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  1. Jonok

    New Electric Build

    I scored an open-bottom insulated propane-fired Peking duck oven (roughly sheet pan internal size by 60” vertical internal dimensions above the burners. Removed the propane and sealed the bottom, installed 2 3600W elements (top and bottom, switchable to allow broiling, and both on a PID. (240...
  2. Jonok

    Winchester model 1200, 12 gauge 2 3/4 “ chamber

    Try this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Winchester-Model-1200-12-gauge-27-Barrel-2-3-4-chamber-Herters-Adj-Choke/164345510716?hash=item2643c17b3c:g:WPMAAOSwOxBfPcGT
  3. Jonok

    Dirt Track Saturday Night

    Nothing is better than a beer liberally sprinkled with tiny bits of Hoosier tire and dirt fragments. There’s a hard track in my town, and it’s not even worth the effort to go there. (Go fast, turn left, and then turn a lot more right to keep it on the track!)
  4. Jonok

    Masterbuilt Tripping GFI Outlet

    To Masterbuilts credit, GFCI issues were the final failure mode on a couple of my previous 40s. Both were in either manufacturers or sams club extended warranty, and when they started blowing the Gfci, I was immediadately given a check for my purchase price, despite having used the damned...
  5. Jonok

    Parts of the pork shoulder

    Try this: https://howtobbqright.com/2012/04/30/the-money-muscle-and-all-the-other-sections-of-a-pork-butt/
  6. Jonok

    Waiting to Smoke Salmon After Brining?

    I agree with bear. Might wanna hit it with a little dry sugar/salt to help the pellicle along .
  7. Jonok

    Electric smoker build

    I know this thread is more than a month old but it’s important to reiterate that switching 240 (especially resistive loads) with only one leg is a bad idea. Furthermore, SSRs are apparently prone to failing in continuity, which is gonna result in a burnt up smoker unless you put in an over temp...
  8. Jonok

    Waiting to Smoke Salmon After Brining?

    I like to do a typical “Lox cure” and after the usual 72-96 hrs coat the non-skin side with turbinado sugar, rest for 12 hrs refrigerated and smoke at low temp (90-130 f) with fruitwood for 2-3 hrs.
  9. Jonok

    Masterbuilt not standing by warranty?

    Wow, I’m really surprised you’ve had so many problems My experience has been the opposite.. I have burned up 4 sams club 40 inchers, and paid for one (as well as the $30 extended warranty each time). Three of them were supported very well as I did my best to use them to death, with a...
  10. Jonok

    60-Day Dry Aged Wagyu Brisket Smoke

    Never did an aged Waygu , but dry-aged a couple primes (about 18 lbs each, 11 or twelve aged and trimmed) for about 25 days . Injected one prior to trimming, did the other one dry and smoked both at 275, wrapped at around 145, and went till tender. As I recall, they were both pretty buttery...
  11. Jonok

    Noob needs help. Baby backs not tender

    If you wanna cook no-fat Babybacks FOTB, you’re gonna end up with a sub-optimal rack unless a significant part of the cook is wrapped or under liquid. There’s a reason Chili’s and the like boil them in diluted sauce and carmelize them on the grill., and that nobody cooks babybacks in...
  12. Jonok

    Hit a problem with smoking brisket

    Generally, a “pre-cooked” brisket is sliced prior to post-cook storage. I do it fairly commonly. and vacuum pack with some of the wrap juice. I reheat the still-vacuum packed slices in near boiling water, and they are essentially indistinguishable from just out of the smoker.
  13. Jonok

    what brand sous vide

    +1 on the Joule. The phone-only interface scared me, but it’s been flawless. It will keep a 60 qt cooler at perfect temp without even breathing hard, and the clip/magnet attachments are awesome. It is also so little that SWMBO doesn’t gripe about it it in the cabinet...
  14. Jonok

    Biltong - white spot. Salt? Or a disaster?

    PsW. Lived in Hartebeespoort and had the local Boers with their home-made fare. The Biltong available on the roadside was the best ever...
  15. Jonok

    A-MAZE-N AMNPS Maze can this be used with wood chips?

    My mod (smoke generator, not tray) works with chunks (or chips if you don’t wanna set it and forget it for 12-18 hrs)
  16. Jonok

    Costco's vs Sam's club

    For butts go to your local independent grocery store and talk to the butcher. Everybody buys butts as cases and it’s usually not hard to talk the butcher into letting you have something close to his case price (usually much closer to $1/# than $2/#) if you’ll take the whole case. You also...
  17. Jonok

    STRONG taste from Instacure #1 Pink Salt/Prague Powder???

    I smoke seeded and skinned zucchini and run them through my blender and a chinois to make “smoke snot” to thicken sauces with. Mild, effective and entirely inoffensive
  18. Jonok

    Really???

    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/03/devastated-vegan-takes-neighbor-to-court-over-bbq-smoke-and-odor/
  19. Jonok

    Is anyone esle on SMF a 'Super Taster'?

    I had a batch of rub I got from a friend (about 5# IIRC) that I thought had the most terrible aftertaste. I found out after the fact that it had 2 tablespoons of tenderquick in it. (In the whole batch) Had some more from him later that omitted it, and it it was fine.
  20. Jonok

    Using an MES with the water tray, when to use it?

    Generally not needed. I will rarely put some water in the drip pan with which I have replaced the water pan in my MES 40s if I am smoking something like a single rack of ribs or a single chicken, but otherwise, it is usually an exercise in removing excess water rather than adding it...
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