Recent content by wattsmoke

Your welcome Rick. I'm setting up to do a brisket right now. Found it at GFS ( Gordon Food Service), 11 pound packer for $29. Was going to do it later this week but our temps are gonna drop here. Going to use oak and hickory. I've found it very important to keep the chip tube clean on the cold...

 Hello BigOtter I bought the cold smoking kit and am using 3" flex hose and a 90 deg. elbow. The hose fit over the cold smoker outlet fairly easily and I put a hose clamp there. I put the elbow on the other end of the hose with a clamp. The elbow pressure fit in the MES darn near perfect. I have...

Hello reidwall, I also have a 30" from QVC. I smoked a 9 lb pork butt for 17 hours this week and it was the best pork I've ever made, Pulled it when the built-in thermometer read 203 deg. I was very happy with the temp control on these new models. My Gen 1 had 15+ deg temp swings and this one...

Will do Boykjo. Thank you and Joe. Having lots of success with my new set up so far. This is a great place to learn!  Tim

Hello TexFinn.  I used to live in the northwest and had many opportunities to smoke salmon. I had a Bradley smoker back then and found that it really did make a difference for me to brine the salmon at least overnite. Then rinse it thoroughly in cold water, pat it as dry as much as possible with...

Hello Goldmine1065, I was experimenting with several household products and found rubbing alcohol dissolved the smoke. And being an electrician I recommend never use the alcohol in a smoker that is plugged in or still hot. I am very judicious with my use of the alcohol, putting it on a cloth...

Longtime lurker short time poster here. Been smoking since the early 2000"s. Started with a Bradley, then a Gen 1 w/o a vent (circa 2005), and when it quit 4 weeks ago, I lucked out and found a Gen 2.5 from QVC on craigslist. Found the owners manual on QVC's website. It is model no. 20076716. It...

Hello dreadylock, short time poster here. I've worked with PID's and have one on my espresso machine. My understanding of a  Proportional Integral Derivative controller is that it uses: 1)  the difference between setpoint and actual temperature and 2) the direction (above or below setpoint) and...