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  1. dale5351

    Advise: sawdust vs pellets

    I have been using the original sawdust from AMazeN for a number of years (back when it was the only thing available).  I had a lot of sawdust of various kinds, but am close to running out.   Hence I am now considering options that were not available to me back when. A. continue with my 6x8 tray...
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    Tabasco Barrel Wood

    Has anyone here tried these wood chips? http://countrystore.tabasco.com/prodinfo.asp?number=09227 I was just on a trip in Louisiana, and we saw them in several places.  According to Avery, they buy used Jack Daniels oak barrels and use them to ferment / age the tabasco peppers for three...
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    corned beef -> pastrami

    Just a reminder -- this is the time of year when corned beed tends to go on sale.  Remember to pick up some extras so that you can turn them into pastrami. One of our local stores advertised points at $1.49 instead of the usual $3 plus.  Next week might even bring better sales as St. Patrick's...
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    Baby Back ribs on sale at Target

    $2.29 per pound, sale ends on 5 Feb though.  At the Target's with a full fledged grocery area. I got two cryovac packs.  Put them into the freezer for later after the snow melts some.
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    My cheese cold smoke got hot.

    Lately, I seem to be posting about things that went wrong.  This is another one. Yesterday, the outside temperature got a bit higher to about 40F and I decided it was the day to smoke some cheese.  I had five 2-lb blocks of various cheeses.  Cut them into 8-ounce smaller blocks. Spread them out...
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    Doing Cheese in freezing weather.

    I have a bunch of cheese that I want to smoke soon.  Daytime temps have been just about at freezing, 32F.  I plan on using my A-Maze-N smoker for the smoke, inside of my MES30 box -- but without the box doing any heating. I'm wondering if I should be concerned about the almost freezing temps --...
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    Qview: Salmon smoked with citrus wood chips.

    I bought a load of salmon from our grocer yesterday.  On sale at $6.99 per pound, called Scottish salmon.  Got 6 3/4 pounds of it.  I've had it before and think that it is a bit nicer than the typical Atlantic farmed salmon.  It seems to be a bit darker in color. I've brined salmon in the past...
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    Problem reaching site

    For the past week or so, I have had difficulty at times reaching the site.  I get a message that basically says something like "something went wrong -- tech has been notified -- click refresh to try again" Usually when I click refresh, it goes on and connects to the page I had stored as my...
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    Odor free lighter fluid???

    I recently notice a lighter fluid that claims to be odor free.  I'm wondering if any of you have experience with using it. I rarely use charcoal any more, but when I did I was quite vocal about not using either lighter fluid or match-light charcoal because (IMO) both left a residue smell and...
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    Smoked salmon -- a lesson learned, plus Qview.

    About a week ago, we decided to smoke some salmon.  Went to our local grocery and bought two packages, each 2+ pounds. One of them was marked 50% off because it had an expiration day of that day. Got them home, opened them up and prepared for an overnight brining in a mild salt/brown sugar...
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    Earthquake in Christchurch NZ

    Does anyone know if there are people here from New Zealand.  There was a major earthquake there, and wondering if anyone we know got hurt. Here is a link to some pictures showing part of the devastation.
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    Cleaning the A-Maze-N smoke generator

    How do the rest of you clean your AMNS after using it?  Mine seems to have a residue of ash and partially burnt sawdust on the bottom and sides when I'm done.  I've been cleaning it using an old toothbrush.  That seems to work reasonably well. Do you wash it?   I'm a little worried about doing...
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    Compare thermometers

    I'd like to hear peoples opinions on the different thermometers in use -- especially from those who have had more than one type. I see a lot of talk about ET73 and other models by Maverick. The one I have is a Taylor Trutemp, model 1470N.  I'm on my second one.  They seem to last about two...
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    Query -- AMNS & MES

    I've used my AMNS in my MES for cold smoking a couple of times now.  Some questions just occured to me.  Should I leave the chip box in or take it out?  How about the "round" thing used to put chips in?  When it is in and turned, it does seal that area somewhat against smoke getting out...
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    Second Cheese smoke using AMNS -Qviews

    The outside temperatures have finally gotten *almost* reasonable -- highs in the mid 80's, lows in low 70's.  I've been itching to try another cheese smoke using my A-Maze-N smoker, so I took a chance.  It went better this time than my first one (see, I'm not too old to learn :-}} ), but still...
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    "Mark forums read"

    I've noticed that updates are being made. I've also noticed that when I am going through the "All new posts", I cannot find a button to "mark forums read" anymore.  I can get it if I go back to forum view, but liked it better back when it appeared on the panels when reading all new posts.
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    shelf life for smoked cheese?

    I am waiting for the daytime temps to get below 95F to try some more smoked cheese. In the meantime, I thought of a question, namely how long can we keep it after smoking.  We just got a Food Saver vacumn sealer, and can keep the cheese in a spare frig.  Once sealed -- would it still be good a...
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    Opinions please: oak, peach & apricot

    I'd like to hear opinions on these three woods.  I've seen some messages that talk about using oak & peach. I might have a source of oak sawdust from a oak furniture factory in town. I've been told by some friends that oak is a fairly neutral wood for smoking, i.e. not much flavor. I've also...
  19. dale5351

    branches & logs -> chips & sawdust ??

    What are ideas on how to turn branches and logs into chips and/or sawdust?   I have a MES and an AMNS to feed.   I just got gifted two small cherry wood branches.  I have a large crabapple tree that needs pruning from time to time, plus a few maples I could harvest branches from. I suppose I...
  20. dale5351

    Nuts -- how to?

    We have a new A-Maze-N smoke generator (AMNS) and gave it a try to do cold smoke of some cheese and some almonds.  The cheese came out good, but the almonds did not have as much smoke flavor as we would have liked. We spread the raw almonds out on a cheap foil tray, with holes punched to let...
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