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    Excel recipe

    Excel recipe
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    Wisconsin Bratwurst Recipe

    Does adding water to the mix change the texture? Water is a must in a few of my favourite recipes but the texture is also different.
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    Wisconsin Bratwurst Recipe

    No, there is no liquid added.
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    Is cold rolled steel sheet safe to use as a heat deflector?

    It should be fine.
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    Sous Vide Burgers

    It will work well, just don't over vac the pouch if using a vacuum sealer, just do it enough to take most of the air out.
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    Sous Vide Burgers

    I was always overcooking my burgers and drying them out. With SV, I'm able to cook them with consistent results.
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    Sous Vide Burgers

    We do a bunch and freeze them, 4 to a pack.
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    Sous Vide Burgers

    A simple tip for making sous vide burgers. Season the meat based on weight. We add 1.25% salt and .25% pepper to the meat before making the patties. You have to mix the meat more which changes the consistency a little but the results are always consistent.
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    It works.

    I wanted it separate so I could do some cold smoking.
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    It works.

    The inspiration came from Greg Blonder's Janus smoker idea. There is a cap on the end of the 6" duct that has vent holes in it to allow the smoke to exit. The thermocouple is also located there. The exterior chamber temp hovers around 350 checked with my infrared thermal gun. The temperature...
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    It works.

    Doing ribs using my smoke generator for the first time. The smoke from the tube smoker is heated to approximately 650, the smoke is very faint, light blue and smells fantastic. It works great but it is really not that practical.
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    Stand-alone smoke generator

    I love how everything is tightly packaged. I spent hours working out how I would package everything - it made sense at the planning stage but it could be a lot better.
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    Stand-alone smoke generator

    It got up to 375c, 700f quickly. The cheap roasting pan warped out of shape, I'm going to need a cast iron pot. I will need to relocate the solenoid because it gets very hot under the bottom. I basically tacked everything together with small screws. I will use larger screws once everything...
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    Stand-alone smoke generator

    I tried it out yesterday and had the thermal couple wired backwards so it didn't work. I took a guestimate on the temperature and used two small chunks of hickory. Lots of white smoke that eventually turned blue. My wife liked the ribs, kids loved the smoke flavour but I couldn't eat them.
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    Stand-alone smoke generator

    Correct, but I'm not adding oxygen for combustion, keeping it in a pan with holes in the top to allow smoke to escape. I want to have the smoke temperature around 700, which is supposed to be ideal - from what I have read. I will experiment with different temperatures to find the best flavour...
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