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    New to smoking - Brinkmann Electric Smoker

    What kind of controller are you using to turn down the heat?  If it's a PID, then you're golden (and then some...that'd be a pretty great little smoker with a PID controller on it, but...at 1.5x the cost of the smoker itself?), but if you're using something else, please make sure it's designed...
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    MES+AMNPS vs Bradley

    We really need to quash that rumor...  The 2012 models have been confirmed to have 1200w elements. As far as the pellets go, both times I've smoked something in the MES 40, the AMNPS has still been lit and smoking after the food was done, and I did pork shoulder for roughly 12 hours.  Properly...
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    MES+AMNPS vs Bradley

    The reason the AMNPS is important in an electric smoker is that electric smokers have a tendency to smolder the wood (due to a lack of adequate oxygen supply), rather than combusting (but not igniting) it, creating acrid flavors.  The AMNPS facilitates the controlled combustion of hardwood...
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    I will do science to it! Smoke + Sous Vide

    In Modernist Cuisine, there's a chapter dedicated to this, as well.   The first paragraph of "Common Misconceptions" very succinctly describes the point I try to make when I try to discuss the subject... "Once upon a time, some well-meaning officials decided that food safety recommendations...
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    I will do science to it! Smoke + Sous Vide

    Dave, I assure you, I'm not trying to sound snarky, just as you weren't, but pasteurization isn't really breaking new ground.  The most common foodborne pathogens cannot live at 130F.  Holding meat at that temperature kills the pathogens, so you would not be ingesting live strains. Here's an...
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    I will do science to it! Smoke + Sous Vide

    Injecting is a sort-of bad idea.  Say you inject a piece of ribeye, and you want it to be cooked rare, you're creating a pathogen-rich environment. Say you want that same piece of injected beef cooked to medium-rare?  Once the steak is fully up to temperature, holding it at mere 130F for 112...
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    I will do science to it! Smoke + Sous Vide

    Not to stir the pot even more, but I have quite a bit of experience with sous-vide, both with custom-built immersion circulators, and commercial setups.  At home, I have a sous-vide supreme, and it gets quite a bit of use.  A chuck roast, seasoned, seared, then vacuum sealed and cooked at 135F...
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    Just bought a MES 40...

    That's what I like to hear! :)  I did quite a bit of research before opening my wallet, but I'm excited to dig in, and most certainly learn some from all of you. Oh, and don't tell anyone, but...the intro I wrote back in 2009, about being from KC, as my first post on SMF?  It no longer applies...
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    Just bought a MES 40...

    ...now all I need is a Toyota Prius, and I'll be all sorts of bass ackwards.  :) I couldn't be more excited about this smoker.  I already have Todd's AMPS, and have been using it for quite a while on a different smoker, but obviously that baby's made for a MES. It's currently seasoning and I'm...
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    Need to find a 19" x either 25", 12.5" or 8.25" Grill Grate

    But I need to find it by tomorrow... It's for a Brinkman Pro Series 4345, which is a gas grill about 5 years old. I'm not sure who sells Brinkman parts locally... I've found a lot of grill grates that won't fit...but I've yet to find something that will work on this thing. If anyone could...
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    The Webber Bullet Smokers

    Yeah, the item's removed off of the Sears site for some reason, but I assure you it's in the store. The part # for that smoker shows up as a socket set in the Sears computer.
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    The Webber Bullet Smokers

    Stealing liberally from this post: I own this as well as an 18" WSM and there's virtually no difference as far as holding steady temperatures, ease of use, and room. It's not significantly bigger than an ECB, but it does have a hanging bar, so you can hang meat, something that an ECB lacks...
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    Beef Back Ribs after 1:45 @ 200

    4.5 Hours in: Beef Ribs: Done. Don't worry, guys. I didn't forget the pork ribs: Ended up with 8 nice slabs of ribs off of that bad boy today. Well worth the effort.
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