor

    I had some great pulled pork sandwiches at my friends house the other weekend, and it finally got me thinking about getting my own smoker. He uses a charcoal smoker, but I'm just too lazy to mess with that so I did some looking at electric smokers. I ended up going with a Royal Oak electric...
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