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  1. tatts4life

    Looking for a better electric smoker

    With my current Char-broil smoker roaster I can smoke between 125-525. While it's not very big I can still smoke a bunch of chicken parts by just adding more racks. here is a link to what my smoker looks like for a reference to what I have to deal with. fourth image shows how small the cooking...
  2. tatts4life

    Question About 40-140 Rule

    Ok so I've been reading this thread and some others and have a question about the 40-140 rule. I've read in cook books and on here that cooking a pork butt at 225 until an IT of 195 takes about 16 hours. Seems to me if I'm to get to 140 within 4 hours the pork butt would be done way faster then...
  3. tatts4life

    Looking for a better electric smoker

    I was all ready planning on buying an A-Maze-N pellet smoker so I could cold smoke in the future. That was also a reason for looking for an electric smoker that was fridge shaped. Is the wood chip burner on the MES really bad? Sounds like the thermometer on the unit isn't that good either?
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    Looking for a better electric smoker

    Sounds like this might be the one I'm looking for. I take it this model doesn't have the heating element issues like I've read about on the forum? Those other smokers look to be WAY out of my price range. Also back to one of my other questions, how high do I want my smokers temp to go to? Is 275...
  5. tatts4life

    Looking for a better electric smoker

    Right now I have a Char-broil smoker roaster that works really good but I'm not happy with the shape of the cooking area and want to get a better one. Right now my smoker has round cooking basket that can cook only two ten pound pork butts at a time. I would love to have a smoker with a large...
  6. tatts4life

    Smoked Salmon Candy w/ Qview

    LOL ghetto rigged. I'll build something but it will be something that can be used over and over.
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    Smoked Salmon Candy w/ Qview

    This looks so tasty. I'm gonna have to try it. If only I knew how to make my own cold smoker. Right now all I have is a Char-broil 2 in 1 smoker roaster.
  8. tatts4life

    Looking for a recipe for smoking a raw ham

    I just checked the link and that was a fully cooked ham. Mine was an uncooked ham. I wanted as little flavor as possible added to the ham and be able to add my own stuff.
  9. tatts4life

    Looking for a recipe for smoking a raw ham

    So I took pictures of the ham in the brine and going into the smoker. But totally forgot a picture of it cooked before I cut it. I'll post pictures later when I load them.
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    Looking for a recipe for smoking a raw ham

    If an uncooked ham has all ready been cured do I really need to add the salt that is called for in a brine? Should I reduce the amount of salt in the brine?
  11. tatts4life

    First time smoking a turkey breast and have some questions.

    Oh I just thought of something else. What's a good wood for smoking? I'll also be smoking a ham at the same time. Is cherry good for turkey and ham, would another wood be better? Also about how long would it take for a 6 pound bone in breast? I don't want to start at noon for a 6 pm dinner only...
  12. tatts4life

    First time smoking a turkey breast and have some questions.

    Thanks for the tips. They give me a good starting point. Dalglish it's hard for me to reduce the amount of smoke with my smoker. I have a electric charbroil 2 in 1 smoker roaster that has a chamber that can't regulate the amount of smoke. Only way I can really regulate it is to do an hour of...
  13. tatts4life

    Looking for a recipe for smoking a raw ham

    Gonna smoke a 5 pound ham next week and was wondering do I need to do anything with the ham before I smoke it as far as curing? Does anybody put any rubs on their ham?
  14. tatts4life

    First time smoking a turkey breast and have some questions.

    This will be my first year smoking a turkey and we figured we would start small and smoke a turkey breast and I have a couple of questions. What temperature should I smoke at? I've been smoking my pork shoulders at 250-275 is that a good temp? What internal temperature should I get the breast...
  15. tatts4life

    How often do you clean?

    I don't own a MES30 or any type that has a glass door, Mine is a Charbroil 2-in-1 smoker roaster. Only thing I clean on that or the racks and basket and wipe down any spills on the outside. Every so often I'll scrape off what ever stuff builds up on the bottom that didn't fall through the hole...
  16. tatts4life

    When do you inject and rub your meat?

    So I tried rubbing the meat and wrapping it about 36 hours before I smoked it this weekend. OMG this had to be one of the best batches I've done yet. When I took out the meat it was literally falling apart in my hand. I smoked two 8 pound pork butts one was extremely juicy and eat bite I sampled...
  17. tatts4life

    When do you inject and rub your meat?

    I never thought about the pores constricting. I'll keep that in mind for this weekend. This cider spritz is a nice tip too. The injection I use uses apple juice so I might try that out too.
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    When do you inject and rub your meat?

    The last few times I've made pulled pork I've injected it up to 24 hours before if not longer. I've only put the rub on about an hour or two before cooking since I wanted it to stay on. So when do you inject your meat and and rub? Does having the injection in the meat longer make things better?
  19. tatts4life

    WHAT ARE YOU SMOKING, GRILLING, OR COOKING FOR MEMORIAL DAY. PLEASE POST YOUR PICS

    Ok so I did the boiling water test and the themometer as accurate to within 1 degree. The smoker is reading one degree hotter then one we use to test when cooking in an oven. I guess I just need to figure out where to place the probe when I'm cooking the pork butt. Also when smoking is it best...
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    WHAT ARE YOU SMOKING, GRILLING, OR COOKING FOR MEMORIAL DAY. PLEASE POST YOUR PICS

    So I smoked two pork butts totaling 16.5 pounds with my Char-broil 2 in 1 smoker-roaster and even though I had a minor issue things turned out pretty awesome. I don't have any pictures because I started smoking at 1 in the morning Sunday night/ Monday morning and was pretty tired. I loaded the...
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