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    Oh my - an Umai oops

    I made 12 pounds of pork/beef landjaeger and stuffed them into 32mm Umai casings. I've done this a few times before, and they always turned out great, but this time I forgot to take them out of the turned-off oven after 36 hours. They were in there for 6.5 days, so I'm worried about food safety...
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    I hit the jackpot!

    What are the odds that I'd sit down at a small neighborhood bar and strike up a conversation with a guy who works for a major collagen casing manufacturer? He said he could give me all the free samples I could use. :) While we're on the subject, what would be the best collagen casing for making...
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    Setting Auber PID Temp, Time, and Other Values

    Auber sent a replacement unit after agreeing that the original wasn't functioning properly. It just arrived and seems to be working correctly. Thanks for your help, SMF.
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    My first piece of butt

    I've smoked plenty of bacon and sausage in my MES30 over the last two years, but I'm still learning and trying to improve my game. I got home from work at 6 AM this morning and threw a butt on before I hit the sack. It was done in 10 hours and I'm fairly happy with the results. My new Auber PID...
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    Setting Auber PID Temp, Time, and Other Values

    I have a new Auber AW-1520H, and I can't seem to reset the WiFi settings. It says "For AW-1520H/AW-1510H, hold both the SET key and Timer key (2nd key from the left) for 2 seconds," but I still can't get it to the fast blinking mode - it's either a slow blink, a steady blue LED, or no LED at...
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    MES Rewire Simple Guide - No Back Removal Needed!!!

    As you’d predicted, @tallbm, the bottom element heated, and the top one didn’t. Perfect! Thank you very much for your help!
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    MES Rewire Simple Guide - No Back Removal Needed!!!

    I'll try it out tomorrow. I've had too many pints of homebrew to start tinkering tonight. :) I think I'll just pretend that the top element doesn't exist. I'd forgotten all about it until I decided to give the smoker a bit of a cleaning earlier today. I won't miss it at all. Thanks for your...
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    MES Rewire Simple Guide - No Back Removal Needed!!!

    Here's the broiler: And here's the main element: I have no intention of ever using the broiler. I guess having heat from the top would be ok, as long as it doesn't cause problems with meat at the top of the smoker. I mostly smoke sausage and bacon on the upper racks.
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    MES Rewire Simple Guide - No Back Removal Needed!!!

    I recently purchased an Auber AW-1520H because I'm tired of the wild temperature swings in my MES MB20073519. I unscrewed the bottom plate, and the wiring doesn't match Auber's rewiring instructions or any of the posts I've seen here. It looks like there are two relays? I assume that it's...
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    Myosin without salt?

    I'm now on a low-sodium diet, so all my delicious sausage is in the danger zone as far as my doctor is concerned. I tried making some breakfast sausage without adding any salt, and although I guess I could get used to the taste, I couldn't get a decently sticky bowl of meat no matter how much I...
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    A question about binders

    I'm fairly new to sausage making and the only binder I've ever used was homemade rusk. I've come across some recipes that variously use rusk, bull flour, soy protein, dry milk powder, or breadcrumbs as fillers/binders. My question is whether they're interchangeable: would a recipe that calls for...
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    Disposable aluminum tray for MES 40"?

    The "official" pans are expensive, are there ones that I can buy from Amazon/Walmart/Target that will fit well in the 40"?
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