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    using heating pellets for testing ?

    I have a masterbuilt gas smokehouse, model 20051311.  Bought an amps, and plan on doing a bunch of testing with it first, I am sure I will have to add an intake vent. Is it okay to use pellets from my house pellet stove for test runs or will they ruin my seasoned smoker ? Thanks for any advise
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    Cold weather cooking

    -30 c when I  smoked the X-mas turkey, had to move into the greenhouse
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    Didnt You Learn Anything?

    HEHE, they go through different stages Stage #1:     1 year old till about 11 : we (parents) are the smartest people in the world Stage #2      11 till about 25, we are the dumbest old @#$$## alive Stage #3       26 till 40 we seam to have grown a few brain cells and have limited intelligence...
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    Ahhhhhh Life Is Good

    Good to hear from someone who knows what it means, been to CR 3 times, last time was 2 yrs ago. But if you really want to visit a BBQ paradise try Puerto Rico, thats where I took the picture for my avatar, a small village called Guavate high in the central mountains. The whole village turns into...
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    The even higher prices of chicken wings

    I hear ya on the crazy prices, in my area wings are $4 a pound and up, a good sale for nice pork ribs is $3 and I paid $6 a pound for brisket yesterday  Funny thing is, within a 20 mile radius of where I live there are 6 feedlots and many cattle farmers, probably pushing 200,000 head
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    New Smoker Success but with a few questions

    About the door seal: I see a lot of guys talking about getting gaskets for doors, and also most experts say to leave the vent wide open, my way of thinking is if you have a reasonable fit on your door with a little smoke leaking should be a good thing. You would get more even draft both front...
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    I feel like I am preparing for interview....

    Sounds like you are hooked already :) I did a whole chicken on my first smoke, wife wanted to invite someone for dinner, but I wouldn't for fear of a wrecked chicken, it turned out to be the best chicken we ever tasted Good Luck
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    Ahhhhhh Life Is Good

    looks great Pura Vida
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    my first summer sausage

    They are 2 &1/2 " x 20" mahogany casing that came with the hi-mountain kit I found a good selection of casings and spices at a small sausage making supply store in Calgary (good prices too)
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    my first summer sausage

    HOOK,LINE AND SINKER      Doing some ribs, baked beans and first try at brisket this weekend, I am off work for a while, so I have been spending hours every day searching the web for recipes and techniques Bought the brisket today $6 a pound (ouch)
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    my first summer sausage

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    my first summer sausage

    Got a Hi-Mountain Jalapeno summer sausage kit for x-mas, so we went to our local butcher and got enough meat to do a couple 3# chubs as a trial. we got 7 # very lean inside round beef, 3# of a fatter beef cut (don't remember name) and had it coarse ground , also got 5# pork butt ground. We...
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  15. Famous Dave has lost a customer :)

    Famous Dave has lost a customer :)

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