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    Brining & Cooking a Bone-in Pork Loin Roast

    Hi all,  I just picked up a great 4lb bone-in pork loin roast. I'm trying to decide between smoking in the smoke hollow or grill roasting over indirect heat....but before I do that I'd like to brine it overnight.  Does anyone have advice for a good brine? Just trying to make sure I get the...
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    suggestions to up my game on a Smoke Hollow ES?

    OP here - This is helpful, thanks. I do use the water pan and I've always thought that it keeps things a little too hot (the surface area is huge). I might try ditching that the next time and also modifying the smoker itself to allow a bit more ventilation...there is only a small pipe feeding...
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    suggestions to up my game on a Smoke Hollow ES?

    Hi all, I received an electric Smoke Hollow vertical smoker [http://thd.co/176iHKi] this past August as a birthday gift. I've used it a few times and been relatively successful - wonderful whole and spatchcocked chickens, ribs and salmon....okay pork shoulder - and things really made a...
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    pork shoulder in oven...cooking too quickly

    OP here. Many thanks to all for the very helpful advice. Ended up taking it to 170 and slicing. was fine for the evening meal and everyone was happy (except for me, of course). So, I took the left overs and beer braised it in a le cruset for hours the next day, until it broke down into delicious...
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    pork shoulder in oven...cooking too quickly

    I'm following a recipe that calls for cooking an 8lb pork shoulder for 5-6 hrs at 300 until the temp hits 145 (for slicing, not pulling). Trouble is, my shoulder has spiked its temp to 150 after only 2.5 hours. Trying to decide now whether to keep it going and bring temp of oven down to 200, or...
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    Final Smoked Salmon with recipe, instructions, and Qview

    Thanks for this post, Bearcarver. I had tried smoked salmon several times before and it never came out quite right. I used my own brine, but followed your guidance on the time / temp for smoking. I have an electric Smoke Hollow, so getting the temp down to 100 is pretty difficult, if you want to...
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