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    My DIY, very cheap, very ugly cold smoker!

    For cheese, I use a cardboard box, tin can with wood pellets, and a soldering iron stuffed in the can. Yours is light years ahead of my setup. Looks good.
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    What pellet grills have Auto Relight?

    Pretty sure recteq has this feature. When you navigate to the auger minimum feed rate section of the control app it says bla bla bla bla "... grill has experienced a flame out and automatically re-ignited".
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    Sous Vide Filet Mignon

    Wow. Haven't been around in a really long time and already learned something new. Have been cooking SV for 3-4 years....and often go below 130 on steaks. I guess I never gave it a second thought...until now. I'd never smoke in the danger zone that long. Not sure why I thought it would be OK...
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    Geek's Chocolate Pig Candy

    So, I'm calling this a Geek's recipe, but I'm sure someone here has done this. I'll take away the name if I offend anyone. I've always thought chocolate and pig candy would go well together. So I gave it a shot tonight. Here's my recipe for pig candy, and the additional process of coating in...
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    Dark Bark on pulled pork?

    Rub it down lightly with yellow mustard and then apply the rub.  Keep adding rub in batches until the moisture is completely covered.  You will get more rub to adhear to the meat and will have a thicker bark.  Then spritz with something that has sugar in it every hour; don't use pineapple juice...
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    Peach wood

    I think it is important to note with Peach (and most other fruit woods) that if you use a large stick burner you can use green peach wood.  But for most small smokers including drums, the peach wood needs to be well seasoned.  I let mine season for 4-6 months before I even think about using it. ...
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    Separating a brisket

    very good illustrations.  I am curious though.  Why do you separate the 2?
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    ET-73 data to a laptop

    if you really want to do this, ditch the oven probes and go with a thermocouple.  Go to www.phidgets.com.  Buy their USB to thermocouple controller.  Go to www.thermoworks.com and buy the best thermocouple you can afford.  If you do both of these things, I know a good programmer who would write...
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    proper temp and smoke times for babyback ribs.

    Not trying to tell you not to cook babybacks, but from my experience, spare ribs are more forgiving than BB's because they are not as lean as BB's.  Only smoke them (spares) for about 3 hours spraying with apple juice every hour.  Then wrap them in foil with some more apple juice and cook (in...
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    Re-starting from scratch

    I meant to post this early but never got around to it.  If you are still having problems with getting that bitter creosote flavor, then go back to the basics.  Using an all hardwood lump charcoal alone, like Royal Oak, is no different than old school smoking of scooping burning wood embers under...
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    Question: Most Handy BBQ Gadget/tool

    A BBQ Guru is an automated temperature control system.  If you google bbq temperature control, you will get the web addresses for the 2 most popular commercial control systems.  Ironically, the 3rd result is a video to my first prototype control system.
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    Question: Most Handy BBQ Gadget/tool

    My BBQ Guru.....I don't even grill without it any more.  Once you go lazy, anything else is just crazy.
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    Young's Ag Vet Supply (Sedalia, MO)

    So I'm a huge idiot.  Every couple of weeks I drive to Overland Park Kansas to pick up Q supplies frome Smoke n Fire (long drive and fairly expensive).  Come to find out, here in smallville Sedalia Missouri, Young's Ag and Vet is a great source for rubs, sauces and other Q needs.  He even had...
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    Which injector to buy

    I think a good injector needs the following: 1.) It needs to be stainless....all over (except of course for the o-ring) 2.) The o-ring needs to be replaceable 3.) The needle needs to be removable (for cleaning....and to allow additional needles for other purposes) 4.) The needle needs to be...
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    Geek's Basic Brisket

    I don't like to separate them because I feel that it disturbs the injection.  The argument could be made that you can add more seasoning to the flat by separating the two.  My thought on that is, brisket doesn't require that much seasoning, and the flat under the point is about as flavorful is...
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