Sausage Maiden Voyage
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Update:
I baked a few batches of pellets and then vac packed em since I recently picked up a Foodsaver and it gave me an excuse use it. We will see how that goes.
I also got in some dust and used it on my batch of cured chicken sausage over the weekend. It worked well at the low temps I was using for the sausage smoke. I did put a small fan on low blowing under the smoker since just in case, but it kept burning even after I pulled the sausage and turned off the fan. So I would say the dust is what I will use for cold smoking. I used if for a hot smoke on some ribs too and the ribs were fantastic. Aside from the length of time of the burn, the dust seems to produce similar results.
I baked a few batches of pellets and then vac packed em since I recently picked up a Foodsaver and it gave me an excuse use it. We will see how that goes.
I also got in some dust and used it on my batch of cured chicken sausage over the weekend. It worked well at the low temps I was using for the sausage smoke. I did put a small fan on low blowing under the smoker since just in case, but it kept burning even after I pulled the sausage and turned off the fan. So I would say the dust is what I will use for cold smoking. I used if for a hot smoke on some ribs too and the ribs were fantastic. Aside from the length of time of the burn, the dust seems to produce similar results.
rgautheir20420
Master of the Pit
Awesome. Glad the dust ended up working for you! You've got many good smokes ahead of you with the stuff. It works really well for warm smoking sausages also (i.e. smoking @ 170 F until proper IT stuff). Keep it up!
I just ordered another 8 lbs of dust also!!!
I just ordered another 8 lbs of dust also!!!
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azbohunter
Smoking Fanatic
Well, this is timely & informative for me. I've got a #3 and have had a HELL of a time keeping the AMNS lit. Did the microwave bit & the oven bit but not at 275 for an hour ala Dave.....I guess that's my next try. I enlarged the existing air hole to a 1/2 inch but did not drill another one or two as some owners have done. I guess that's gonna be my project today after it warms up a bit here. There was a very old post/thread with Scarbelly (?) and Todd testing out the AMNS in the new SI's at the time and it was decided 2 additional holes were needed, if I recall correctly, for a proper burn. Regardless, I'm drilling more holes ASAP after seeing results like yours. Thanks for posting the pics.....Willie
OK. Update on the pellets. I had some maple pellets that gave me fits when I tried to cold smoke some cheese. Thanks to the suggestions on this thread I did a test run with those same maple pellets. I baked em in the oven at 275 for a little over an hour. When I put them in the maze and lit them immediately noticed a difference. I blew on them a bit and let them burn for 10 minutes and damn near half the row seemed like it was lighting up. Put it in the cold smoker and look what I got:
OK this is too much obviously. This was right after I put it in the smoker.
I previously drilled a few extra holes in the bottom of my #2 some time back when I got the AMNPS. I usually plug one or more of them with some wadded up foil since I really hadn't needed all 4 of them previous to this weekend. I had all 4 open since the weekend troubles. I plugged 3 of them to see how things would level out:
3 hours in:
Keep in mind this is a cold smoke. Not heat at all and it is "chilly" tonight at around 55*.
Problem solved. Will bake before using. I am considering pre-baking and then vac sealing some to see if that will keep em dry.
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