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  1. bob the noob

    A couple of Chuckies for the first smoke

    I was gonna try out the Banana with some ribs today, but Sam's Club only had pork ribs and the wife likes beef ribs a lot better. So I figured a couple chuckies would be easy enough. I figure I'll take 'em to 205sh and shred 'em lightly, kinda like a crock-pot roast. Feel free to watch the...
  2. bob the noob

    I want to build a pit out of brick or block

    I'd say find the size of a normal red brick, then figure out how many you need to make the size pit you want. After that, keep an eye out on Craigslist or your local classified ads for "free brick". This link might help you with some ideas/plans: Click Here (Wow, first in that list is pretty...
  3. bob the noob

    Belly Bacon questions

    I skin my BB before smoking, just so I don't lose the smoke from cutting it off after smoking. One time I got a full skin off, cured it, and smoked it along with the BB. It ended up being like leather and the guys I gave it to at my office squealed like school girls when they got it. I'd use...
  4. bob the noob

    smoking bacon help

    Right... You want to smoke it, _not_ cook it.
  5. bob the noob

    Bacon for the fattie

    I guess your bacon choice would depend on your cooking method? I'll be honest and admit I've never made a Fatty but have made smoked meatloafs. My guess is that if you're going to smoke said Fatty a thinner, lightly smoked bacon would be better so more smoke penetrates the sausage and doesn't...
  6. bob the noob

    smoking bacon help

    I'd say leave it out, but that's based on the way I smoke BB. I do 20+ hr cold smokes and don't let the temperature get over 100. Others here do a little higher and smoke to a specific internal temperature I think it's half and half for methods, but even then I'm not sure about water come to...
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    Smoking bacon, watch my temps along with me!

    This was the first time using it while smoking something, hence the few bugs to work out. Its main use will be for monitoring up to four things in the Banana and controlling the temperature of the pit with the heating element. I did a little reading and apparently IE browsers don't like the...
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    Smoking bacon, watch my temps along with me!

    Okay, I think I've fixed the issues aside from not showing in IE. It now shows that target temp/uptime correctly and will show "Not Connected" if a probe isn't hooked up. When I use the Banana "Heating Element" will cycle on/off at the same time as the actual element so it should be...
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    Smoking bacon, watch my temps along with me!

    Yeah, there's some bugs to work out. I'm not sure why it doesn't show in Explorer. Explorer is picky about HTML sometimes. The temps are showing -89 for the probes that I don't have plugged in. I'm gonna change it so if it returns that value it will show "not connected" instead. The...
  10. bob the noob

    Smoking bacon, watch my temps along with me!

    Ah crud... I think its an issue in Explorer browsers. It looks fine in Firefox. I'll get it fixed tomorrow.
  11. bob the noob

    Smoking bacon, watch my temps along with me!

    Okay, I put another probe on and changed the name of it to "outside temp"...
  12. bob the noob

    Smoking bacon, watch my temps along with me!

    So for fun, I disconnected the Arduino board from the Banana and set it over on my cold smoker. If you go to this URL you'll be able to see the web interface and watch my temps as they happen. Nothing really to exciting because it'll be steady temps and I only have two probes hooked up right...
  13. bob the noob

    The "How-to" for making an Arduino controlled smoker

    Hmmmm... several days and no comments. I had posted this in the "Smoker Builds" forum because it applies to all types of smokers, not just fridge/freezer builds as the post has been moved to. Does it read okay? Anyone have questions?
  14. bob the noob

    Big Bacon Smoke/ Lots of Qview

    Dang... the most I've ever done is about 100 lbs. I'm starting about 60 lbs smoking tonight.
  15. bob the noob

    This is how you play a banjo

    I agree, great music... but am I the only one who thought I'd see this based on the title?
  16. bob the noob

    Back from the auction

    Man, that's one of those kinda deals that even if you have one you buy it anyways!
  17. bob the noob

    The "How-to" for making an Arduino controlled smoker

    Okay.... This is probly as close as I'm going to get to being complete with the "how-to". Much of what's left is someone being brave (crazy?) enough to try using the information here and let us know how it went and what we need to change. I've tried to put in all the info I can remember about...
  18. bob the noob

    Bionic Banana: Pictures of how crazy I am

    I'm working on the "how to" right now, and with any luck I can have it finished in a couple days. The hard part is sorting out just what needs to be done from the software side because I hacked/slashed through a lot of code and I want to be sure I'm writing up the parts that need to be modified...
  19. bob the noob

    Anyone in SE Michigan need a fridge to convert?

    Yay for the FREE Section of Craigslist! 50's or 60's old fridge... http://detroit.craigslist.org/wyn/zip/1623348148.html
  20. bob the noob

    WALLE - Retro'ed and Re-Fit!

    Very nice! Where did you get the "Stoker-Matic coal stoker" thing? I'm trying to get some ideas around automating the Banana for wood delivery.
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