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  1. roddy

    Fresh sausage not getting color. Still white.

    My son brought over 6 lbs of what we thought was fresh Polish sausage. In my smoker now for close to 2 1/2 hrs. Skin has dried but the sausage is still white. My IT is close to 174. What did we buy?
  2. roddy

    Smoked striper No Q view.

    Just smoked my first striper. Not bad at all for a novice smoker. Heres what I did. Basic brine. 3/4 cup of Kosher Salt 1 1/4 cup dark brown sugar 3 bay leaves 2 qts. water. Mix all together and heat until dissolved. place in fridge until cold. Add your striper. I used the skeleton cut...
  3. roddy

    Wild boar vs pork

    My son is married to a woman from Slovakia. She loves bbq pork ribs here. I wanted to send her some bbq recipes but my son says they have wild boar there and the meat is different then pork as we know it here. Very much like a tender beef roast then pork. Any thoughts. I thought I would just...
  4. roddy

    New cheese Question

    I have done two batches of cheeses. They are my first cheese cold smokes. They have sat for 4 and 5 weeks in the fridge. Heres my question. My first batch I opened and the flavor was very smoky strong but as a few days past the strong smoke went away and the cheese flavor poked thru very...
  5. roddy

    New AMNTS

    Just used my new AMNST in my MPS 2 door. Worked great. I removed my water pan and chip tray. I used a rack on the lowest setting for the tube and offset the tube to one side. It lit as promised and burned for a solid 3 1/2 hrs. It would have went 4 but I forgot and had the top vent wide open too...
  6. roddy

    Maverick et 732 is not registering to the remote.

    I hope its just me(the nut behind the wheel) but now on my second smoke with the 732 I again cannot get the oven temp or food temp to register on my remote. I admit I suck at directions and even worse when they involve things like cell phones and this unit. Give me some help.
  7. roddy

    First kinda real smoke

    First time smoke other then some testing with summer sausage with my Masterbuilt 2 dr. propane. Well the temps hold pretty well but I found out my temp gauge is on the low side. I tried a pastrami. Everything was pretty much ok but the wood chip situation was a mess. Set at 225 the chips did...
  8. roddy

    Factory temps

    So new to this smoking I had to scrape some green off me last night. I read alot about the factory thermometers being off but I don't see were guys are saying if its off on the high side or the low side. Is it usually on one side or does it vary?
  9. roddy

    New smoker: Roddy

    I want to introduce myself as a brand new guy to smoking. I have wanted to do it for 5 years and finally took the plunge. I just recieved my smoker this morning and built it right away. I just got done seasoning the unit. I went with a Masterbuilt 2 door upright smoker. I really think this...
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