Recent content by Dr. Dobbins

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    Pulling the trigger on a Yoder?

    If you are looking at spending serious money go with the Yoder, I have a smoke fire I love the grill it was a flop in the beginning but they have finally made it work right. Everyone will have their opinion. I like the sear on the smoke fire, and it's smoke mode.
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    Its tri tip Sunday

    Looks taaaasssssttttttyyyyyy!!! I did one last weekend and it came out great, I pulled it from the smoker at 125, and hit it hard with 650f preheated grill, and it looked just like yours. Good job, and I bet you enjoyed every bite of delicious Tri Tip!
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    Calling all Arizona or Hot Weather Smokers

    Yeah I don’t fire up my offset when it’s pushing 110. To hot, for that.
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    Recommendation?

    The Webers are simple easy, but they do require cleaning. The pitboss are cheap and no WiFi. GMG, and Rec Tec are simple, but don’t really grill.
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    SmokeFire Ex6

    I have a kamado and it is the second most versatile grill. It is a battleship it holds it‘s set temp, but try getting it from smoke to 700 degrees takes an hour. Love cooking rotisserie chicken on the kamado does a great job!
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    PID Controller

    Well grill daddy has a PID controller. I am working on a PID controller for that model. Would you be interested in being a beta tester? PM me if you want to try a Pellet Master.
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    Wood Pellet storage

    I use lowes or home depot 5 gallon paint buckets. I live in Arizona so I am not to worried about the seal just leave anything wet out for 1 hour and it will be dry. I wouldn't trust them to any place that has an average of 50% humidity or higher.
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    Which Pellet Smoker?

    If you want a good smoker, and a decent grill then the smokefire might work for you. It has some issues, like you will have to put a drip pan under your meat if your smoking pork butts, or brisket. A bit of a pain to clean out. If your looking for a dedicated smoker on the cheap the pit boss...
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    Pit Boss or Smoke Daddy. Who's to blame?

    I have a pro series pit boss, and I developed my own controller for it. Now it is the best smoker I have. However, most people don't have those types of skilz. I used a small pit boss Lexington as the red headed step child (put parts that you can buy off amazon to develop the controller). The...
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    First time making Beef ribs

    I wouldn't turn those ribs down looks great for your first go around!
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    SmokeFire Ex6

    I definitely recommend the smoke fire. There are very few if any pellet grills that will go from smoke to 600 degrees in 6 minutes. My poor gas grill is no longer getting much attention, as the smoke fire does what a smoker does and then what a grill does. They have fixed a lot of issues, I did...
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    First Brisket a Success

    Good job, from the peanut gallery. How’s it taste? My first brisket was a bomb taste was good but dry as the sahara desert.
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    Help!!

    When in doubt throw it out.
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    SmokeFire Ex6

    There is a timer function on the grill, and yes a low temp alarm would be nice. I just put in a PID controller I developed and built on my pit boss cabinet smoker and it will spam you with text messages when the grill goes wonky, like opening the door/lid. I like Weber’s execution of the app for...
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    pit boss vertical pellet smoker takes FOREVER to cook

    I have found raising the water tray from the lowest rack up to the second or third rack helps a lot with this. The remote probe placement is also important, if it is to close to any wall or front glass you will find it reports a hotter temperature than over the water pan, experiment with your...
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