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  1. jaded

    1st propane smoke - immediate problem!

    Ok, using the Masterbuilt propane smoker for the first time. Seasoned it yesterday and found that the soaked wood chips burn up in less than 10 minutes on low heat.  Is this normal?  If so I supsect a 55 gal barrel of chips would be needed for a pork shoulder.  Something must be wrong here. ...
  2. jaded

    Need help with finishing a small pork center cut loin- doing it now

    Still learning.  Put 1/2 of a center cut loin (about 3#) in the smoker about 3 hrs ago, keeping the temp at 225. Since its small, and most pork instructions I've found so far address pork butt, I need some help.  Internal temp now at 145, and I just wrapped it in foil and put it back in the...
  3. jaded

    Re-starting from scratch

    Hi all.  Tomorrow I want to retry using my smoker again. Several months back I posted about all foods tasting like creosote and chemicals due to not knowing how to properly use it.  Several weeks ago we power washed it and I want to start over with a whole smoked chicken (cheap meat this time so...
  4. jaded

    New member from Cincinnati

    Hey all. I'm a new member here and may have lots of questions. The smoker we have is a horizontal CharBroil smoker with an offset firebox. While I've been trying to do some smoking for a couple years, it appears I'm still in the just learning stage. Looking forward to pulling from the...
  5. jaded

    What's wrong with my smoker???

    No matter whether I smoke chicken, pork, beef, whatever, it always has a chemical taste, similar to charcoal starting fluid but I NEVER use that stuff! Right now I have a couple slabs of pork ribs smoking to try again. I start the fire with a couple pieces of newspaper with twigs, then...
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