First try with my AMTS... Brats...

So, I'd like to preface this by saying that I was always shocked by how many cheerleaders Todd (Amazenprdoducts.com) has on here... until I got one of his devices.  I got an AMNPS and cold-smoked some cheese with dust... it worked flawlessly!  I then tried some other things and emailed him because I was not getting a consistent burn with pellets at anything above about 140 degrees.  He asked my altitude, I told him that I was about 5500-6000 here in Albuquerque, and he responded that he had sent me a tube smoker because they perform better at altitude. Well Rah-Rah-Rah... I'm now one of those cheerleaders.  I didn't ask, he just sent it... and in a couple of days, it arrived.  So this Sunday, I felt the need to test it out.  I tried some bratwursts... gotta have something for breakfast/lunch at work, after all... :)

I didn't take a before picture of the brats, but I think we all know what a bratwurst looks like... :) 

I got the little tube burning and kept a flame for about 10 minutes, according to instructions. It was producing pretty nice TBS when I blew out the flame.


And after about 3 hours at 225 degrees, here are the finished brats.   These will make a great breakfast tomorrow at work!


So... even after these buggers were finished, I was still getting good smoke... So I wanted to find something else to smoke. I hate wasting good smoke, after all. I looked around my pantry and found some peanuts.  To be continued.... :)

Ok, if you want to see the peanut story, here it is!  :)

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/137396/smoking-roasted-salted-in-shell-peanuts-w-qview