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It’s a little less work and a tad more money, but you can get a MES smoke generator on Amazon and a straight drain pipe for an easier “mail box mod”. This is one I did and still use the setup for cheese. I did end up spray painting the pipe silver for cold smoking to reflect sunlight...
Not sure how safe it is, but I used to put chunks next to the heating element. They smolder longer than just chips. Also, all though constant smoke is nice, there used to be a philosophy that the first and last hour of smoke were what mattered the most. When I had MES40 I followed that technique...
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MB are good smokers. If you have the cabinet style I recommend pulling the chip loader out half way to let more oxygen to the wood. I used to pull it out all the way if they weren’t smoking enough. Getting oxygen to them is the key.
Soaking chips is controversial. I...
I love mushrooms, but don’t trust myself so have to go to a local “mushroom guy” for local morels, oyster, etc. they also grow maitake and others all year around which is nice! I wish I had the brain for hunting them, but fear I’d be dead or tripping if I tried!
Retirement process grinds on, but I’ve had some time to do a few decent cooks. Just haven’t gotten around to posting. My sister came in for Easter weekend so it was a good excuse to go get some heritage pork and great Tri Tip! Both served with our favorite GR garlic mashed potatoes and an...
I got by BelFab from Craig last year. It’s a massive towable one with a flattop and warming box, only 4500 it was an amazing price and solid as you can get. His builds are a bit rough, but they are as dependable snd solid as you can get. For a patio version you’d really get an amazing price and...