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    Smoke meat and cancer?

    I agree, eat smoked meat in moderation is OK.
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    Smoke meat and cancer?

    http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/dangers-eating-smoked-meat-10162.html
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    Smoke meat and cancer?

    I'm sure this was discussed but I cannot find any post on it. Someone sent me an article about Smoked Meat linking to cancer. What do you guys think? I was just getting in the groove until I saw this article.
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    Smoker not reaching 250 degrees

    Thanks Rings, I don't think I have a bottom/side Damper that can be manually adjusted and I don't have anyway to set the internal chamber temperature to what I want. Like I said earlier, the only adjustment I can make is to adjust the gas regulator on the smoker between low and high. See...
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    Smoker not reaching 250 degrees

    Update! The smoker is reaching over 250 degrees when no water is in the water pan but it only gets up to about 210 with water in. With that said I have a couple of questions.  Is it OK to use the smoker with no water without affecting the meat? Will the meat be dry? Should I have the Damper...
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    Smoker not reaching 250 degrees

    Thanks Jeff and Rings R Us for replying. I will try to answer both of you in the same reply I had the vent mostly between least opened and half opened but not all the way opened. I always add water (every hour), never ran it dry. I was told that water makes the food more moist (not sure).  I...
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    Smoker not reaching 250 degrees

    I am having a hard time getting my smoker to go up to 250 degrees. In a couple of recipes I was following, the instructions says to maintain 240 to 250 degrees for about 3 to 4 hours. to cook my chicken halves. I had to let it go for about 8 hours for the meat to reach 165 degrees and the...
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    Newbie from Dallas

    Hi, Thanks for the welcome! I am having a hard time getting my smoker to go up to 250 degrees. In a couple of recipes I was following, the instructions says to maintain 240 to 250 degrees for about 3 to 4 hours. to cook my chicken halves. I had to let it go for about 8 hours for the meat to...
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    Newbie from Dallas

    Hi everyone, I'm a newbie to smoking and to this forum. I posted my introduction in another page of this forum so I'm not sure it will get posted. My name is Muka and I purchased a Charboil Vertical Smoker Model Number  15202033. My goal is to smoke chicken, turkey, pork and fish. I am from...
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    Newbie from Dallas

    Hi, Just purchased a Charboil Vertical Smoker (Model #: 1520203) and very excited. I used it over the Memorial Day Weekend and I was somewhat pleased with the outcome. Smoked some Turkey, Chicken and Pork for the first time. I did lots of reading on quite a few websites before I found this...
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