Recent content by jviss

Second turkey done. Looks great. Super upgrade to the Cookmaster - a door seal/gasket. Smoked for 3 hours on the first load of wood. Only recharged once. This, in contrast to before, when I needed to add wood every 30 minutes.

I installed my door seal. Wow, what a difference! The door comes off easily, so I brought it indoors and spent about an hour de-greasing the sealing surface using Purple Power. Once done, I rubbed the surface with alcohol. The seal installed easily except it's tough to start peeling the...

I still have a lot of learning to do. I love the wikipedia page on smoking, it's a great overview. Until I get more experience, I'll stick with my chips. I'm thinking I didn't need so much smoke, once the flavor is imparted, it's all about just baking the bird, no? In my very active fantasy...

Thanks. Regarding the brine, I just wanted to cut a day off the process; my first time I boiled the herbs and the salt/sugar separately, let them cool, combined, and the put them in the fridge for a day. Do you think the herbed brine makes a big difference? More so than the rub?

Thanks, but what should I expect? I assume a shorter smoke time, less propane use, and maybe less wood use. How can a leaky door be good?

My first smoker. I will be modifying it. I'd like a thread for folks with this smoker who have modified it, or are interested in doing so. My first mod: door seal. I purchased the LavaLock 12 GREY High Performance BBQ gasket smoker seal, self stick, on Amazon for $18. It's a huge...

BTW, I bought another turkey and will do it again. This time I may skip the herb-ed brine, and perparing the brine a day in advance, and just go with salt and sugar dissolved in water for a brine.

I'm a bit disappointed in their website; can't find an instruction manual or an explanation of how and why these work. I get the idea they won't work with chips, only dust or pellets? Is it the device or the pellets that gives you so mny hours of smoke? I soaked my chips for only 20 minutes...

Thanks, everyone, for the compliments and encouragement. I'm intrigued by the Amazen smoke generators, I'll have to research them.

Greetings, I just joined, first post. I had a smoked turkey a long time ago and it was great. A few years ago I bought my son a smoker, the least cost thing available - a Masterbuilt Cookmaster propane smoker, model number 20050511. I did some research online, but there's just so much...