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Thanks y'all

I started them at 140 then bumped it to 180 after 1 1/2 hours. I pulled the smoke at 2 hours and IT reached 160 just shy of 3 hours. The smoke flavor turned out to be a little heavy so next time I will pull it 30 minutes earlier.

I just thought this was cute. I hope everyone has a wonderful smoke filled weekend! - PG

JJ thank you so  much for that, tis greatly appreciated! I really only intended to leave it for 1 hour but other things got in the way. But it's good to know even 1 hour isn't necessary. I ruined a batch of sausage a while back due to it sweating because I put it in cold, even though it was very...

Well the last time I lit the pellets they stayed lit and burned great. After a couple of hours the smoke seemed to be getting a tad heavy so I pushed the chip tray in a little so it was out only about an inch. The loader was fully in. When I went out a little while ago to pull the AMNPS and foil...

Fantastic! I will bring the Yeti and load up 

Yeah you are probably right. The other times it has gone out in under 30 minutes so I am giving it another 30 minutes. If it goes out this time I will switch back to the dust. I will go ahead and nuke some just in case I need it. 

Thanks Al. I replaced the dust with pellets. Given this is a hot smoke I'm not sure why I started with dust anyway but... now I can't keep the pellets lit. I've had to restart them 3 times. I nuked them 3 times. 45 seconds twice then 25 seconds. So I know they are dry. I am positive they were...

Yikes! I put my butt (10lbs) in the smoker this morning at 5am at 130* to dry and warm up. At 7am I added the AMNPS loaded with dust and bumped the temp to 225*. I checked it at 7:20 and 7:50 and had a nice TBS both times. Then I got busy and didn't check for 2 hours. When I go out there at 9:50...

I finally found a place that has some bellies but I've never bought any so I don't know what a good price is. I called them this morning and they gave me a price of $2.39 I didn't ask if they were trimmed or not. Considering the bacon I buy is usually around $6 this seems like a great deal, but...

Oh I have the AMNPS and I am using it right now. But even with the smoker off (I only turn it on to preheat and get things moving) I still have to put some ice in to keep the temps down. 

Hey guys great bacon thread! Can someone clarify a few things on the on/off method of cold smoking bacon... for the "off" period do you remove the bacon from the smoker and put it in the ice box to rest or leave it in the smoker? I'm guessing it might depend on ambient temps? I don't have any...

Thanks!! Thank you. And thanks for the points! And to keep from cutting through the pepper, an oyster knife works great to hollow them out from the stem end. I know some people like to do them that way and put them upright in a pepper holder. I never found those useful because I always buy the...

What exactly is the difference between the TQ and the sugar cure? I went to Morton's website and search for the sugar cure but came up with nothing. I couldn't even find it in their products. Am I searching wrong?