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  1. dr k

    MES Peculiarities

    Since it's an electric oven and if no PID controller to come in for a landing at set temp the OEM stock controller is an on/off controller with the hysteresis of shutting off at set temp and coasting to several degrees higher as the chip housing and element keep radiating heat before the temp...
  2. dr k

    Did I Screw up my cure?

    It's nice to stick with cure #1 6.25% nitrite whereby your batch of whatever proteins, fats and liquids that the cure can dissolve into is included with the weight and multiply by .25% (.0025) With different % of nitrite cure #1, then the math variables need to be put into the equation to figure...
  3. dr k

    MES40 Concerns

    Mes 30 800 watts/120vac=6.667 amps. 120vac/6.667amps= 18 Ohms, nothing connected to the element but the ohm meter when testing. Mes 40 1,200 watts/120vac=10 amps. 120vac/10amps= 12 Ohms Then the porosity insulation around the resistance wire through the potting can short to the outer metal...
  4. dr k

    Use Kroger coupons and coupons from the Kroger family of stores from nation wide weekly ad digital coupons at your local Kroger

    Shopping the digital coupons in 75248 had this just for TX, OK and LA right up front but I also click the "see more" expansion and view the individual items under the main coupon if it's more than one and then view those by clicking the image to get the deepest description and look for region...
  5. dr k

    PID mod on other smokers? larger option?

    Looks exactly like my Mes 40 with the flipped heating element. That mod for even heating and not baking the insulation in the right rear corner, mailbox mod and PID are fantastic. That reminds me I need to get my back up heating element prepped in case my current one fails. I cut the aluminum...
  6. dr k

    snack sticks - red outside, grey inside

    Eco cure #1 with salt as the first ingredient, fruit extract, spice extract and vegetable extract isn't cure #1 6.25% nitrite. This label is misleading until you read the site and zoom the label. The label has no way to convert to results and duration of cure #1. It's not nitrates or...
  7. dr k

    Thermoworks RFX First Impressions

    Yes! This is what I want to know. I don't need to grill steaks with a leave in probe or boil probes in the turkey under the oil etc. I understand that the RFX has no ambient sensor in the outside end since the meat is a thermal heat sink and the evaporative cooling makes them inaccurate...
  8. dr k

    Looking for a new Sous vide cooker

    Try @chopsaw a pkg of lipton beefy onion soup pwdr pkg and vac seal for a 131/48 hr chuck roast poor man's medium rare prime rib. Or what ever your steak temp is that you like. That's my SV favorite. I set the Inkbird at 90hrs. vs 99.99 max to easily track so it never shuts off if not using...
  9. dr k

    Sous Vide Tri-tip

    Yes, they have been at Costco marinated that I'm not a member of but butchers are carrying them for 10 years now in central IL. I wish I could have found the western prices at about $4.00/lb before the pandemic but has been steady at $10. I'll just have to bite the bullet and get some.
  10. dr k

    Sous Vide Tri-tip

    I don't know why 2lb max Tri tip is largest I can get probably $10/lb. I like these different steak cuts to change it up like the Sirloin cap/Picanha/Coulotte.
  11. dr k

    Sous Vide Tri-tip

    Nice! How many lbs.? Seems like locally Tri Tips are small.
  12. dr k

    Welcome to the February 2025 Class

    Congratulations to the February 2025 class!
    • dr k
    • Post #27
    • Forum: OTBS
  13. dr k

    Welcome to the February 2025 Class

    Again! Congratulations!
    • dr k
    • Post #26
    • Forum: OTBS
  14. dr k

    Second Thermopro Temp Spike XR failed

    Might as well hang on to what works if it's just the two probes and pitch what doesn't work. If a probe fails of the two paired to the receiver you just got after warranty, any other spare can be paired in the manual. Like you said, you'll stick with RFX but you have a spare to charge...
  15. dr k

    Looking for a new Sous vide cooker

    This is new and Inkbird is up there. You can check reviews on Amazon as well. I'd get mine again IVS-100W since I've had it since 2019...
  16. dr k

    Second Thermopro Temp Spike XR failed

    Everything maybe dead when you get it. Let us know if they have a charge in anything. Both mine were dead. May take 6 + hours to charge until all 3 battery bars stop scrolling.
  17. dr k

    Looking for a new Sous vide cooker

    I used the Auber PID WS-1510 ELPM and turned my 6 qt manual not digital slow cooker into a yogurt maker or SV water oven set to high that would hold to the degree with P=4 I=0 D=40 per Auber chart they sent me before I got the stick Inkbird in 2019 for a big SV. No circulation needed and works...
  18. dr k

    Second Thermopro Temp Spike XR failed

    Fair enough with the order on the way and updated firmware and software from the factory being a few months later and not like the first panic attack threads from the new release here on SMF and endless tests by consumers to get Thermoworks involved here I believe Nov '24? I look forward to...
  19. dr k

    Looking for a new Sous vide cooker

    I've had our sponsor's Inkbird original wi-fi 1,000 watt ISV-100W for several years since it came out. They came out with two newer versions ISV-200W and ISV-300W since then without the lower air vents and the square upper design and went to a round ventless shape. I'd get it again. Search...
  20. dr k

    Sous Vide Times???

    Nice to have Baldwin's free online book that says pasteurization table for beef, lamb and pork or the Poultry pasteurization table or fish that has folks measure meat in mm, then select the water temp to then get the pasteurization duration for whole muscle. I don't make sausage which would...
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