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    Tappaque Touch or Fireboard 2

    Well I own 3 inkbirds with wifi and use them to monitor and control my fermentation process. I would describe them as rudimentary, they are kludgy but adequate for that process but (in my opinion) are not in the same class as either the Tapaque or Fireboard. I went ahead and bought the new...
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    Tappaque Touch or Fireboard 2

    Ive had both the originals, I got the Tappaque when it first came out with the 4 probe setup and a year or so later the fireboard with 6 probes came out so I gave my son the tappaque and I bought the fireboard. fast forward a couple of years and the fireboard is Kaputzed. Its out of warranty but...
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    Fireboard vs Tappeque (Or other options)

    Reviving this one. I bought the original Tappaque and used it for more than a year when I got a FireBoard as a gift. I've been using the FireBoard regularly for the last two years and about a year ago the probe inputs started dieing, fast forward to now, I have only one probe left that's...
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    Butt Fail

    at 14+ hours, i wish I could say I was running out of wood but the ramp from 185 to 190 was 1.5 hours. Started drinking at 7pm, by 11, I was done.
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    Butt Fail

    OK Im stumped. I dont know whats going on here, but I bought a pork shoulder from a local market and popped it on the smoker like I have a hundred times before. Rubbed it and put it on the smoke at 7:30 AM at 235F. I didn't wrap it but just went for the bark. It was maybe 5 lbs and had a LONG...
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    Monster Tomahawk

    Skidmark !?!
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    Monster Tomahawk

    I wish I had the life my dogs have
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    Monster Tomahawk

    I didn't go the reverse sear for this one was..... because.... well because I was a lazy bastard.
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    Monster Tomahawk

    The last was the dogs standing around waiting for their fair share... yea right, tomahawk no, beef sticks soaked in tomahawk juice, ok.
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    Monster Tomahawk

    Ok I went with a traditional screaming hot sear about 3 minutes rotate, another 3 and flip and repeat, threw down a diffuser and smothered the coals. Tossed some butter on and pulled when the IT was about 115. Foiled and let it rest. It coasted to about medium . I should have pulled it 10 deg...
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    Monster Tomahawk

    Ok , the wife just walked in with a monster 4-4.5" thick tomahawk. Im thinking on running the komodo up hot and going for a crosshatch sear maybe about 3 minutes rotate then flip and repeat. suggestions? Maybe sous vide a bit then sear? this will be my thickest piece of meat to date out side of...
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    Butter Bath chicken

    thank you all, this kamado thing is new to me, one of the variables Im trying to whittle out is occasionally the coal flavor is intense, Im not sure why yet. I wondering if its the brand of lump or when Im reusing left over coal ... I am nessleing a stick hickory in the coal also.
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    Butter Bath chicken

    Really good
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    Butter Bath chicken

    Sorry my fault
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    Butter Bath chicken

    For today's goodness we are trying a vers of Butter Bath chicken. First they are smoked 1/2 submerged in a pan of Butter. Then they are put on the spit and finished off with this sauce.
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