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    Adding extra heat element to MES?

    My 30" unit heats fine in moderate weather but if it's cold and windy out can't maintain 250. Without going all in and doing a PID and new elements, I was thinking I could add a simple 'always on' element to give it the lift it needs. One thought is a simple 1500W element on a Variac controller...
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    Anyone use Golden Rain Tree wood?

    Huh, well that settles it! Out it goes. Thanks. Can you tell me where you found that info? What I found that fit your profile was the "golden chain tree", a different species. I have plenty of peach prunings, I don't need to take chances.
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    Anyone use Golden Rain Tree wood?

    I just pruned my Golden Rain tree, and wondered if anyone has used this wood. I know it's considered an invasive species down south, but it's rarer up here in NJ.
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    Turkey thighs for pulled Turkey

    I want to try making pulled turkey with drums. My wife currently does this in the pressure cooker to get them tender. The question is how to get them falling off the bone tender instead of tough jerky, but still smoky? I was thinking like 4 hrs of smoke then covering them to get them up to a 180...
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    Anyone use a small electric chipper, the ~$120 1.5" rated kind?

    Thought I'd give a report on my findings. The seasoned peach worked great in my cold smoke generator! it was also my 1st time putting it on a dimmer, so I think it could have been even lower, I got about 2.5 hrs out of a load, a little more than my bandsawed wood with much less effort. I found...
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    Anyone use a small electric chipper, the ~$120 1.5" rated kind?

    Thanks Dave, I thought you used your chipper to make smoker feed. Drying will take some thought, I have a rental property with a steam boiler in the basement and it's always hot as hell down there. Maybe that would be the place, hot and dry, perhaps with a small fan. Another idea would be to...
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    Anyone use a small electric chipper, the ~$120 1.5" rated kind?

    Dave, how do you dry/season your green chips? I'm thinking a milk crate lined with nylon window screen mesh. I wish I had a covered porch to leave it on so the wind could help the circulation. Chopsaw: buying anything kinda defeats the "self reliant mountain man" myth I'm working on here! I...
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    Anyone use a small electric chipper, the ~$120 1.5" rated kind?

    I guess I'll find out how well they work. I suspect these small chunks will burn really fast in the cold smoke generator. I've never actually bought any commercially available chips for this unit, so I don't have anything to compare it to except that it's supposed to go up to 4 hrs between...
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    Anyone use a small electric chipper, the ~$120 1.5" rated kind?

    It's a Sunjoe CJ601E. So I ran through a 3/4" grape branch, and it looks great. I then took a piece of 2" seasoned peach, split it on the bandsaw, and put it in. I learned some stuff immediately. One was my pieces were too short to control the feed, another was that loose "chunks" were liable...
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    Anyone use a small electric chipper, the ~$120 1.5" rated kind?

    That was my impression. The wife picked it up for me last night on her way home from visiting her mom, as it was a 1.5 hrs away but close to her route. I'll give it a workout and report. There were some pics posted in reviews that looked like usable chips. I've seen chips for sale that are much...
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    Anyone use a small electric chipper, the ~$120 1.5" rated kind?

    Thanks, but the unit I found for $50 used has good reviews that seem better than that. No references to shredding rather than chipping. I'm gonna risk it and see what I get. If it can just chop my grapevine prunings to usable smoker size I'll be ahead of the game.
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    Anyone use a small electric chipper, the ~$120 1.5" rated kind?

    I've been making chips of my peach prunings on the bandsaw, and it's tiresome. I'm in the city so no one around here has a "real" chipper to borrow, so I was looking at the many models selling for around $120. Anyone have experience with one of these? How big chips does it make? I've been making...
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    Brining and smoking whole small fish?

    I've done plenty of blue fillets, but never whole fish. I've searched recipes for whitefish, thinking that's a pretty common fish to see smoked whole, but not found much. What I'm thinking of smoking is porgies, AKA scup in New England. A chef/fisherman friend (with a youtube channel, can I...
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    Disappointed with amount of smoke; bought a master built electric 40" added updated part sent by mas

    Smoked a bunch of chicken legs and thighs with 4 turkey necks. 4 hrs and the MES cold smoke generator was perfect with no intervention needed. At first it's very smoky then settles down to a steady low burn. The necks were awesome. I want to open a shop that sells nothing but fried and smoked...
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    Disappointed with amount of smoke; bought a master built electric 40" added updated part sent by mas

    Smoked a bunch of chicken legs and thighs with 4 turkey necks. 4 hrs and the MES cold smoke generator was perfect with no intervention needed. At first it's very smoky then settles down to a steady low burn. The necks were awesome. I want to open a shop that sells nothing but fried and smoked...
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