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    Hello everyone, Montreal Canada - with a new cold smoking setup based on ideas here

    Well.  Just a little bit has happened since this original thread. 1) the "float an egg" theory for brine seems to be WAY off.  With my new smoker modifications, I smoked some trout the other week at 12% Brix (1/2 Kosher salt, 1/2 brown sugar), measured with a refractometer, 2 hours in brine -...
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    Cleaning the inside of MES 30?

    Cleaning?  Oven cleaner, SOS pads and a garden hose.  I've done it several times, and I've had the covers off the back and bottom before, so I know that the wiring and such is quite well protected as long as you don't spray water down the outside back cover of the unit.
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    Hello everyone, Montreal Canada - with a new cold smoking setup based on ideas here

    Well, the soldering can generator worked out well for the first smoke, still a little refinement needed so I can leave it in the smoker when I bring the smoker online and up to temp (275F max, electric smoker).   I smoked several chili peppers from the garden and tested a piece of cheese (3...
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    Hello everyone, Montreal Canada - with a new cold smoking setup based on ideas here

    Well I found this site the other day after ruining some trout (way too salty) and I wanted to find out why. That one was WAY too long in brine (24 hours), then 24 hours for drying in the fridge, then 18 hour smoke.  What a waste, should have been about a four hour brine at most, next time I'm...
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