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  1. thepackerbacker

    Smoked whitefish with Q-view

    Okay, first time with whitefish. Caught 60-70 on an overnight trip, stayed in a sleeper shack. Ate a lot fresh and brought some home to smoke. Another guy also took a bunch to have his grandpa smoke for us, those will be smoked whole. So for now I decided to smoke with fillets. I searched the...
  2. thepackerbacker

    Someone tell me to stop! Chuck roast with Qview

    so the brisket was done at 6 this morning, and them the spoon roast finished. So I've got time to kill and a row of pellets in the AMNPS so one more stop to the local meat market. They had some really nice looking Choice Chuck Roast so had them cut me up a mode fat one. Rubbed in SPOG and in it...
  3. thepackerbacker

    Smoker already going...What else to smoke? Qview

    Smoked a brisket, didn't have the heart to shut down the smoker as it was humming along quite nicely this morning when I pulled the brisket. Ran to the store and and picked up a spoon toast that the pitcher had already marinaded. Figured it saved me a step. Got it in at the same 225 temp...
  4. thepackerbacker

    First brisket with real time Qview!

    Never smoked a brisket, have been talking about it for few years and figured now was the time. Father-in-law found a nice looking 11lb Prime packer at Costco so I told him to snap it up. I have scored the fat cap down through to the meat, coated with a thin layer of mustard, and rubbed down...
  5. thepackerbacker

    Oh no, my saggy grates!

    Okay, so one of the most difficult things for me to source throughout my whole smoker build were the grates. I wasn't able to find a good "off the shelf" grate that would fit properly without it costing an arm and a leg...$80+ each. Stainless expanded metal was was to rich for my blood as...
  6. thepackerbacker

    How the heck do you run this PID....Any simpler instruction would be appreciated!!!

    Okay, So Im trying to get this smoker running, I coated the inside w/cooking oil and trying to get the temp up to season. All I want is for the top line to read in degrees F but it wont. "Cool" is set to "10" which the instructions say is F. The unit is in auto tune mode now...how long does...
  7. thepackerbacker

    High Temp Silicone

    Okay, So I need to seal up my smoker... looks like a lot of people have used silicone from Rutland. I also say in numerous threads where people said the product from Rutland was NOT food safe. So which is it? I Did find a product Surebond SB-188 which is actually produced only 2 hours from...
  8. thepackerbacker

    PLEASE help on my PID build... photos and my connections

    Okay, I have looked at no less than 10 different wiring diagrams/schematics. My eyeballs are burning after reading so many posts....and Im still not sure this is hooked up correctly. Is there anyone out there who can shed a little light on how to hook this thing up? The white and black...
  9. thepackerbacker

    Utility Cart Holding Cabinet Conversion - Should work well eh?

    Before I start drilling holes and spending some money, wanted to see what you all thought. Picked up this insulated warming/cooling utility cart. It looks like it would have been used on an airplane maybe? or for banquets? Its not huge but then again I wasnt looking for something huge so thought...
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