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  1. noggin

    Hi. I'm noggin, and I have a dirty smoker.

    Thanks everyone. I scraped the heck out of the inside of the smoker yesterday and then used a shop vac to pick everything up. I then scraped the inside of the chimney with some scrap aluminum, holy hell was that chimney clogged. Doing three racks of ribs right now, and the smoker is purring...
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    Hi. I'm noggin, and I have a dirty smoker.

    As the title says, my smoker is filthy. I've owned this particular smoker for about seven years and it has never had a proper cleaning. The inside of the thing is covered in, what I assume is, soot. It generally stays put, but I've had it drop flakes onto the meat on more than one occasion. I...
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    Cook-In-Bag Ribs - Sacrilegious or Phenomenal?

    Would applying the rub the night before they go on the smoker make a significant difference? I rubbed the ribs only about an hour, maybe ninety minutes, before they went on the smoker. I just left them on the counter at room temperature.
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    I am going to sous vide then smoke a butt

    As others have said, sounds like a problem with the smoker temperature and not the meat. I made a PID controlled propane/NG smoker. I had the cabinet temperature probe near the top of the smoker. Smokes routinely took 24 hours to do a pork butt. At some point, I put a spare probe about 2" from...
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    Cook-In-Bag Ribs - Sacrilegious or Phenomenal?

    St. Louis cut ribs have been a crowd pleaser in my house. Whether its family, or friends and family, they'd get demolished. I tend to let the meats I smoke stand on their own, so just salt and pepper went on them. Then my wife, almost as a joke, bought something from the grocery store. Signature...
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    First Smoke Stressful - Second Smoke a Breeze!

    Surprised anyone noticed this thing. It never got to a point where it would be very useful for someone else unless you're very comfortable poking around on a command line and know how to use a soldering iron. But, it did work very well. It could hold my propane (eventually converted to natural...
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    Cleaning Concrete Stains?

    Baking soda and hydrogen peroxide did discolor a little bit as a I scrubbed. I'm going to return the orange cleaner and carb cleaner as I don't expect either of them to work (they're still unopened) and pick up some more baking soda. I'll also grab something I saw that was made specifically for...
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    Cleaning Concrete Stains?

    I agree Mike, I'm leaning towards rust on this one. So far, TSP and bleach have done nothing to this stain. CLR seems to have reduced the heaviest spots by a small amount. I'm a bit concerned about using CLR on concrete though. CLR is supposed to remove calcium and lime which I think are common...
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    Cleaning Concrete Stains?

    Simple Green is a no go. Just gave it a shot. Tried one section with some diluted SG and another section with full strength SG. No change in stain level in either location. D.W. - Do you mean something like this type of cleaner? I didn't see "concentrated orange" except in grocery stores (and I...
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    Cleaning Concrete Stains?

    This is a mess my last smoker, an upright, left for me a couple of years ago. I'm not sure if this is grease or rust stains. I think grease would normally be black, so I'm leaning towards this being rust. Any thoughts on cleaning it? I think I'm going to try bleach first, then TSP. I tried a...
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    Barely avoided disaster?

    There are two fans that affect air flow in the GMG. One is underneath the fire box and blows pretty strongly right into the bottom of the smoker. The other is in the hopper and also blows from under the hopper, through the hopper, into the firebox, and into the smoker. Those fans run...
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    Barely avoided disaster?

    Emphasis mine. They didn't blow me off by simply saying, "It's the wind." We went back and forth through several emails with them asking me to check to ensure a couple of things were working. We ultimately couldn't determine the issue. During the troubleshooting process, I recorded several...
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    Barely avoided disaster?

    That was intentional. If the response is overwhelmingly that I am a moron because I should empty the hopper immediately after every use, then I wouldn't want to name shame them.
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    Barely avoided disaster?

    I went out to smoke some ribs today and found a hole burned up through my hopper. I imagine that this wasn't a flame, just a smoldering, else it would have completely burned up. The paint on top of the hopper lid is damaged as well as much of the paint inside the hopper. I contacted the MFR back...
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    First smoking attempt ever pork / turkey

    For turkey breast (not whole turkey): Remove the skin, backbone, liver, and all that other junk Brine overnight (Most turkey breasts are already brined, so I skip the overnight brine) Rub with 2 parts salt 1 part pepper Smoke at 275 for about 2 to 3 hours (Internal temperature of about 140) Lay...
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    COLD SMOKED CHEESE ROUND #3 (ALL THE PICS)

    I used to wrap really tightly in saran wrap then put them in a ziploc. I had about 10% that lasted a year, the rest were moldy. Since I've started vacuum sealing immediately upon finishing the cold smoke, I've had almost all of them last over a year (at least the ones that didn't get eaten by...
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    Reheat Whole Fatty in Sous Vide?

    The electronics are actually pretty well sealed, so that hasn't been an issue. But definitely something to watch for! Ahh, that's what I was afraid of. I suppose I can make it without bacon, should still be good. Or maybe make it with the bacon, but remove it before it goes into the sous...
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    Reheat Whole Fatty in Sous Vide?

    No worries on disaster. I use a cooler with a lid and can strap it down well. I've done it a couple of times. Regarding overcooking, that's one of the great things about sous vide. You can overcook stuff in them, but it takes quite a few hours. So, if I smoke until 160F internal, I can put...
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    Maverick XR50 Wireless Comm Problems

    Batteries are new. The device is rated for 500 ft (probably line of sight though) but still worked fine for hours. Dropping the distance to 15 feet didn't resolve the issue. I haven't contacted Maverick yet, I'll wait to see if they mess up again.
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    Reheat Whole Fatty in Sous Vide?

    Does anyone have any thoughts on reheating the fatty in a sous vide? I need to make a couple of fatties a couple of days in advance and will need to reheat them for breakfast for about 20 people. I figure I can make the fatties and then refrigerate them. I can set my sous vide for 135 the...
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