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    AMNPS USE IN A KETTLE...

    i just did half a belly in my weber kettle with the AMNPS... i wish the profile was more narrow. as a square, sitting on the charcoal rack, it takes up a heft proportion of the availble square footable, where you don't want the meat to be on top of it. it would be cool to have a AMNPS that...
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    Oily grainy black nasty stuff from smoking

    Mine looked like the good smoke picture.  After curing, I let the meat dry open in the fridge for 30 hours. It had the dry tack feel.  To be clear, the meat came out fine... it is not an issue.  I am just curious about the metal surfaces of the grill which picked up this grime. 
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    Oily grainy black nasty stuff from smoking

    Hickory. Not familiar with the term think blue. Explain please
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    Oily grainy black nasty stuff from smoking

    I smoked meat for the first time, more than a couple hours. It was cold smoking a cured pork belly for about 24 hours, via hickory pellets in an AMNPS in my weber kettle grill.  Temperatures were between 40-60 degrees fahrenheit throughout.  I am curious... why has my kettle grill built up this...
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    Ideas to heat smoker for very cold days

    Turns out I never needed any extra heat. The pellets in AMNPS added a good 20-30+ degrees over the outside temperature, even when it was 25f outside. 
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    Slicing bacon, size and direction

    thanks bear, its good to hear that i am over thinking this. thanks for bringing me back to earth.  i am thinking i will trim that big fatty side on the right, about 2-3 inches of it.  i will save for some other use. 
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    Slicing bacon, size and direction

    what is a rasher?  no i don't have an slicer.  i plan to hand slice... just like i do when i cut my beef for jerky. i feel good about it and don't have room for a slicer anyway.
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    Slicing bacon, size and direction

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    Slicing bacon, size and direction

    Attached picture of my half belly. Fully cured. Ready to smoke. Questions on cutting. For cooking, do I slice this against the grain (parallel to the measuring tape)? If I do the above, each slice of bacon will be a massive 12-14 inch slice. How do you guys resolve that? If I cut in half...
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    Ideas to heat smoker for very cold days

    I have a standard weber kettle grill and a weber gas grill.  I image one burner on the gas grill on low will put out too much heat.  I plan to use the kettle grill as it has less holes and I can have the smoke start on the lower rack with the belly on the upper rack. 
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    Ideas to heat smoker for very cold days

    awesome! great ideas
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    Ideas to heat smoker for very cold days

    I am looking for some creative ways to keep my smoke box temperature above freezing. I will be starting to smoke my pork belly for bacon this weekend, and I see forecasted temperatures of 25f. I think 40-50 degrees would be a good goal temperature to stay away from freezing. I will be using the...
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    First time bacon curing, unsure of my recipe

    I am going to use by weber, where I will place my a-maze-n smoking thing into.   As seen above and elsewhere, I am told my meat should not be cold, or moisture and smoke will do bad things to my meat... what if my smoke box hovers in low temperatures, say 35-45f? Does that mean my meat should...
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    First time bacon curing, unsure of my recipe

    Ok, all good information. Thanks guys... I have a typical gas weber genesis, where I will NOT use the burners. I will use one of those A-MAZE-N pellet smoker mazes.  I plan to put the smoking box on the left and the meat on the right.  In two weeks, I anticipate the weather in my area to be...
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