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  1. olaf

    UP TO 30% OFF for Inkbird Sous Vide Bags(44PCS) and Vacuum Sealer Bags for Food Saver (50PCS)

    When following the link there is a box that you check to apply a 20% coupon
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    Uncured pork belly smoking question

    Just an observation but store bought bacon seems to me to be just under 2% salt 2% sugar I like to keep my salt at 1.85% it tastes pretty close to what you'd buy, at 1.6% it seems a little low on salt. I'm just throwing that out as a reference for you to consider. I have read a number of posts...
  3. olaf

    The Shady world of illegal Oregano

    Whoda thunk maybe this is why I like the Mexican oregano better
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    Newbie here with a few questions

    Here's another way to do a small brisket. You will want to check if the smoker temp is accurate and like everyone says it's done when it's done. Smoking Al's method https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/brisket-flat-my-way.277499/
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    Beef Short Ribs

    That wine is looking good to me right now. So you must have used that broth-wine as an au jus, yum.
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    Injecting While Cooking

    I actually tried that once, the liquid came out as fast as I was putting it in. May have helped some but it was pretty much cooked when I tried it.
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    Should i buy a Bradley 4 rack digital?

    I don't want to knock Bradley but I was looking to use their smoke generator on a cabinet I was planning to build but recently I went through cabelas and they had all Bradleys on clearance and no pucks fleetfarm had 10000 pounds of pellets, 100 bags of wood chips, two hickory and one apple of...
  8. olaf

    Real Hungarian spicy gyulair Kolbasz recipe

    Somebody on here had a recent post on this looked darn tasty. I've seen several recipes online all were similar.
  9. olaf

    Got Robbed

    I've been making it back by investing in oil stocks in January. Because we know who really takes care of the oil execs. If you can't raise prices because demand has slowed you find someone who will shutdown supply put the independent producers out of business more profit for big oil. I think...
  10. olaf

    Inkbird ibt-4xs wont connect

    They have so many models we got them messed up I thought that was the wifi model. I have no experience with the bluetooth.
  11. olaf

    Inkbird ibt-4xs wont connect

    Did you use "inkbird pro" app? That one worked well for me I believe I had to connect to a 2.4 ghz band with the phone first
  12. olaf

    PID question

    A Awesome I did snack sticks a couple weeks ago big hit at work now I need to make more. I had been following your smoker build looks nice. I just ran mine at similar settings and it worked out good. My smoker is smaller but went from 44 to 160 in 25 minutes it began to cycle got to 165 at 29...
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    PID question

    Yeah I know I'm working through mine same issue just I have no time
  14. olaf

    PID question

    Lower the P down to 3 keep the cycle time at 2 sec from what I've read that should help I'm trying to work out issues with mine. Increasing your derivative may also help.
  15. olaf

    PID question

    Is your temp staying below the setpoint? I'm far from an expert but have picked up on a few of their quirks not that I have many solutions but I may be able to help. A big issue is that we lose heat so fast through venting.
  16. olaf

    Favorite Chef Round 2 voting

    Anyone with a few bucks to spare can have extra votes, goes to feeding poor, ten bucks gives twenty votes today.
  17. olaf

    It has arrived....

    🤣🙂🙃😊
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    It has arrived....

    Oh there it is
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    Actual % Sodium Nitrite Calculation in a Curing Mixture

    Yes but am I wrong to also add the weight of water when doing a brine 16oz water+1lb meat = 2
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