Recent content by bigdumbjarhead

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    Beer Brine

    Hi Ray I have always brined my Thanksgiving Turkey and usually used a 6 of a good Belgian Triple, it did add some flavor for sure and I bet a good Hef would do the same thing, last Chickens I did besides all of the other goodies I used some bud lite and it does add to the flavor of the meat...
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    Any Distillers out there?

    I am a former Home Brewer, still part owner of a Brewery but sold all of my brewing equipment and got an 8 gallon pot still, anyone else?
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    New to smoking but am loving it

    I do love the A-7 and Thank you for your service as well Al.. good luck with the writing, so Beef Jerky sounds like a great way to spend a Saturday, any tips or tricks, had not thought of that before, you just slice something really thin, marinade it and smoke? by the way I have always loved...
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    New to smoking but am loving it

    Hi Al Thanks
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    New to smoking but am loving it

    Ray Naval Aviator huh?? what did you fly?? I was a Crew Chief on CH-53, A-D and E's, got about 1200 hours and maybe 40 hours stick time when the HAC got bored with a Hop, and yes it was nice seeing the new smoker doing what it said it was supposed to do, too bad I am the only one at home that...
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    New to smoking but am loving it

    Morning all I had purchased a Traeger Tailgater and got some good meat off of it until I realized that the temps would just go from low to high and it kept cycling that way for the 2 hours I watched it, I have heard now from 5 different Traeger tech support people and they ALL have given me...
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    PIT BOSS 700FB

    Good day all you smokers out there so I recently purchased a pit boss pellet grill, I had a junk Traeger and took it back (horrible tech support) just fired this up last night and didn't seem to put out much smoke, I even adjusted the P setting to 6, the grill was still reading 190-195 and this...
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    Opinions on best buy pellet smokers

    I just returned my Traeger to ACE hardware, I noticed the temps would go from 180 up to 377 and mine did this for the whole 2 hours I watched it, Tech support if beyond horrible, I had 4 different tech support people tell me 4 different ways on how I should do a start up on the Traeger and none...
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