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Well it's been a while since I have replied to this thread. The cheese turned out awesome gave most of it away as my weirdo wife doesn't like it? Took some to my butcher along with the Canadian bacon i made he keeps bugging me if I have any left. He says it's the best smoked cheese he's ever had...

Well smoked 7.5 lbs of assorted cheese with apple pellets. Had trouble keeping them lit again. This time I figured out the problem. I've been lighting the pellets with the gel sanitizer. After having the problem I noticed that there was a black spot where the gel burned but didn't light the...

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Ya I forgot to mention that when I relit the pellets I made the hose as short as it would go I think 3'. My reasoning for the longer run of hose was it would cool before reaching the smoker. I think I'll try the top hole first before anything else. Thanks for the info.

Chopsaw how does your mailbox mod work in the winter months? It gets below zero here in the winter and above 100 at times in the summer (Iowa).

It's three inches round and in the middle of the back near the top.

My pellets are opened and then kept in a air tight container. It was the first time they went out. So either I didn't get them lit well or had an air flow problem. Thanks for the help.

Here's a link to the post.https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/problems-keeping-amps-burning-in-mailbox-mod.278192/

I was getting a good draft and smoke was flowing through the smoker. I was also thinking of using a computer fan also to bring in fresh air into the mailbox. But when I cracked open the door the pellets stayed lit and had a good flow of air. If you look at my setup I've routed all the piping...

I think I'll drill 3or4 1/2" holes in the bottom of the mailbox for more air intake. I can still close the damper as needed if I get too much air. After that I now have some buckboard bacon on as I'm posting this. Thanks for the great site guys.

Ok so it was cool tonight so I thought I'd give my mod a try. Bought some cheese and here's what happened. I used a mix of apple hickory and pecan in my amazen 12" tube at 11pm. Opened the damper on the smoker and mailbox wide open for good air flow. Good smoke generation. Went in the house and...

Chopsaw no I haven't tried it yet but will when it's colder outside. It's been around 90 and above. I mostly made this for smoking cheese. So far I've made a brisket turned out awesome real smoked beef jerky again awesome some salmon for my mom and yesterday made homemade Canadian bacon...

Thank you. You can also see in the second pic of the opening of the smoker the fender washers under the heatshield to raise up the element. These don't like to make smoke at lower temps. I put washers under all the mounting points to raise the element up so the factory smoke box now sits on the...

I saw the posts about mailbox mods. Most were for the masterbuilt smoker as it has a 3" hole for the elbow to attach to. The smoke hollow has a 2x 7 hole whetw the smoke box slides into. Here's my fix for a cold smoker mod for these smoker's. First off I used a bread loaf pan to attach to the...

I have not smoked any flatheads but I've smoked some channel cat fillets. I used 1\2 cup brown sugar 3 tbls of kosher salt 1 tbls of garlic powder 1 tbls of onion powder 1\4 cup soy sauce and 3 cups of water. heat the brine on the stove until the sugar is dissolved then let it cool. fillet your...