Recent content by PaulM

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    An Idiot’s Intro

    Haha I’ll take cooking something edible at the moment!
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    An Idiot’s Intro

    Success! Thanks for all your help, I’m well chuffed. Solid 6.5 hours at a steady 115-120c (90 or just under on the naff callow thermo) and we have some tasty pulled pork. Had to put 6 bricks in about 4.5 hours in and that saw us home. Pulled the meat apart and whacked the fat directly on the...
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    An Idiot’s Intro

    Just a quick post to say thank you for all the advice. Going to try and implement it tomorrow. Things have been delayed and I've had radio silence due to first baby arriving two weeks ago. Will let you know how I get on with the next smoke if there is anything of interest to share! Thanks again
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    An Idiot’s Intro

    Nice one thank you for the tips. I’m on the Callow smoker that’s reviewed on a thread further down the page. Will keep playing around.
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    An Idiot’s Intro

    P.S. gonna practice on this recipe this aft as only got a few hours spare not a whole day. https://www.smokegrillbbq.com/smoked-chicken-thighs.html
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    An Idiot’s Intro

    Thank you very much. I will try some chicken thighs I think this afternoon as that won’t take an age will it? Just done a load more research and I wasn’t putting briquettes in which were fully heated - not off to a great start there haha Sorry for being such a novice at it, I’m sure there’s...
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    An Idiot’s Intro

    Thank you very much. That’s what I’ll try next - opening the top vents - I kept them closed because I read that having them open let’s the heat escape. I’ll play around with that though. Many thanks Paul
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    An Idiot’s Intro

    Morning everyone, I’ve been struggling with the absolute basics of smoking so thought id just ask your guys’ advice. Hopefully someone can answer my questions :) For reference, heres my set up and experience so far, Callow smoker no mods apart from just putting some foil around the door and...
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    Hiya yeah Burnley

    Hiya yeah Burnley
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    Callow Smoker Review

    Hi Purely thanks to this thread, I'm 3 hours into my first ever smoke using this very piece of kit. Complete novice but hope to become an addict. Just wanted to say thank you for the advice! Cheers Paul
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