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    Pork shoulder help

    Just wait it will go up.  It's just stalled,  just give it some time
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    how long to let rub sit??

    ok all the butts were very small so I went with a 9 pound picnic with the bone in.  covered it with mustard and rub.  In the storage bag in the firdge to rest.  Now the question when to start??   I'm thinking about 7pm tonight, get a good 4 to 5 hours of smoke then let it go and listen for the...
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    how long to let rub sit??

    Got a wild hair last night to try a butt in the smoker today.  Store was closed so running there as soon as they open to grab a small one, hopefuflly don't get slapped!!  I've never done pulled pork befor and was hoping to have it for dinner tomorrow night.  My question was how long does the...
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    Running power on my Trailer Pit?

    good quality inverter is well worth the money.  Don't go cheap.  You also need to figure start up load on the inverter along with the running load.  Two deep cycle batteries in parallel and I would add some solar chargers to keep the batteries topped off during the day.  I'd switch over to...
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    Grilling on Pickled and Oiled steel

    I'd burn it off really good and you should be fine after that.  Pickling is basically an acid wash to remove the scale after hot rolling and then a light coat of oil to keep it from rusting.
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    log splitter build

    Guess just like any splitter you just have to read the wood and know how to use it to your advantage.  I've been falling trees and splitting wood all my life.  That's how my folks heated the house and dad got the splitter when I was 4, 36 now.  Always felt like cutting, splitting and heating ...
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    log splitter build

    how's it do on nasty, twisted grain, knoted up oak???
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    log splitter build

    Oh it is fun to run.  the power behind it is amazing!!!  you do need a spotter on bigger logs but as long as they know where to place the splitter it doesn't stop.  I actually testeed it on a 6x6 oak block cross grain and it had no proplem cutting it in half. Those screw splitters just scare...
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    log splitter build

    Came across your build and just couldn't help but post pictures of my creation.  Built this a few years back when I lived up in Illinois,  oh how I miss my shop and country living,  this living in town crap and no shop is gona kill me!!! Only thing I would do different is put the wedge on the...
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    Need help from someone good with electronics

    basically it's a randomly turning turntable for a display
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    Need help from someone good with electronics

    Hey Guys anyone out there an electronics engineer or really good with building electronic controls??  This isn't going on my smoker but have a small projecct that I need assistance with.  It's a control circuit for a dc motor that hasa to be random direction and time. Don't know which forum to...
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    need an electronic engineer's help

    ok I know this doesn't really belong in this area and please feel free to move it to were it does. I need help designing and laying out a remote control system for a project I am working on and it's above basic for me.  So an electronics engineers out there that want to try to help me please pm...
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    New Garden in Houston, TX

    Thanks everyone!!!!    Knew I would get some great help here as always.  ECTO1 I'm actually up in Spring also, but figured I'l put Houston to get a better response
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    New Garden in Houston, TX

    When I lived in Illinois I have over 1500 sq. ft. of garden, now living in a small house in a subdivision outside Houston, Texas I'm going too be hard pressed to get 300 sq. ft. of garden.  I'm buld small raised beds about 10' x 10' each and start out with just  a few plants.  Now I use to start...
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    loose casings

    soaked the casing. fat is still in there when you cut into it, and didn't have much dripping in th smoker, and very moist too taste is GREAT and they are nice and tight. so guess if anyone complains I'll just take it back
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    loose casings

    Well attempt at venison summer sausage round number 2 is in the books.  followed the high mountain summer sausage directions for making 9 pounds but added some garlic powder and cayanne pepper to spice things up a bit.  Used my new northen tool vertical stuffer and stuffed up some of the casings...
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