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  1. sigmo

    Lookie at what my better 1/2 brought home for me

    Ouch! Is there a background check and/or waiting period before you can take possession of those? :)
  2. sigmo

    Food Poisoning Sucks!

    All bathrooms should be constructed with a well-sloped floor with ample floor drain, waterproof walls, a hose connection capable of dispensing warm water, AND a shower! Also, a handy bucket should be available near every toilet for those times when it's coming out of both ends simultaneously...
  3. sigmo

    Fight for clean water

    Post deleted so as not to bum everyone out. :)
  4. sigmo

    Fight for clean water

    I'm going to heavily edit my post here because the more I think about it, I don't want to add even more political discussion to this forum. This is a nice place where we can all come together to relax and enjoy our love of smoking, cooking, etc. Suffice it to say that I am annoyed by the...
  5. sigmo

    Has Anyone Fooled the MES Temp Sensor Before?

    OK. Now I've got another thing to add to my control system: A fire suppression system! ;) My wife got a Halon extinguisher as a safety award from the hospital where she worked. We keep that one in the kitchen for grease or other fires there. The advantage of Halon is that you won't be...
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    Has Anyone Fooled the MES Temp Sensor Before?

    Yes. Setting alarms is a really good idea. Not only for safety, but also to keep from spoiling a good smoke! Catching a problem quickly can make a flare up, or other problem inconsequential. It also makes sense to arrange the various parts of our smokers so that the chance of having a fire...
  7. sigmo

    Has Anyone Fooled the MES Temp Sensor Before?

    Yep. It's probably not a really good idea to leave this kind of thing unattended! I guess you could watch your porch going up in flames via the security cameras. At least for a while! ;) I will say, though, that I frequently smoke pork butts overnight, and sleep while smoking. It's nice to...
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    My New Pit Boss Electric Smoker - long post

    Well that would make a lot more sense. 215F seemed ridiculously low. 215C would be fine for anything I would be doing! I'll try to get back to that store and peruse the manual more carefully, but I'm sure you're right. If I happen across one like yours, with the 1600 Watt electric element, I...
  9. sigmo

    Has Anyone Fooled the MES Temp Sensor Before?

    Hey, it's only been a couple of years since I added anything to this thread! :) I've been busy, and may still not get this all set up too soon, but: Having set up a security camera system here, I've been through a lot of learning and work with that. And part of that lead me down the path of...
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    WTF is Amazons problem!

    Once you have an Amazon credit card, you'll likely use nothing else for buying on Amazon because you get 5% back on all Amazon purchases. I'm also with the folks above who have never had any problems using our credit union's debit card for on-line shopping. Any hacking and unauthorized...
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    My New Pit Boss Electric Smoker - long post

    Thanks! I was wrong in my post above about what version of Pit Boss I saw at the store. Looking at the photos I shot of it and its instruction manual, it is a Copperhead Wood Pellet Vertical Smoker (5-Series). Model PBV5PW1. It must be one like you described, designed to achieve the heating...
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    My New Pit Boss Electric Smoker - long post

    I've posted about this before, so I won't go into great detail here. But the thing to realize is that is extremely hard to get accurate temperature control throughout the entire chamber of any oven. The air stratifies and fails to circulate in corners. Wet, cool meat cools the air next to it...
  13. sigmo

    Jerky temp and time for smoker

    Excellent. I'll just do what I've always done, soaking the meat in a marinade (that also includes the appropriate amount of cure) in the fridge. But then I'll sous-vide it in that same bag for two hours at 135°F, and then I'll hang it in the smoker and get after it. That's easy! In the...
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    Jerky temp and time for smoker

    Yep. When you use sous-vide, you are always creating a low O2 environment. In the past, I've always mixed the cure in with the brine and then vacuum-packed that cure/brine/meat mixture and refrigerated that for the marinating period. I figured that marinated the meat and also got the cure...
  15. sigmo

    Jerky temp and time for smoker

    This is all good info. I like the idea of using a sous-vide water bath for the pasteurization because the temperature can be controlled so precisely, and using a longer time and at a lower temperature might make for a less "cooked" jerky product. Also, since I use an electric smoker, and even...
  16. sigmo

    Jerky temp and time for smoker

    Good information. I like the idea of the checklist/step-by-step for the basics here. That might be a good sticky. I now wonder if much of the nitrite remains after the smoking/cooking of the jerky. And I always figured part of the intent of using the cure was to provide some degree of...
  17. sigmo

    Disappointed with amount of smoke; bought a master built electric 40" added updated part sent by mas

    I think they're talking about this gadget.  But hopefully, if that's wrong, someone will correct us: I haven't tried this.  I've been using the AMNPS, myself, directly in the smoker, but with some modifications to the smoker to get more air to the AMNPS. However, I will be building a mailbox...
  18. sigmo

    Has Anyone Fooled the MES Temp Sensor Before?

    Hi, Guys! I think the controller you're looking at, Dr K, will work as TallBM described. The only real drawback I see with it is that you will no longer have a thermostat.  Instead, you'll just be adjusting the power to the heating element directly yourself with the knob.  So you'll have to...
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    Has Anyone Fooled the MES Temp Sensor Before?

    Hi there. I'm not sure which controller you're referring to. What I'm going to be using will be based on the Opto 22 SNAP-PAC line of controllers in a SNAP-IT rack that I've got laying around, using various I/O modules as needed.  And the wiring to the smoker's heating element and the fan will...
  20. sigmo

    Has Anyone Fooled the MES Temp Sensor Before?

    You're right! And you bring up another point, too.  A stirring fan also "stokes" the pellets.  Since I have had to resort to heroic measures to keep pellets burning at my elevation, a bit of extra airflow over a smoke generator that's inside of the smoker might not be a bad thing for me.  But...
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