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  1. sigmo

    Smoked Coffee

    I had forgotten about this thread, and never got around to trying it myself! Once the rain and snow subside, and I get the smoker going, I've got to actually try it.
  2. sigmo

    Pitboss or Masterbuilt

    I suspect it may be difficult to tune the controller for a pellet burner design. I would be curious to know how they accomplish smooth, even temperature control in any pellet burning design. Does it seem like they leave the blower on constantly at a fixed speed, and use only the pellet feed to...
  3. sigmo

    Pitboss or Masterbuilt

    The mechanical build of the one I saw seemed good on a quick examination. I considered getting one mainly to retrofit it to be electrically heated and adding a separate smoke generator. So the reliability and design of the pellet burner parts and the electronic controls wouldn't be terribly...
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    MES 130B Temp and Smoke Issues

    As Bear and others recommend: Get an AMNPS or the tube pellet smoker for your MES. You'll be glad you did. When you think about it, having the one and only heating element in a smoker serve both as the heater and as the smoke generator is a bad idea. If you can only get smoke when the heater...
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    Masterbuilt MES 130B Digital Electric Smoker

    My experience is that the 40" units are a better size for me. For one thing, I normally use some foil baffles to get the smoke to flow upward through and around the meats more uniformly. And it is nice to have the extra shelf space just for the smoke deflectors and for drip-catchers, etc. I...
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    Complete newbie question with smoke smell

    I'd be curious to learn about your smoke production technique. I use one of the original AMNPS pellet mazes, and with some playing with things, I get consistent smoke production that I can control well in my gen 1 MES 40. I don't use a mailbox (Yet). But I love tinkering, and have started to...
  7. sigmo

    question on my amazing amaz-n smoker

    I'm a master of most of those, too! But really, I'm trying to be better.
  8. sigmo

    question on my amazing amaz-n smoker

    Hah! :) https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Necroposting But actually, even though it's very dry here most of the time (I'm talking 8% or so), my pellets seem to absorb moisture rather than dry out. I have to bake them right before using them, or bake them and put them in a Mason...
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    question on my amazing amaz-n smoker

    Ancient post suckered me right in! Oh, well... Depending on how dry your pellets are, which pellets you're using, your elevation, humidity, etc., you will need to experiment to figure out how deep to fill the tray, figure out how fast it will burn, and therefore, how much you need to fill the...
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    Sous vide smoked tongue

    When you guys smoke the tongue after having sous viderized it, for how long and at what temperature do you smoke it? As strange as tongue seems, I can imagine it having a nice flavor and interesting texture. I may have to try some, but I don't think I can talk my wife into trying it! The...
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    Sous vide smoked ribs

    I like the idea of home-made liquid smoke goo! And one of the great things about sous vide is that you can get the tenderness you want throughout the whole rack of ribs even though the thickness varies, and all without drying any of it out. But the problem is getting that nice smoke flavor and...
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    Sous vide smoked ribs

    I've done this a couple of times and they came out very good. But I'm wondering what you folks' favorite methods are for sous vide and smoking ribs. I just found a vac bag of ribs with rub already applied, buried in my garage freezer the other day. And it has me wanting to cook them sous vide...
  13. sigmo

    Easter at The Den. (2019)

    Wow, that plate looks great! And I'm a sucker for devilled eggs! I use pickle juice in mine! :)
  14. sigmo

    Immersion Circulator

    I have one of the older Gourmia 1200 Watt units with no bluetooth, etc. And it has been fantastic for years. I do open it and clean it fairly often, and I'm sure that helps. I got two of the 800 Watt Anovas this past Christmas to give me more power if needed for a big job. They worked fine...
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    Anova Low Water Error

    You guys are great. I have a couple of different sous vide gadgets, and due to the relatively hard water here, I do clean them rather often. A bit of acid does help. But another reason I need to clean mine rather often is to get the cat hair out of the impellers of the stirrers!
  16. sigmo

    Experiment: How long does it take to go from 32 to 132!

    I love this sort of experimentation and the discussion. Here's @weedeater 's data graphed: This should be a typical natural log function, just like a capacitor charging or discharging through a pure resistance. There's a bit of a discontinuity, but it's pretty close to what I'd expect. I'd...
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    Instant Change in Attitude

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    Baptizing a Newfie

    For some reason: "Where's the money, Lebowski?" comes to mind! ;)
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    Brenda's Beaver

    Darned kids books these days!
  20. sigmo

    Seagulls

    You need to draw them away from your location. I recommend fast-food French fries as the bait! Can you talk someone into opening a McDonalds some distance upwind from your location?
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